摘要：Tables Authors O. Bouglouga 1 * A. Bagny 1 L. Lawson-Ananissoh 1 M. Djibril 2 1 Service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, CHU Campus de Lomé, Lomé, Togo 2 Service de médecine interne, CHU Sylvanus-Olympio, Lomé, Togo * Correspondance Key words: mortality, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, Togo DOI : 10.1684/mst.2014.0372 Page(s) : 388-91 Published in: 2014 Conclusion the mortality rate among patients with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage linked to variceal bleeding is high in our unit. The prevention of hepatitis virus B is important because it is the main cause of chronic liver disease causing portal hypertension in our department.
