Introduction: Gastrointestinal bleeding represents an important clinical problem, which can be encountered in several presentations including overt, occult and obscure forms. The management of gastrointestinal bleeding represents an important clinical problem particularly the obscure overt bleeding. This study aimed to evaluate the role of angiography in the management of this type of bleeding....

PURPOSE The aims of our study were to evaluate the blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio (BUN/Cr ratio) for distinguishing between an upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB), and differentiating between the two most common causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) presenting with melena in children. METHODS Retrospective data of patients with GIB presenting with melena were a...