Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Patients implanted with a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy and those with a prior history of gastrointestinal bleeding were at significantly higher risk for hospitalization due to recurrent bleeding, researchers noted.

The FDA has approved an oral suspension omeprazole and sodium bicarbonate for the treatment of active benign gastric ulcer and to reduce risk for upper gastrointestinal bleeding, according to an Azurity Pharmaceuticals press release.

Although fewer patients visited the emergency department for gastrointestinal bleeding during the pandemic, cases were more severe and disproportionately worse among underrepresented groups, according to a study.

Aspirin is the foundational treatment for secondary prevention of cardiac events and the standard therapy I have used for my patients for decades, but it can expose some patients to bleeding risk.

Among patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, those with gastrointestinal bleeding were more likely to die in the hospital and had higher costs and longer length of stay, researchers reported.

The ACG and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology have developed recommendations for the management of anticoagulants and antiplatelets during acute gastrointestinal bleeding and the elective periendoscopic period.

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of Mallory-Weiss syndrome.

In this Healio exclusive video, Jacob E. Kurlander, MD, MS, assistant professor at the University of Michigan and Michigan Medicine, discusses the underuse of proton pump inhibitors in the management of gastrointestinal bleeding.

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of the Dieulafoy lesion.

Magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy to identify gastrointestinal injury in patients taking antiplatelet therapy after PCI.