Acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is one of the most common medical emergencies and most cases require urgent medical assessment. Half of all cases are due to peptic ulcer and this article focuses on non-variceal bleeding. The priority, following emergency hospital admission, is to support the circulation of the shocked patient rather than to identify the source of bleeding. After resu...

background: sodium hypochlorite is found in bleaching agents used to cleaning dishes and bleach laundry. the ingestion of sodium hypochlorite causes acute corrosive esophagitis and gastritis. in establishing the diagnosis and therapeutic approach of acute corrosive poisonings, the upper endoscopy has great importance. the aim of this study was to determine predictive factors of gastrointestinal...

Diverticulum of the horizontal portion of the duodenum is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Since it is difficult to access the horizontal portion of the duodenum by standard upper GI endoscopy, only a very few cases of endoscopic hemostasis have been reported. Herein, we report a case of diverticular bleeding from the horizontal portion of the duodenum for which hemostasis ...

Nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is one of the most common reasons for hospitalization and a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Recently developed endoscopic devices and supporting apparatuses can achieve endoscopic hemostasis with greater safety and efficiency. With these advancements in technology and technique, gastroenterologists should have no concerns regard...

Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a rare clinical disease which can cause recurrent upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract bleeding. It is responsible for about 4% of non-variceal upper GI haemorrhages. As one of the vascular diseases that happened in stomach, GAVE was also named as watermelon stomach (WS) for its characteristic endoscopic performance. Compared with portal hypertensive gastr...

background: endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract is the most accurate method for the diagnosis of most disease conditions associated with dyspepsia. however, endoscopy involves some discomfort, significant social inconvenience, and cost. attempts to identify those patients most likely to benefit from endoscopy have met with variable success. to evaluate endoscopic findings of the upper...

Most gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) arise from the proper muscle layer of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract and have a low malignant potential. They are sometimes accompanied by symptoms, but in most cases are detected by chance. Endoscopic surgery of subepithelial tumors in the upper GI tract has been actively performed, and its merits include the need for fewer medical devices co...

background : upper endoscopy, as an important diagnostic and occasional therapeutic tool is invasive. sedation of patients during the endoscopy procedure with minimal side effects could raise patient tolerability, allowing for ease and increased effectiveness of this procedure. materials and methods: in this study, 105 patients who were candidates for the upper endoscopy procedure were randomly...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether alendronate sodium treatment is associated with upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract adverse experiences (AEs)-particularly those of the stomach, duodenum, or esophagus-in the Fracture Intervention Trial, and to assess the relationship between alendronate use and upper GI tract events among women at increased risk for these outcomes. DESIGN Randomized, double-blin...