December 19, 2008 — Hospitalizations for upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding decreased by 14% from 1998 to 2006, according to a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. "Upper GI ...

Antipsychotic Use Up Among U.S. Medicaid-Enrolled Youth Patients taking the new generation of oral anticoagulants appear to have a higher risk of gastrointestinal bleeding compared with standard care.

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Scientists have created swallowable microsphere “pills” packed with engineered bacteria that can detect signs of gut disease, ...

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 ...

Bleeding from gastric varices is relatively common and can be life threatening. The optimal treatment strategy for gastric variceal hemorrhage is controversial. Both interventional radiology and ...

While the anticoagulant apixaban significantly increased the risk of major bleeding compared to aspirin in patients with ...

A class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors appear to be associated with bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract, according to a report in the July issue of ...

Move over, colonoscopies - researchers report in ACS Sensors that they've developed a sensor made of tiny microspheres packed with blood-sensing bacteria that detect markers of gastrointestinal ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding occurs as a result of blood loss from somewhere in the gastrointestinal tract, the passage that extends from the mouth to the anus. The bleeding varies in severity from mild ...

IN recent years reports of gastrointestinal hemorrhage from obscure and comparatively rare origins have been accumulating. Hematemesis is an exceedingly dramatic episode for the patient, and melena is ...