Duodenal ulcers dominate acute upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding in childhood: A 10-year experience from Hong Kong

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-203

  Houben, Christoph Heinrich ^a,c   Chiu, Philip Wai Yan ^b   Lau, James Yun Wong ^b   Lee, Kim Hung ^a   Ng, Enders Kwok Wai ^b   Tam, Yuk Him ^a   Yeung, Chung Kwong ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding; Duodenal ulcer; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMPICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG USE; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOSTASIS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUODENAL ULCER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 55149121642     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00346.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Stevenson RJ. Gastrointestinal bleeding in children. Surg Clin North Am 1985; 65: 1455-80.
2. Larrosa-Haro A, Coello-Ramirez P. Usefulness of endoscopy in the differential diagnosis of hemorrhage of the upper digestive tract in children. Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 1992; 49: 743-9.
3. El Mouzan MI, Abdullah AM, Al-Mofleh IA. Yield of endoscopy in children with hematemesis. Trop Gastroent 2004; 25: 44-6.
4. Guo Q, Zhan L. Analysis of 136 children with gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Bull Hunan Med Univ 2001; 26: 566-8.
5. Huang IF, Wu TC, Wang KS, Hwang B, Hsieh KS. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in children with gastrointestinal bleeding. J Chin Med Assoc 2003; 66: 271-5.
6. Arvind AS, Cook RS, Tabaqchali S, Farthing MJ. One-minute endoscopy room test for Campylobacter pylori. Lancet 1988; i: 704.
7. El Mouzan MI, Abdullah AM. Peptic ulcer disease in children and adolescents. J Trop Pediatr 2004; 50: 328-30.
8. Escobar CH, Suarez CL, Vasconez MF, Camarero SC, Perdomo GM. Duodenal ulcer in children. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 1990; 77: 185-8.
9. Wong BPY, Chao NSY, Leung MWY, Chung K-W, Kwok W-K, Liu KKW. Complications of peptic ulcer disease in children and adolescents: minimally invasive treatments offer feasible surgical options. J Pediatr Surg 2006; 41: 2073-5.
10. Petrov EE. The level of sex steroid hormones in the blood of women with duodenal peptic ulcer. Lik Sprava 1998; 7: 61-3.
11. Drago F, Montoneri C, Varga C, Laslo F. Dual effect of female sex steroids on drug-induced gastroduodenal ulcers in the rat. Life Sci 1999; 64: 2341-50.
12. Smith BR, Stabile BE. Emerging trends in peptic ulcer disease and damage control surgery in the H. pylori era. Am Surg 2005; 71: 797-801.
13. Yeung CK, Yuen KY, Fu KH, Tsang TM, Seto WH, Saing H. Rapid endoscopy room diagnosis of Campylobacter pylori associated gastritis in children. J Ped Gastroenterol Nutr 1990; 10: 357-60.
14. Macarthur C, Saunders N, Feldman W. Helicobacter pylori, gastroduodenal disease, and recurrent abdominal pain in children. JAMA 1995; 273: 729-34.
15. Wong KKY, Chung PHY, Lan LCL, Lin SCL, Tam PKH. Trends in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in symptomatic children in the era of eradication. J Ped Surg 2005; 40: 1844-7.
16. Malcolm CA, MacKay WG, Shepherd A, Weaver LT. Helicobacter pylori in children is strongly associated with poverty. Scott Med J 2004; 49: 136-8.
17. Ndip RN, Malange AE, Akoachere JF, Mackay WG, Titanji VP, Weaver LT. Helicobacter pylori antigens in the faeces of asymptomatic children in the Buea and Limbe health districts of Cameroon: A pilot study. Trop Med Int Health 2004; 9: 1036-40.
18. Kivi M, Tindberg Y. Helicobacter pylori occurrence and transmission: A family affair? Scan J Infect Dis 2006; 38: 407-17.
19. Goodman KJ, Correa P. Transmission of Helicobacter pylori among siblings. Lancet 2000; 355: 358-62.
20. Ootani H, Iwakiri R, Shimoda R et al. Role of Helicobacter pylori infection and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in bleeding peptic ulcers in Japan. J Gastroenterol 2006; 41: 41-6.
21. Huang JQ, Sridhar S, Hunt RH. Role of Helicobacter pylori infection and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in peptic-ulcer disease: A meta-analysis. Lancet 2002; 359: 14-22.