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What causes a gastrointestinal (GI) bleed?

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry ...
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Real-Time, Blood-Sensing Capsule Accurately Diagnoses UGIB in 7 Minutes and May Help Patient Triage

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A real-time, blood-sensing capsule (PillSense, EnteraSense Ltd) that detects upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is safe and effective for patients before undergoing upper ...
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Web-based education decreases need for upper GI tract endoscopy in uninvestigated dyspepsia

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Web-based patient education effectively decreased the need for upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy in ...
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Motus GI Completes First Clinical Evaluation of New Pure-Vu® Gastro in Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Procedures to Support FDA Submission

- On track to submit a 510(k) to the U.S. FDA for the Pure-Vu Gen 4 Gastro device in Q4 2023 to support the 400,000 upper GI bleeds and other procedures with impaired visualization in the U.S.- - Pure ...
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Pantoprazole reduces upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk in ventilated patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Across several subgroups, pantoprazole decreased clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding more than ...
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Motus GI Announces First Upper GI Patient Procedure for FDA Cleared Pure-Vu® EVS Gastro

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Motus GI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOTS) (“Motus GI” or the “Company”), a medical technology company focused on improving endoscopic outcomes and ...
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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient With AIDS

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;3(6):349-353. V. Balderas is second-year Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. S.J. Spechler is Chief of the ...
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Upper gastrointestinal involvement is common in Egyptian patients with ulcerative colitis

This study investigates upper gastrointestinal tract (UGIT) involvement in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), a condition traditionally considered limited to the colon. Although extra-colonic ...
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Prophylactic Antibiotics May Be of No Use in Cirrhosis With Upper GI Bleeding

Current guidelines recommend 5 to 7 days of broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis. In a systematic review and meta-analysis, shorter ...
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Damage to gut lining from ulcers, ibuprofen may increase Parkinson's risk

Share on Pinterest Researchers are finding more evidence of the link between the gut and brain and Parkinson’s. Maskot/Getty Images The exact cause of Parkinson’s is unclear, but experts believe that ...
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ASA Advises Monitoring for Exhaled Carbon Dioxide During Upper GI Procedures

The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Ambulatory Surgical Care committee issued a statement, advising anesthesiologists to consider monitoring patients for exhaled carbon dioxide in procedures ...