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. 2023 Apr 17;12(8):2921. doi: 10.3390/jcm12082921

Table 1.

The medical causes of UGB as per age group.

Causes of UGB as Per Age Group
Neonates 1–6 Months 6 Months–5 Years 5 Years and Older
Swallowed maternal blood * Cow’s milk protein allergy Mallory Weiss tears Gastritis
Vitamin K deficiency Esophagitis Dieulafoy’s lesions Esophagitis
Stress gastritis/sepsis Gastritis Esophageal varices Peptic Ulcer
Trauma
(Nasogastric tubes)
NSAID-induced ulcer Gastric varices Esophageal varices
Duplication cyst Esophageal varices Foreign body ingestion Gastric varices
Necrotising Enterocolitis Gastric varices NSAID-induced ulcer Crohn’s disease (rare)

* Swallowed maternal blood is not the cause of UGB but has the same clinical manifestations.