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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Stomach bleeding is a kind of gastrointestinal disease which can be diagnosed noninvasively by wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE). However, it requires much time for physicians to scan large amount of WCE images. Alternatively, computer-assisted bleeding localization systems are developed where color, edge, and intensity features are defined to distinguish lesions from normal tissues. This paper ...

BACKGROUND By blocking the serotonin transporter system antidepressants can, in theory, result in bleedings. However, we do not yet know how great the risk of bleeding is and what the clinical implications are. AIM To assess how great the risk of bleeding is and what the clinical implications are. METHOD Using keywords 'antidepressants' and 'bleeding' we searched the relevant literature up ...

Intensivists are regularly confronted with the question of gastrointestinal bleeding. To date, the latest international recommendations regarding prevention and treatment for gastrointestinal bleeding lack a specific approach to the critically ill patients. We present recommendations for management by the intensivist of gastrointestinal bleeding in adults and children, developed with the GRADE ...