[Experiences with emergency endoscopic diagnosis in upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage].

In a retrospectives study of emergency endoscopies of the years 1981-1984 the value of emergency endoscopy for therapy is estimated in 133 patients. In a high diagnostic reliability of 94% positive prognostic trends for the further fate of the patients are demonstrated. The lethality of the upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage was 17.2%.