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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Clinical analysis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly [Abstract] Objective To investigate the clinical upper gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly people. Methods Retrospective analysis of January 2003 ~ January 2008 between upper gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly people admitted to the clinical features of 186 cases and 418 cases with the same young case comparison. Results of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly patients of peptic ulcer, gastric cancer more common, accounting for 43.5% and 18.28%, compared with the same young group there were significant differences (P lt;0.01. old age group complications, concurrent disease, rebleeding rate and mortality rate were significantly higher than that of the young group (P lt;0.01. Conclusions of upper gastrointestinal bleeding is still the elderly is more common peptic ulcer, gastric cancer occupies a certain position in the pathogenesis, complications, mortality high. [Keywords:] upper gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly gastric cancer Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common clinical emergency the elderly, due to physiological functions and pathological physiological differences, the elderly the clinical features of upper gastrointestinal bleeding compared with the young people there is a big difference. In order to further understand the old upper gastrointestinal Clinical features of bleeding, we retrospectively analyzed the hospital in January 2003 ~ January 2008 were treated between 186 cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly clinical data, and middle-aged patients were treated with the same period 418 cases were compared, contrast Analysis of 2 groups in the etiology, comorbidities, and mortality differences. Materials and Methods 1. General Information elderly group, 186 cases, 135 cases of male, female 51, male to female ratio of 2.6:1, age 60 to 93 years, mean age 72.0 + -2.6 years old. The control group 418 cases, 316 cases of male