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Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in over 16s: management

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  • Reference number: CG141
  • Published:  13 June 2012
  • Last updated:  25 August 2016
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  • Finding the cause of the bleeding
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  • Preventing upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients in critical care
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Information and support for patients and carers

To help you understand your condition and treatment, your healthcare team should give you and your family or carers consistent, verbal and written information about your condition. There should be good communication throughout your time in hospital and following discharge.

This page was last updated: 01 June 2012


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