Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding refers to bleeding that occurs anywhere in the esophagus, the stomach, or the upper part of the small intestine. It is a symptom of an underlying disorder, and it ...

Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry stool. Peptic ulcers are the leading ...

The risk for serious upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is higher with some oral anticoagulants (OAC) than others, but protection offered by coadministration of a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) varies ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is bleeding in the digestive tract, anywhere from the throat to the rectum. A person can experience a small loss of blood, such as when a hemorrhoid bleeds, or a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Chan and colleagues assessed data on 19,114 patients from Aspree, an aspirin primary prevention trial. In the ...

“I never predict. I just look out of the window and see what is visible—but not yet seen.” Peter Drucker (1909–2005, writer and management consultant). Predicting the future necessitates gazing into a ...

Stress-induced gastrointestinal bleeding is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Within the past few decades, the incidence of stress-induced gastrointestinal ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, those with gastrointestinal bleeding were ...