Warfarin is associated with higher rates of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding but not overall or lower gastrointestinal bleeding rates compared with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), according to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study published in The Lancet examined celecoxib use versus naproxen in patients with cardiothrombotic diseases and arthritis. Francis K. L. Chan, MD, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and ...

The American College of Gastroenterology published updated guidelines on managing upper gastrointestinal and ulcer bleeding in the May 2021 issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology. The ...

Patients with newly diagnosed psoriatic arthritis have a higher risk of CVD. Resuming antithrombotic therapy with in patients with atrial fibrillation and a serious gastrointestinal bleed results 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 ...

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% ...

Study shows most pediatric melena cases stem from upper gut ulcers, mainly //duodenal * Even 50-100 mL of blood in the stomach can turn stool black . Suddenly finding that your ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “GI bleeding is the most common GI reason for hospitalization in the U.S. and thus the most common emergency ...