Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children: A

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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children: A Tertiary United Kingdom Children’s Hospital Experience Omar Nasher 1,*, David Devadason 2 and Richard J. Stewart 1 Department of Paediatric Surgery, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; [email protected] 2 Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] 1

Received: 12 August 2017; Accepted: 24 October 2017; Published: 3 November 2017

Abstract: The aim of this study was to review the aetiology, presentation and management of these patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) at a tertiary children’s unit in the United Kingdom. This was a retrospective single-institution study on children (