Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleed is one of the commonest medical emergencies. Cultural customs and practices may influence the development of disease conditions that may lead to UGI bleed. The purpose of this study was to compare the causes of UGI bleed in different ethnic groups among patients presenting to a large tertiary care hospital with acute UGI bleed. A retrospective study was conduc...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in patients after cardiac surgery, assess the perioperative risk factors, and determine the type of GI tract pathology associated with bleeding events. METHODS At a tertiary referral hospital, all cardiac surgery patients having a postoperative GI bleed from April 2002 to March 2012 were identified. To determine bleeding e...

AIM To evaluate the efficacy of erythromycin to decrease the time and improves the quality of EGD in patients with acute upper GI bleeding. BACKGROUND The diagnostic and therapeutic value of esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in patients with upper GI bleeding is often limited by the presence of residual blood or clots. Infused erythromycin (3 mg/kg) before EGD, a potent gastro kinetic drug, mi...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to evaluate objectively the incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection and upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in patients following heart valve replacement surgery. Since the discovery of Helicobacter pylori, its association with gastritis, peptic ulceration and upper GI bleed have been extensively studied. Anticoagulation of patients with mechanical heart va...

background and purpose: suitable sedation during gastrointestinal (gi) tract endoscopy leads to the patient’s and the physician’s satisfaction and enhances the quality and the adequacy of the procedure. materials and methods: in a clinical trial, 140 patients were randomly assigned into two groups in order to compare the adequacy of upper gi tract endoscopy after choosing the type of sedation b...

Social networks are useful in the study of relationships between individuals or entire populations, and the ties through which any given social unit connects. Those represent the convergence of the various social contacts of that unit. Consequently, the term "social networking service" (SNS) became extremely familiar. Similar to familiar SNSs, International Digestive Endoscopy Network (IDEN) 20...

background many studies have reported an association between periodontal infections and some systemic diseases such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. some studies found a direct association between chronic gastritis caused by helicobacter pylori (hp) infection and poor periodontal health. methods in a cross-sectional study from november 2014 to december 2015 in kerman, the largest pro...

esophaggogastroduodenoscopy

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is a fairly routine surgical procedure for treating patients with morbid obesity. Since postoperative upper gastrointestinal bleeding (GI) is uncommon and etiologies in these patients can be variable, investigation and treatment can be difficult in the post-surgical patient. We report a case of a 65 year-old female, post Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery who presented ...

We present a 55 years old male with severe anemia with history of pain abdomen for 2 weeks and malena of 10 days duration. He was taking NSAID (Diclofenac sodium). Upper GI endoscopy done twice did not reveal any abnormality. Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) barium series with small bowel follow through revealed a diverticulum on medial wall of second part of duodenum and there was evidence of ulce...