Background and Aim: Following successful endoscopic therapy in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding, rebleeding occurs in 20% of patients. Rebleeding remains the most important determinant of poor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Endoscopic therapy yielded lower rates of rebleeding, mortality and surgery compared with ...

The American College of Gastroenterology published updated guidelines on managing upper gastrointestinal and ulcer bleeding in the May 2021 issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology. The ...

Proton-pump inhibitor esomeprazole achieved similar success of hemostasis whether administered orally or intravenously in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding after endoscopy, according to research ...

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 ...

Findings from a new, multinational, randomized, controlled trial suggest that histamine receptor 2 antagonists and PPIs are equal in their ability to control peptic ulcer rebleeding. However, several ...

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 ...

Among Medicare-certified, single-specialty ASCs, endoscopy is the most common focus, and more than one third (37%) 1 of certified multi-specialty ASCs have an endoscopy service line. Patient volumes ...

Stomach ulcers, also known as gastric ulcers, are painful sores that develop in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine. These ulcers can be caused by factors such as ...