TY - JOUR T1 - Authors' response JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1238 LP - 1238 DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301622 VL - 61 IS - 8 AU - Richard F A Logan AU - Sarah Hearnshaw AU - Vipul Jairath AU - Simon Travis AU - Kelvin R Palmer Y1 - 2012/08/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/61/8/1238.2.abstract N2 - We thank Kurien et al for their interest1 in our article.2 Nevertheless, it has to be pointed out that the Sheffield unit did not contribute to the 2007 nationwide UK audit. This is regrettable, because if centres with specialised units had contributed, we would be in a stronger position to debate the value of specialised units. While it seems intuitive that formation of dedicated bleed units should improve outcomes of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB), whether such units do so remains unclear, given the almost identical endpoints of … ER -