Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Key points

• Patients may present with the following:
• Haematemesis and/ or malaena
• Epigastric discomfort
• Sudden collapse The extent to which these will occur will depend upon the source. Mortality is higher in patients presenting with haematemesis than malaena alone.
• Admission to hospital careful monitoring, cross match blood, check FBC, LFTs, U+E and Clotting (as a minimum)