Endoscopy was performed in 194 patients who presented with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage from January 1986 through June 1987. A cause of bleeding was identified in 187 cases (96.4%). The most common cause was duodenal ulcer which was evident in 84 cases (43.3%). Endoscopic proof of bleeding was seen in 122 patients (65.2%) while an assumed cause was designated in 65 cases (34.8%). Endoscop...

An 81-year-old woman with history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and recent diagnosis of Clostridium difficile colitis, and maintained on oral vancomycin, presented for generalized weakness, persistent nausea, and a long history of difficulty swallowing (food hangs in her chest and does not move down to her stomach). Workup revealed low potassium and white blood cell count of 41000/mmwith lymp...

background: selecting the best medication for upper gi endoscopy in children is a challenging issue. the goal of this study was to compare the effects of oral and intravenous midazolam for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (ugie) on children. methods: in this randomized clinical trial study conducted in amirkola children's hospital, 110 children were randomly assigned to oral or intravenous...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 a 44-year-old man with upper abdominal pain, diarrhea and 25 kg weight loss since 3 months ago was admitted. he had a history of dyspepsia and peptic ulcer disease 4 months before admission. gastroduodenal endoscopy and upper gastrointestinal series with barium study were done. biopsies and ct-scan ruled out malignancies. ...

upper endoscopy is a common procedure for the diagnosis and treatment of upper digestive tract diseases. the increasing number of pediatric gastrointestinal procedures has led to increasing attention on the safety and efficacy of medications used for sedation during the procedure. this randomized blinded interventional study was designed to compare the effect of oral midazolam with intravenous ...

a 50-year-old lady presented with bloody vomiting and melena since four days prior to admission. her medical history was significant only for hypertension which was controlled by a 5 mg daily dose of amlodipine. she occasionally took nsaids. on admission, the physical exam revealed only mild tachycardia and pallor. hemoglobin was 9.7 g/dl, which subsequently declined to 7.9 g/dl. the first uppe...

Figure 1. Upper endoscopy before (A) and after (B) the development of chest pain. Powerful contraction of mid esophagus is observed in the figure 1B. CC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction...

A total of360 Iranian combatants who were exposed to mustard gas by the Iraqi forces in the war fronts were studied. Acute effects and gastrointestinal (GI) complications of sulfur mustard (S M) intoxication were studied separately in Iranian combatants admitted to Imam Reza Hospital from January 1984, to May 198X, In order to record the clinical and paraclinical findings, a special examina...

The rapidly moving technological advances in gastrointestinal endoscopy have enhanced an endoscopist's ability to diagnose and treat lesions within the gastrointestinal tract. The improvement in image quality created by the advent of high-definition and magnification endoscopy, alongside image enhancement, produces images of superb quality and detail that empower the endoscopist to identify imp...