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 ...

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 ...

The following is a summary of “Oakland score to identify low-risk patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding performs well among emergency department patients,” published in the February 2025 issue ...

Many doctors use the Bristol stool chart to help evaluate the health of bowel movements. The chart is a form scale, meaning ...

3 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Objective While it is recommended that patients presenting with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB) should ...

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Guidelines from national and international professional societies on upper gastrointestinal bleeding highlight the important clinical issues but do not always identify specific management strategies ...

People can experience pain under the ribs in the upper left abdomen for many reasons. Some possible causes include gastrointestinal ... cause extensive internal bleeding. If a person has the ...