ABSENCE OF ABDOMINAL PAIN IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH PEPTIC ULCER
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 13 (2) , 120-123
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/13.2.120
Abstract
The presentation of peptic ulcer in 132 elderly patients is compared with that in 67 younger patients. Abdominal pain was not present in one third of the elderly group. Absence of pain was associated with the older age group to a highly significant degree (P < 0.001).Keywords
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