[Mortality risk factors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding at Brazzville university hospital].

In the absence of interventional endoscopy the treatment of upper digestive hemorrhage a the brazzaville university hospital is only medicinal. Objective of this work was to identify risk factors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding by conducting a retrospective case-type study conducted over a period of 2 years. The 180 patients included for upper digestive hemorrhage were divided into 2 groups accordind to their progressive modality : deceaded patients (cases) and non-deceased patients (controls).