Abstract
A simple and safe method of medical treatment for control of massive acute gastric mucosal hemorrhage is described. The procedure was developed from the observation that gastric HCl played a central role in peretuating the syndrome. The treatment consists in neutralization of the gastric acid with antacid to pH of 7.0. In preliminary observations of consecutive admissions, 19 of 20 (95 per cent) patients treated with this techinique stopped bleeding. The one remaining patient required surgery. There were no deaths. In contrast, 10 of 15 (66 per cent) patients stopped bleeding with conventional medical therapy. Four of the remaining patients required surgery to control the bleeding. One patient did not stop on medical management. All five (33 per cent) patients died.
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