Search results for "Gastrointestinal bleeding"
Case report details serious, recurrent GI bleeding associated with sotatercept
The investigational medication is being evaluated for use in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/26/6.htm
26 Jan 2024
MKSAP Quiz: Hospitalization after passing black stools
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate management for a patient who was hospitalized after having three black, loose stools in one day.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/12/17/4.htm
17 Dec 2021
MKSAP quiz: Medication management for joint pain due to degenerative disease
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate medication management in a 67-year-old woman with a history of pain related to degenerative joint disease that is well controlled with diclofenac.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/28/4.htm
28 Nov 2017
MKSAP quiz: 2-month history of diarrhea
A 30-year-old woman is evaluated for a 2-month history of diarrhea with three to five loose stools per day.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/27/5.htm
27 Jan 2017
MKSAP Quiz: ICU admission for hematemesis
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate next step in management for a 62-year-old man with cirrhosis and gastric varices.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/22/4.htm
22 Sep 2023
MKSAP Quiz: Next steps after a GI bleed
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate next step in management for a 40-year-old patient who was discharged six weeks ago after hospitalization for upper GI bleeding and whose most recent upper endoscopy showed a healing Mallory-Weiss tear.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/27/4.htm
27 May 2022
Apixaban shows superior effectiveness, safety compared to rivaroxaban
For patients with venous thromboembolism, initiation of apixaban was associated with lower rates of recurrence and intracranial and gastrointestinal bleeding than rivaroxaban in a population-based cohort study.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/12/17/6.htm
17 Dec 2021
Clinical prediction model may help determine management for acute lower GI bleeding
Factors associated with safe discharge in the development and validation cohorts were age, female sex, no previous admission for lower GI bleeding, no blood on digital rectal exam, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and hemoglobin level.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/28/3.htm
28 Jul 2017
Anticoagulants compared for associated risk of hospitalization due to upper GI bleeding
Proton-pump inhibitor cotherapy significantly reduced risk among patients on anticoagulation, a cohort study found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/28/9.htm
28 Dec 2018
MKSAP quiz: Recent history of mild nausea, dyspepsia
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate next step in management for a 55-year-old man with a 2-day history of mild nausea and dyspepsia that is worse with fasting and improved with eating.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/24/4.htm
24 Aug 2018