An 81-year-old male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, and peptic ulcer disease (PUD) presented with 2 episodes of maroon stools for 3 days and was found to be orthostatic. His PUD was thought to have accounted for a previous upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. A colonoscopy revealed 3 polyps and a few diverticuli throughout the colon that were considered to be the source o...

Background Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, which has several clinical manifestation and origins, is known as one of the most life-threatening events in children. Several etiologies have been suggested for GI bleeding. Objective To determine the most important causes of GI bleeding in children referred to Ghaem Hospital and Dr. Sheikh Hospital, Mashhad, Iran. Methods In this cross-sectional ...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding remains a common medical condition, with a mortality rate believed to have remained unchanged over the past five decades. METHODS Over a 50-month period, the gastroenterology consultative service at a large inner-city hospital prospectively evaluated acute upper GI (UGI) bleeding or lower GI (LGI) bleeding in consecutive patients. A number of clinical...

Aim. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is exceptionally rare in population from the north-eastern region of Peninsular Malaysia. This provides us an opportunity to contemplate the future without H. pylori in acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Methods. All cases in the GI registry with GI bleeding between 2003 and 2006 were reviewed. Cases with confirmed non-varicea...

Dieulafoy lesion is an uncommon cause of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Most such lesions are reported in the stomach, though a few have been reported in the distal esophagus. We report a 54-year-old man who presented with upper GI bleeding and had esophageal varices but bled from a Dieulafoy lesion 5 cm above the proximal end of the varices.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance characteristics of three fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs): the chemical o-toluidine test, the immunochemical OC-Hemodia test, and the immunochromatographic Quick Chaser Occult Blood (QCOB) test, which detect human hemoglobin and transferrin simultaneously in cases of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Included were 48 FOBT specimens i...

D ual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitors, such as clopidogrel, have become the mainstay of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) either for acute coronary syndromes or for stable coronary artery disease. Recent evidence suggests that lowdose aspirin defined as #100 mg daily is as effective as high-dose aspirin in secondary cardiovascular prevention (1)...

OBJECTIVE Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a serious complication that sometimes occurs after percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy (PRG). We evaluated the incidence of bleeding complications after a PRG and its management including transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE). MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 574 patients who underwent PRG in our institution between 2000 a...