the use of anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents has become more prevalent during the past decades. these drugs may potentially cause gastrointestinal (gi) bleeding. thus, there is an increasing need for gi endoscopy in patients who take these medications. in patients who take anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents, the appropriate conditions under which endoscopic procedures should be performed...

peptic ulcer disease and its complications have long been studied but the coexistence of two major complications in a kissing ulcer is uncommon. we present our experience with this entity and review the related literature. a 27 year old man was suffering from concomitant major complication of duodenal kissing ulcer, huge anterior perforation and uncontrolled posterior bleeding, presenting as he...

background: recombinant activated factor vii induces hemostasis in patients with coagulopathy disorders. aryoseven™ as a safe iranian recombinant activated factor vii has been available on our market. this study was performed to establish the safety of aryoseven on patients with coagulopathy disorder. methods: this single-center, descriptive, cross sectional study was carried out in thrombus an...

â  a 56 year-old man with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding is reported. the patient had constant crampy pain in his epigastrium, right upper quadrant and periumbilical area. upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy was normal. colonoscopy showed a soft-tissue mucoâ­sal lesion in the rectum which was determined to be a worm that extended into the lumen of the rectum with no bleeding. the pathology wa...

conclusion superselective tae for lgi bleeding has a high success and low complication rate. there are no statistical correlations between the clinical success rate and several variables, including embolic material, embolization site, and anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication. patients and methods fifty-two patients who underwent superselective tae for lgi bleeding between 2003 and 2011 were...

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background: vaginal bleeding is a common complication during pregnancy, which is observed in about 1/4 of pregnancies and in half of cases can lead to abortion. if vaginal bleeding happens during pregnancy some adverse pregnancy outcomes, including perinatal mortality and morbidity, low birth weight and preterm delivery will be increased. objective:  the aim of this study was to determine the r...

results: patients in the case and control groups were similar in age and admission vital signs. during the second operation, the bleeding volumes measured in the case and control groups were 66 ± 27.01 ml and 152 ± 85.4 ml, respectively. there was some pad-induced damage after the removal of the pad in the control group. patients and methods: twenty male patients with grade iv or v liver injuri...

results the hemostasis time for the ferric chloride concentration group was significantly less than for the control group (p < 0.001). materials and methods in this animal model study, 60 male wistar rats were used. an incision, 2 cm long and 0.5 cm deep was made on rat skin and the hemostasis time was recorded using ferric chloride at different concentrations (5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, and 50%) and t...

gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gist) are the most common mesenchy­mal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. the biological pattern of these tumors ranges from benign-appearing small lesions to malignant sarcomas. only 3%-5% of gists are found in the duodenum. a duodenal gist is a rare source of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. a remarkable percentage of duodenal gists are localized in the thi...