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Acid Peptic Disease
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Most frequently seen in patients in ICU. There is usually history of endotoxic shock/cardiac infarction.
They are sometimes seen after cerebral trauma or neurosurgical operations Cushing's Ulcer.
After burns (>35% of body surface) - two types of ulcer can occur and are called Curling's Ulcer.
Type A: Multiple acute erosions can occur anywhere in the body and fundus of stomach. Antrum and duodenum are unaffected (14%) first 48 hours.
Type B: during convalescence duodenal ulcers may occur and they become chronic.
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