The Oakland score offers the greatest discrimination and specificity for identifying patients with lower GI bleeding who can be safely discharged from the ED.

SAN DIEGO — A real-time, blood-sensing capsule (PillSense) is a safe and effective diagnostic tool for patients with suspected upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that can aid patient triage, reduce ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bleeding in the lower gastrointestinal tract increased risk for incident colorectal cancer in patients with ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified eight primary factors that increase the risk of a common bleeding complication after heart attack. Some of these factors are already ...

In a clinical practice guideline issued jointly by the American College of Gastroenterology and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and published online March 17 in the American Journal of ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified eight primary factors that increase the risk of a common bleeding complication after heart attack. Some of these factors are already ...

Some antidepressant medications carry a significant risk of upper-GI hemorrhage. The risk more than triples when the patient also takes certain painkillers. Data from four studies involving 153,000 ...

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 ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common and potentially life-threatening condition that requires prompt and accurate diagnosis. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy are the primary ...

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% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rivaroxaban appeared associated with a higher rate of gastrointestinal bleeding than other direct oral ...