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% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with acute MI, upper gastrointestinal bleeding occurred in 1.5% within 1 year and was associated ...

Patients who developed upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding during a hospital stay experienced worse adverse outcomes than those admitted for upper GI bleeding alone, French researchers found in a ...

Both conditions involve symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding, though a major difference is that hematochezia often presents as bright red blood in the stool, while melena appears as black, tarry ...

A new study casts doubt on international guidelines advising up to a week of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Pooled data from 14 ...

Melena appears as black, sticky, foul smelling stool and often signals upper GI bleeding Study shows most pediatric melena cases stem from upper gut ulcers, mainly duodenal Even 50–100 mL of blood in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “GI bleeding is the most common GI reason for hospitalization in the U.S. and thus the most common emergency ...

Warfarin is associated with higher rates of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding but not overall or lower gastrointestinal bleeding rates compared with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), according to ...

Researchers have identified eight primary factors that increase the risk of a common bleeding complication after heart attack. Some of these factors are already known, but using machine learning ...

Blood in a toddler’s stool often results from constipation, but it can indicate a more serious issue, such as gastrointestinal bleeding. A doctor can advise on whether blood in a toddler’s stool needs ...