This system has great potential to identify patients with upper GI bleeding who can be managed as outpatients. All of the elements of the GBS low-risk criteria can be easily obtained through ...

The rate of cardiac injury as determined by cTnI in this study was 19%. In trying to identify any factors that may contribute to an overestimation of cardiac injury, we consider the use of cTnI ...

THERE have been two striking changes in the last twenty years in the management of hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract. Twenty years ago many able clinicians discouraged the giving of ...

This happens due to bleeding in any part of the gastrointestinal tract that runs from your mouth to your anus. If you have ...

GI bleeding is classified into upper, middle, and lower GI bleeding based on the site of hemorrhage. Acute upper GI bleeding has an incidence of 84–160 cases per 100,000 individuals annually ...

A prospective, Australian study has found that 19% of patients who presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding had elevated troponin I levels—an indication of cardiac injury. Although upper ...

The 10-month-old baby underwent a delicate embolisation procedure and was discharged after a seven-day hospital stay after ...

History of ulcer disease and/or GI bleeding. Inflammatory bowel disease ... Nausea, diarrhea, constipation, upper abdominal pain, headache; cardiovascular thrombotic events, GI ulcer/bleed ...

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