A new study casts doubt on international guidelines advising up to a week of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Pooled data from 14 ...
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In patients discharged after hospitalization for nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, cigarette smoking is associated with a significantly increased risk for readmission for recurrent ...
The FDA granted clearance to Medtronic’s endoscopic hemostasis system, Nexpowder, intended to improve visibility and management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding not linked to varices, according to a ...
The common practice of using proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) as prophylaxis against stress ulcers during invasive ventilation significantly reduced the risk of problematic gastrointestinal (GI) bleeds, ...
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 ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Prophylactic endotracheal intubation prior to endoscopy was not beneficial for patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and was instead tied to adverse risks, researchers ...
Researchers conducted a large-scale clinical study to identify long-term rebleeding rates and predictors of rebleeding after capsule endoscopy (CE) in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Pre-clinical tests show enhanced functionality of Pure-Vu EVS that can enable physicians to overcome common visualization challenges encountered during emergency upper GI bleeding procedures ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 87 and have been jogging/running for 35 years. I recently had a major upper-gastrointestinal bleed after collapsing and losing consciousness. The problem was found and corrected.
Rivaroxaban (Xarelto; Bayer/Janssen) carries a significantly higher risk of gastrointestinal bleeding—including major GI bleeding—than do other direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) across a real-world ...
Gastrointestinal bleeding in GIST patients significantly impacts recurrence-free and overall survival, with gastric bleeding linked to worse prognosis. Bleeding is less common in the small intestine, ...
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