The prognosis of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors is significantly impacted by gastrointestinal bleeding.

Major bleeding was low overall, but the findings align with other large datasets showing greater risk with rivaroxaban.

The following is a summary of “Oakland score to identify low-risk patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding performs well among emergency department patients,” published in the February 2025 issue ...

Introduction Endoscopic hand-suturing (EHS) has emerged as a promising modality in gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic procedures. Reports on its effectiveness in clinical practice remain limited due to ...

Experts discuss PPI use for GI protection in patients on antithrombotics, highlighting risk factors, dosing, drug ...

A study by Lanas et al. 1 provides data on the trends of both upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation in hospitalized Spanish patients between 1996 and 2005; rates of upper ...

GBS scores were calculated and outcome data (hospital interventions for GI bleeding and death ... in the low-risk group was significantly lower than that of other individuals with complete ...

Longevity is increasing worldwide, and Dr Ray O’Connor takes a look at some of the most recent clinical studies on the subject of gerontology ...

Daily, low-dose aspirin is no longer recommended for the prevention of stroke and heart attack in older adults not at higher ...

Approximately 48% of people think that the benefits of taking low-dose aspirin every day to lower their risk of heart attack or stroke outweigh the risks, but they’re wrong, according to a survey from ...

These can cause bleeding, particularly in the lower intestines and rectum ... but rather inflammation in the GI tract causes problems with nutrient absorption. Medications may also play a role ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of five studies suggested that patients on GLP-1 receptor agonists were more likely to ...