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 that ...

Doctors have called for an urgent review of transfusion policies after a UK-wide study of 221 hospitals found that patients admitted with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB) are more than ...

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

It is recommended that patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding undergo endoscopy within 24 hours after gastroenterologic consultation. The role of endoscopy performed within time frames ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have identified a unique GI bleeding syndrome associated with cirrhosis and portal hypertension, ...

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 ...

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SHORTLY after World War II the therapy of acute massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage changed radically throughout this country. Repeated generous whole-blood transfusions and early feeding ...

In the study of over 200 patients, 90.1% of those who received TC-325 had their bleeding controlled within 30 days, as compared to 81.4% of those who received standard treatment, meeting criteria for ...

New guidelines regarding medications for gastrointestinal bleeding were jointly released by the American College of Gastroenterology and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology on March 21. This ...

Routine administration of erythromycin before EGD in patients with acute UGIH cannot be recommended; however, selected patients who are at risk of having a lot of residual blood clots in the gastric ...