Acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common emergency condition requiring immediate medical attention and multidisciplinary team approach. We developed a management algorithm for acute GI bleeding in our hospital. Our preplanned acute GI bleeding protocol significantly facilitated patient management and improved communication between medical providers, patients, and their families. Managem...

herein, we present the case of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who simultaneously developed probable invasive aspergillosis and was diagnosed with gi mucormycosis by histopathologic examination. the patient referred to the pediatric intensive ca re unit of ege university due to clinical deterioration and severe lower gastrointestinal system bleeding. main symptoms were abdominal dist...

Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a major problem worldwide, being a rare and life threatening condition, with a mortality rate situated between 2 and 4%. Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding is solvent for 1 - 2% of the entire hospital emergencies, 15% presenting as massive bleeding and up to 5% requiring surgery. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding can be classified depending on their loc...

This literature review is intended to familiarize physicians and healthcare providers of older adults with the potential causes of acute bleeding in older adults and to review diagnostic approaches that can produce prompt identification of acute bleeding and facilitate timely treatment. Adverse events from anticoagulant treatment and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and aspirin use a...

background: since variceal bleeding due to portal hypertension is associated with a high mortality rate, effective treatment leads to improved survival. endoscopic sclerotherapy is an effective treatment for bleeding esophageal varices, but it is associated with significant complications. to determine the efficacy and safety of endoscopic sclerotherapy, we evaluated the patients with variceal b...

UNLABELLED Acute gastrointestinal bleeding-massive acute bleeding from gastrointestinal section is one of the most frequent forms of acute abdomen. The mortality degree in emergency surgery is about 10%. It's very difficult to identify the place of bleeding and etiology. PURPOSE The important purpose of this research is to present the cases of acute gastrointestinal bleeding from the patients...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence, predictive factors, and clinical outcomes of angiographically negative acute arterial upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 2001 to 2008, 143 consecutive patients who underwent an angiography for acute arterial upper or lower GI bleeding were examined. RESULTS The angiographies revealed a negative bleeding focus in 75...