Upper GI complications in Europe

• 1000 people are hospitalised every day for upper GI bleeds in Europe (~400 million population)

• In 400 of these 1000 patients the bleed (or perforation) will be directly attributable to NSAIDs

• 100 (10%) of these 1000 will die from their complications

Calculated from :Blower AL et al, Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 1997, 11, 283-291MacDonald T et al, BMJ, 1997, 315, 1333-1337

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