Stopping antithrombotic therapy may be the most modifiable mechanism behind adverse cardiovascular outcomes after gastrointestinal bleeding.

Stress-induced gastrointestinal bleeding is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Within the past few decades, the incidence of stress-induced gastrointestinal ...

Rectal bleeding and renal dysfunction in an older patient led to a biopsy that reveals systemic amyloidosis, highlighting a rare gastrointestinal presentation.

Patients who developed upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding during a hospital stay experienced worse adverse outcomes than those admitted for upper GI bleeding alone, French researchers found in a ...

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Study is the largest to explore this potential safety issue to date. Cinacalcet use does not increase the risk for severe gastrointestinal bleeding that leads to hospitalization or death, according to ...

Neena Abraham, MD, of the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Mayo Clinic, and colleagues conducted a retrospective, propensity-matched study using Optum Labs claims data. Researchers examined rivaroxaban versus ...

A woman reaching for a prescription bottle in a medicine cabinet Findings were consistent for patients aged 80 years or older and patients with chronic kidney disease, who are often underrepresented ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with systemic sclerosis are at a significantly higher risk for gastrointestinal bleeding compared with ...

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 ...

Low-dose prophylactic aspirin increased overall baseline gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding risk by approximately 60% in elderly users -- 87% for upper- and 36% for lower-GI bleeds -- according to a large ...

Researchers conducted a large-scale clinical study to identify long-term rebleeding rates and predictors of rebleeding after capsule endoscopy (CE) in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding ...