Non –variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) remains a common and challenging emergency for gastroenterologists and general physician. The annual incidence is 50 to 150 per 100,000 of the population, and even though there have been significant improvements in endoscopic and supportive therapies, the overall mortality remains around 10%, and may even reach 35% in hospitalised patients wi...

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to ulcer disease is common and results in substantial patient morbidity and medical expense. After initial resuscitation to stabilize the patient, carefully performed endoscopy provides an accurate diagnosis and identifies high-risk ulcer patients who are likely to rebleed with medical therapy alone and will benefit most from endoscopic hemostasis. For ...

Gastrointestinal disturbances like anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal discomfort and diarrhoea are known adverse effects of rifampicin. We report an upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to haemorrhagic gastric erosions after ingestion of rifampicin for pulmonary tuberculosis. The cause and effect relationship between development of haemorrhagic gastric erosions and rifampicin administration w...

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB) is a life-threatening complication of gastrointestinal diseases. There is a large variety of uncommon reasons which contribute to UGB and might become reasons for misdiagnosis and sometimes lead to fatal consequences. In this review, clinical characteristics of uncommon causes of UGB reported in the Chinese literature are summarized.

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Routine biopsy of the upper gastrointestinal tract is performed with increasing frequency. It is generally considered to be safe without significant complication. However, gastrointestinal bleeding as a result of cold biopsy is a known complication. We report seven cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding after cold biopsy and discuss clinical data, risks factors, seve...

gastric cardia cancer; the most common type of upper gastrointestinal cancer in ardabil, iran.

Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common indication for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, with a large audit reporting 14% mortality [1,2]. Although, the gastrointestinal tract is the most common site of the lymphoma, lymphoma is a rare cause of the gastrointestinal bleeding [3]. In this paper, we present a case with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) resulting in massive gastrointest...

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...

At the end of the chapter the reader should be able to: • describe the basic anatomy and physiology of the upper gastrointestinal system • briefly explain specific investigations • briefly explain causes, conditions and surgical interventions • give examples of assessment procedures for patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal surgery • highlight specific preand postoperative management • giv...