老年学と老年医学の研究

概要

Successful Treatment of Dieulafoy´s Gastric Lesion in a Critical Elderly Patient

Jordana de Melo Silva ,Edmilson Leal Bastos de Moura *,Élida Lorena Leal Reis ,Marcelo de Oliveira Maia ,Flávio Hayato Ejima

Dieulafoy's lesion is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Due to the exceptional nature of its diagnosis and severity of clinical presentation in the critically ill patients, brevity of the treatment is essential. This report describes the treatment of an elderly patient during his stay in the Intensive Care Unit.