Investigator-Reported Bleeding Versus Post Hoc Adjudication of Bleeding

Reducing Post-bleeding Mortality Of

Biomedical companies extract blood from the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, for the production of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate, used worldwide for detecting endotoxins in injectable solutions and medical devices. Despite the extensive use of horseshoe crabs by the biomedical industry, total hemolymph volume in animals of a given size is not known. The hemolymph volume of 60 adult horseshoe crab...

Clipping of a post-sphincterotomy bleeding.

An 88-year-old female with a previous history of retinopathy requiring treatment with Adiro® (acetylsalicylic acid) presented with jaundice, pruritus and right upper quadrant pain. An abdominal ultrasound revealed multiple stones in the common bile duct (CBD). Adiro® was stopped five days before ERCP. ERCP confirmed the presence of multiple stones in the CBD, which were extracted after performi...

Risk Factors for Delayed Post-Polypectomy Bleeding

BACKGROUND/AIMS Among the many complications that can occur following therapeutic endoscopy, bleeding is the most serious, which occurs in 1.0-6.1% of all colonoscopic polypectomies. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors of delayed post-polypectomy bleeding (PPB). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients who underwent colonoscopic polypectomy between January 2003 ...

Prophylaxis for post-perfusion CABG bleeding.

Heparin bridge therapy and post-polypectomy bleeding

AIM To identify risk factors for post-polypectomy bleeding (PPB), focusing on antithrombotic agents. METHODS This was a case-control study based on medical records at a single center. PPB was defined as bleeding that occurred 6 h to 10 d after colonoscopic polypectomy and required endoscopic hemostasis. As risk factors for PPB, patient-related factors including anticoagulants, antiplatelets a...