Endoscopy
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The role of urgent endoscopy in high-risk nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) performed sooner than the currently recommended 24 h in high-risk patients presenting with NVUGIB is associated with lower all-cause in-hospital mortality. ⋯ Endoscopy within 13 h of presentation was associated with lower mortality in high-risk but not low-risk NVUGIB.