Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting ...

A study by Lanas et al. 1 provides data on the trends of both upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation in hospitalized Spanish patients between 1996 and 2005; rates of upper ...

GBS scores were calculated and outcome data (hospital interventions for GI bleeding and death ... in the low-risk group was significantly lower than that of other individuals with complete ...

Luminal gastroenterology remains a fascinating and diverse specialty, attracting high numbers of applicants to fellowship posts. One potential reason for this popularity is that it is a practical ...

The approach to transfusion for patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding has varied over the years. For a time, the focus was to avoid or delay transfusions because of the possibility ...

This includes peptic ulcer bleeding, uncomplicated peptic-ulcers, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, heart failure, hypertension and chronic kidney disease. In a University of Nottingham press ...

Clearly, nonselective β-blockers have advantages over EBL, such as lower cost, no need for specialized staff, the prevention of bleeding from portal hypertensive gastropathy, probable efficacy ...