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Managing GI bleeding in the ASC: How tech is driving efficiency + safety for endoscopy

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 ...
MedPage Today

Gastrointestinal Bleeding More Common in Advanced CKD

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- People with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) faced higher rates of potentially fatal gastrointestinal bleeding, a retrospective study found. Those with stage 5 CKD had a 40% ...
European Medical Journal

Lactate Clearance Helps Predict Massive Transfusion in GI Bleeding

New real-world data suggest early lactate clearance can predict massive transfusion needs in upper gastrointestinal bleeding, ...
Medscape

PRECISE-DAPT Score Predicts GI Bleeding Risk Among Post-PCI Patients

PHILADELPHIA — Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among patients on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) remains risky in terms of morbidity and mortality, but ...
Medscape

Rivaroxaban vs Warfarin for AFib Causes More GI Bleeding

ATLANTA, Georgia — Patients with atrial fibrillation receiving anticoagulant therapy are more likely to experience gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding when treated with rivaroxaban than when treated with ...
Healio

Metoclopramide use in upper GI bleeding stalled by ‘startling’ lack of published trials

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Evidence for metoclopramide use in upper GI bleeding is very low, with few published trial data. Existing data ...
Healio

Apixaban ‘might be preferable’ to other DOACs due to lower GI bleeding risk

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Monthly Prescribing Reference

Pantoprazole Cuts GI Bleeding in Patients Undergoing Invasive Ventilation

Pantoprazole yields lower clinically important upper GI bleeding, with no significant change in mortality vs placebo. HealthDay News — Pantoprazole results in a significantly lower risk for clinically ...
The Cardiology Advisor

Apixaban Linked to Higher Gastrointestinal Bleed Risk Than Aspirin in SCAF

While apixaban was linked to more total major bleeds, rates of fatal and intracranial hemorrhage were similar to aspirin.
MedPage Today

Thalidomide Reduced Episodes of Recurrent GI Bleeding

Treatment with thalidomide led to a reduction in bleeding among patients with recurrent bleeding due to small-intestinal angiodysplasia (SIA), a randomized trial showed. In 150 patients, 68.6% of ...
Nature

Cavernous Hemangioma and Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Cavernous haemangiomas are benign vascular lesions that may occur throughout the body, including within the gastrointestinal tract. These lesions comprise dilated blood vessels that can lead to ...