THERE have been two striking changes in the last twenty years in the management of hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract. Twenty years ago many able clinicians discouraged the giving of ...

Platelet aggregation is impaired in acidic environments, and hence blood clots that form on the surface of peptic ulcers are unstable. [11] In the stomach, an almost complete shutdown of gastric ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding is a medical emergency and represents the most common cause of hospitalizations associated with digestive diseases in most countries 1,2. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding ...

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A new expert consensus decision pathway from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) aims to ease the management of patients who bleed while taking oral anticoagulation for any indication. The ...

SHORTLY after World War II the therapy of acute massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage changed radically throughout this country. Repeated generous whole-blood transfusions and early feeding ...

“These autosomal diseases, from an inheritance standpoint, affect men and women equally, but because of their impact on the gynecological system and menses, women are often affected much more than men ...

Hemophilia is a rare congenital bleeding disorder characterized by spontaneous and potentially life-threatening bleeding episodes. In addition to its clinical burden on the patient, the condition also ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;3(1):24-32. Endoscopic therapy can be broadly categorized into injection therapy, thermal coagulation, and mechanical hemostasis. When analyzed separately, ...