Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The GI tract includes the esophagus, ...

Stomach cancer can cause black stools, also known as melena, which are a sign of bleeding in the stomach. It happens both in ...

This system has great potential to identify patients with upper GI bleeding who can be managed as outpatients. All of the elements of the GBS low-risk criteria can be easily obtained through ...

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 ...

The approach to transfusion for patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding has varied over the years. For a time, the focus was to avoid or delay transfusions because of the possibility ...

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