Obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding creates a diagnostic challenge for gastroenterologists. Many patients undergo multiple blood transfusions and repeated studies. Modern imaging techniques improve ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- People with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) faced higher rates of potentially fatal gastrointestinal bleeding, a retrospective study found. Those with stage 5 CKD had a 40% ...

Among Medicare-certified, single-specialty ASCs, endoscopy is the most common focus, and more than one-third (37%) 1 of certified multi-specialty ASCs have an endoscopy service line. Patient volumes ...

Bleeding from the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract shouldn't be seen as simply a manageable adverse effect of oral anticoagulation (OAC) for atrial fibrillation (AF). Rather, it's a red flag that the ...

Patients who developed upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding during a hospital stay experienced worse adverse outcomes than those admitted for upper GI bleeding alone, French researchers found in a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants conferred lower risk for ischemic stroke and major bleeding in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with acute MI, upper gastrointestinal bleeding occurred in 1.5% within 1 year and was associated ...

Major upper GI tract bleeding is a frequent complication of oral anticoagulant therapy Hospitalization risk for upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract bleeding appears to be associated with oral ...

Pantoprazole yields lower clinically important upper GI bleeding, with no significant change in mortality vs placebo. HealthDay News — Pantoprazole results in a significantly lower risk for clinically ...

GI tract_TS_ 57577434 Using a stepwise approach to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal bleeding can improve patient outcomes. SAN ANTONIO – Creating a step-by-step plan to assess and manage patients ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified eight primary factors that increase the risk of a common bleeding complication after heart attack. Some of these factors are already ...