those who underwent endoscopy as outpatients and were then immediately admitted to the hospital, and those admitted for other reasons who then developed gastrointestinal bleeding while inpatients.

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy are the primary diagnostic modalities, but initial examinations may ...

It might also be necessary to stop certain medications for a time before either an upper endoscopy or a colonoscopy. Some ...

Many patients hadn't had a documented endoscopic evaluation after bleeding, however. "This is an actionable message not communicated in previous research. It is possible that physicians may have ...

In healthcare’s dynamic regulatory and economic environment, leaders of gastroenterology-focused ASCs are keeping close tabs on industry developments. Here are five notes on ASCs and gastroenterology ...

A 75-year-old woman, who has since recovered, didn’t have the gastrointestinal bleeding that usually accompanies ... prompting doctors to prescribe an endoscopy. Journal of Medical Case Reports ...

2 The 2009 US study by Procaccini and colleagues compared endoscopic cyanoacrylate glue injection with TIPS placement for the management of gastric variceal bleeding. 5 The authors found no ...

Treatments may involve procedures such as argon plasma coagulation ablation or endoscopic clips and band ligation to stop the bleeding. A benign tumor is a tumor that is not cancerous. Whether ...

Capsule endoscopy has been reviewed in a technology ... and is now the gold standard for assessing gastrointestinal bleeding – and indications for its use are continuing to expand.