Blood transfusion is associated with increased mortality rate in upper gastrointestinal bleeding

¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia, ²Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia, ³Department of Gastroenterology, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA, Australia, ⁴Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia, ⁵School of Medicine and Pharmacology (Fremantle Hospital Campus), The University of Western Australia, WA, Australia, ⁶Department of Haematology, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA, Australia, ⁷Department of Gastroenterology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia, ⁸Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia