Digestive bleeding are more common in the emergency services gastric injuries.
University hospital of Getafe held a workshop with anatomical models.
– it is an activity to deputy resident, medical doctors, nurses and assistants of the Endoscopy Unit, as a follow-up to his training.
– in the workshop has instructed participants in the use of devices for the treatment of Haemostatic injuries, as it is the case of the placing of bands for esophageal varices, sclerotherapy needles and catheters for electrohemostasis, hemoclips
– in this course showed the endoscopic techniques currently used for the solution of digestive bleeding
Getafe, may 2012.- the unit of digestive endoscopy of the University Hospital of Getafe heldthe past April 20, a workshop with anatomical models for medical training, medical assistant, nursing staff and auxiliary Endoscopy Unit.
Health professionals practiced the most important techniques of endoscopy in the treatment of Haemostatic injuries that involve technical difficulties and management in patients with artificial anatomical model, which simulates the interior of the human body during activity.
The most advanced techniques to treat digestive bleeding that health professionals practiced, include the placement of bands for esophageal varices, sclerotherapy needle catheters for electrohemostasis and hemoclips, among others.
Digestive bleeding are the most common injuries seen in emergency services Hospital of Gastroenterology, which are caused by lesions that occur in the esophagus, stomach or duodenum and its main cause is gastro-duodenal ulcers, although they may also appear by the presence of inflammationesophagitis, gastritis or tumors. They have a mortality around 5-10% in many cases.
Patients with symptoms of GI bleeding require an assessment and urgent treatment of its process through endoscopic devices, which will decrease the likelihood of bleeding re, surgical treatment, and mortality.
The course, organized by Dr. Javier Pérez-Bedmar Delgado, of the service of digestive medicine, is the first of these features is performed in hospitals in the southern part of the capital.
