Endoscopy of Mallory Weiss Tear - Presence of Hiatal Hernia with Blood Clot

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The Hiatus Hernia displays the blood clot Bleeding from MWTs stops spontaneously in 80-90% of patients. With conservative therapy, most tears heal uneventfully within 48 hours. Thus, a MWT can easily be missed if endoscopy is delayed. The degree of blood loss varies. Earlier studies reported that the proportion of patients requiring blood transfusions was 40-70%. These figures do not seem to be the trend today and are probably significantly lower. Hemodynamic instability and shock may occur in up to 10% of patients. In one series, mortality as high as 8.6% was attributed to MWTs. Current clinical experience suggests a significantly lower mortality rate from MWTs.

tags: endoscopy esophagus Mallory-Weiss Syndrome bleeding

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