Assessment of risk factors of stomach bleeding in patients with ulcer disease

Risk factors of stomach bleeding in patients admitted to the gastroenterology Department of the Republican clinical hospital were investigated. The analysis of 162 medical records was carried out. Risk factors for bleeding prevailed: male sex, age over 55 years, administration of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, long-term ulcerative history, inflammatory background of stomach mucosa, presence of Helicobacter pylori infection. The dimensions of ulcerative defects were significantly larger in men compared to women by2.5 times, in persons older than 55 years compared to younger patients by 2.8 times, and in patients who took a history of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by 3.2 times. The dependence of the localization of ulcers in the antrum on male, Asian nationality, Smoking, taking nonsteroidal antinflammatory drugs and the presence of Helicobacter pylori infection was revealed.