Feruza Abraamyan

Mar 8, 2024 | scirp.org | Feruza Abraamyan |Neeladri Misra |Kenneth Tran |Khalid Mahmood

1. IntroductionUpper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding remains a significant cause of hospital admissions, with a notable incidence rate of about sixty-seven per 100,000 individuals. While the incidence of peptic ulcer disease and gastritis is decreasing, the incidence rates in neoplasm, Dieulafoy’s lesions, angiodysplasia, and esophagitis are trending up, necessitating physicians to be aware of those pathologies and their specifics [1] .