Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage

Abstract

• Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage (UGIH) is a common emergency presentation with a mortality reaching 10%.1 • A ‘weekend effect’ has been described for UGIH with increased mortality rates for those admitted over a weekend.2 • These studies typically utilise information from national databases to describe this effect whereas this study sought to examine if there was a reproducible ‘weekend effect’ at two district general hospitals.