DJ Steve Wright died from acute peritonitis and a perforated gastric peptic ulcer, according to his death certificate. The Radio 2 DJ, one of the most familiar voices on the airwaves in the UK ...

Peptic ulcers can be defined as damage or sores on ... In rare cases, patients may experience acute bleeding,” says surgical ...

New research shows that men with gastric ulcers are at an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, and that the presence of a duodenal ulcer is not associated with pancreatic cancer. “This suggests ...

Patients presenting with acute mesenteric ischaemia alone face a high mortality rate as high as 60% whereas those presenting with peptic ulcer perforation the mortality rates range from 6-14%.

Further, our findings reaffirm the important role of early endoscopy in management of acute peptic ulcer bleeding.

Background: Peptic ulcer disease complicated with gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is rare in children. The experience in management of such patients is limited. The purpose of this study is to ...

Aim—To investigate the role physical activity may play in the incidence of peptic ulcer disease. Methods—The subjects were men (8529) and women (2884) who attended the Cooper Clinic in Dallas between ...

Short-term treatment of active benign gastric ulcer, active duodenal ulcer, erosive esophagitis (EE). Symptomatic GERD. Maintenance of healing of EE. To reduce risk of upper GI bleed in critically ...