This system has great potential to identify patients with upper GI bleeding who can be managed as outpatients. All of the elements of the GBS low-risk criteria can be easily obtained through ...

The beneficial effect on platelet function, and hence bleeding from the GI tract ... institution of PPI and an upper GI endoscopy. This time period will allow the gastroenterologist to hopefully ...

A prospective, Australian study has found that 19% of patients who presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding ... a history of cardiac or renal disease, to experience cardiovascular compromise ...

GI bleeding is classified into upper, middle, and lower GI bleeding based on the site of hemorrhage. Acute upper GI bleeding has an incidence of 84–160 cases per 100,000 individuals annually ...