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.

Gastrointestinal bleeding refers to any form of hemorrhage or blood loss that occurs in the gastrointestinal tract, the passage that extends all the way from the mouth to the anus. The causes of this ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding is common among people with cirrhosis due to a complication called portal hypertension. This is elevated blood pressure in the veins that lead to your liver. Cirrhosis is ...

Cavernous haemangiomas are benign vascular lesions that may occur throughout the body, including within the gastrointestinal tract. These lesions comprise dilated blood vessels that can lead to ...

Current guidelines recommend 5 to 7 days of broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis. In a systematic review and meta-analysis, shorter ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Endoscopy plays a major role in the evaluation of OGIB and the management approach is summarized in Figure 1. Patients with OGIB may present with either occult or overt bleeding. Repeat colonoscopy ...

Chinese scientists may have developed a possible alternative to colonoscopies for detecting gastrointestinal diseases with a ...

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