Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The GI tract includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine ...

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation are important clinical concerns, traditionally associated with high mortality rates. Advances in clinical practice over the past two decades are ...

GBS scores were calculated and outcome data (hospital interventions for GI bleeding and death) were recorded. The second phase was conducted at two hospitals. In this phase, consecutive emergency ...

The trade-off of this approach is increased rates of bleeding, a third of which is from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. GI bleeding after PCI occurs in approximately 1% of patients within 30 days ...

However, gastrointestinal bleeding is a serious challenge during endoscopic procedures, involving considerable mortality between 2% and 10% 3, as well as high management costs. For ASC physicians who ...