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Table 3 Causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

From: Diagnosis and treatment of perforated or bleeding peptic ulcers: 2013 WSES position paper

 

%

Peptic ulcer

31–67

Erosive

7–31

Variceal bleeding

4–20

Oesophagitis

3–12

Mallory-Weiss

4–8

Malignancies

2–8

Other

2–8