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Stress gastritis
I was wondering about how much upper GI bleeding there is 'in theater' from stress gastritis or ulcer disease.
Is this a common occurance and what is done to both prevent it and treat it.......I would intuitively think that medical command would think of these things and provide prophylaxis????
Our trauma patients, that are stressed surgically certainly are at risk as are people that engage in 'stressful' jobs, being active duty in a sandbox/jungle/city certainly qualifies.
Any active duty people what to get this one going?
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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