Thermoreceptors in the upper gastrointestinal tract independently influence sudomotor activity

Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding : Assessing

Various strategies can be used in the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. This study investigates the relevance of anamnestic and clinical findings for the diagnosis of the bleeding source. The authors introduced a computer-aided diagnostic system using Bayes’ theorem and compared it with clinicians’ predictions using anamnestic and clinical findings only. There was no differenc...

Cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Blood Fibrin in Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Obstruction

After high gastrointestinal tract obstruction the blood fibrin increases rapidly. The change is more marked in animals with obstruction of the cardiac end of the stomach. The rise in fibrin parallels closely the toxemia characteristic of such conditions. These results indicate that liver insufficiency cannot be the cause of death in such obstructions.

Oncolytic virotherapy in upper gastrointestinal tract cancers

Upper gastrointestinal tract malignancies are among the most challenging cancers with regard to response to treatment and prognosis. Cancers of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, and biliary tree have dismal 5-year survival, and very modest improvements in this rate have been made in recent times. Oncolytic viruses are being developed to address these malignancies, with a focus on high sa...

Corrosive Effect of Nifedipine in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

Upper gastrointestinal tract mucosa is prone to injury. Drugs may disturb gastric mucosa protective mechanisms and cause damage. Injury by NSAIDs is a well described complication. Nifedipine, a widely used drug, was not described before as having a potential to damage gastrointestinal mucosa. We describe here, two patients, who developed esophageal and gastric mucosal damage, probably related t...