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Introduction

 

A 52-year-old man, is admitted through the Yale Emergency Department because of vomiting blood.

He has a long history of alcohol use and has been hospitalized for withdrawal complications, pancreatitis, and traumatic injuries over the past 10 years. He had been relatively stable however until about 2 days prior to admission when he noted some occasional vague abdominal pain.


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