Impaired kidney function is a risk factor for upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, an event associated with poor outcomes. The burden of upper GI bleeding and its effect on patients with ESRD are not well described. Using data from the US Renal Data System, we quantified the rates of occurrence of and associated 30-day mortality from acute, nonvariceal upper GI bleeding in patients undergoing ...

Introduction: The upper gastro-intestinal bleed is one of the most common indication for endoscopy. There are various reasons same and include gastric or duodenal ulcer, erosive gastritis duodenitis, esophagitis, mallory weiss tear, malignancy etc. Many prisoner feign to be having hematemesis but their history clinical presentation does not match with it.

introduction: elective upper and lower gi endoscopy is usually performed in children on an outpatient basis with the child under sedation or general anesthesia (ga). the objective of this study was to describe anesthesia related complications in   children undergoing elective gi endoscopy.   materials and methods: the study design was descriptive on 1388 patients undergoing elective gi endoscop...

BACKGROUND Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected patient frequently report upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms; however their prevalence and diagnostic approach is not well known. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to study clinical, endoscopic and histopathological changes in HIV infected patients with upper GI symptoms and their correlation with CD4 count. MATERIALS AND METH...

background: upper gastrointestinal (gi) bleeding remains a problem in critically ill-newborns. the use of h 2 blockers, by maintaining gastric ph ³ 4, reduces the risk of stress-ulceration and gastric hemorrhage. this study therefore, has evaluated the effects of short-term prophylactic‎ ranitidine in controlling gastric ph and prevention of gi bleeding in neonates.   methods: this randomized c...

PURPOSE Gastrointestinal (GI) side effects of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac may be reduced if it is administered as a complex with phospholipid. The upper and lower GI permeability induced by a diclofenac-dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline (DPPC) complex were compared with those of diclofenac acid and its sodium salt in rats. METHODS Pharmacokinetic studies were car...

background: the iron deficiency anemia (ida) is a common cause of referral to medical departments. chronic gastrointestinal (gi) blood loss is important cause of ida and also an alarming sign of serious underlying disease. the information concerning ideal evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with the ida is scant. we designed a prospective study to determine the frequency of gi ...