Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to an Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery-Esophageal Fistula: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Adam Millar, Alaa Rostom, Pasteur Rasuli, Nav Saloojee

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Limb Pain as Unusual Presentation of a Parietal Intraparenchymal Bleeding Associated with Crack Cocaine Use: A Case Report by Alan Lucerna, James Espinosa, Taimur Zaman, Risha Hertz, Douglas Stranges

“…Here we present a case of a 65-year-old male with complaints of left arm pain and allodynia (specifically light touch to any part of the left arm produced significant discomfort) who was found to have a right parietal lobe intraparenchymal bleed after smoking crack cocaine. Acute central pain is mainly associated with parietal, thalamic, and brainstem lesions. …”
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Clostridium perfringens Septicemia and a Bleeding Ulcer of a Jejunal Interposition: A Case Report and Short Review of the Literature by W. Wild, F. Bormann, H. Sweiti, N. Tamimi, D. Pichulek, M. Divo, P. Dörr, M. Schwarzbach

“…We report a case of Clostridium perfringens septicemia in a patient presenting with a bleeding ulcer of a jejunal interposition. Case Presentation. …”
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A Sampling of Canadian Practice in Managing Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding before Recent Guideline Publication: Is there Room for Improvement? by Karen Bensoussan, Carlo A Fallone, Alan N Barkun, Myriam Martel

“…BACKGROUND: There are few recent published consensus guidelines regarding nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. In 2003, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology sponsored a set of 20 recommendations. …”
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Research on Arthroscopic Images Bleeding Detection Algorithm Based on ViT-ResNet50 Integrated Model and Transfer Learning by Zewen Liu, Shaoyi Zhou, Jianqiao Chu, Zhiyuan Chai, Dongdong Chang, Yi Yuan, Jinling Qin, Xiancheng Wang

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NSAID-Induced Enteropathy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Chronic Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Prospective Capsule Endoscopy Study by Ilja Tachecí, Petr Bradna, Tomáš Douda, Drahomíra Baštecká, Marcela Kopáčová, Stanislav Rejchrt, Jan Bureš

“…It was revealed in a substantial section of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis and occult gastrointestinal bleeding, mostly classified as mild damage. No simple clinical or laboratory markers of the presence or severity of NSAID-induced enteropathy were recognised. …”
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A 34-Week Size Uterus with a Complete Hydatidiform Mole: Hook Effect and Severe Anemia with No Vaginal Bleeding by Rodney McLaren, Vijaya Bayya, Mohamad Irani

“…Complete hydatidiform mole is an abnormal pregnancy that usually presents with vaginal bleeding and markedly elevated serum ß-hCG levels. …”
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Treatment of Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome and Prevention of Bleeding Postautologous Stem Cell Transplant during Severe Pancytopenia with IVIG by Behyar Zoghi, Paul Shaughnessy, Roger M. Lyons, Richard Helmer, Carlos Bachier, C. Frederick LeMaistre

“…Patients with myeloma and Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome (AVWS) undergoing autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) are at significant risk of bleeding due to the profound thrombocytopenia, low Factor VIII levels, fever, and toxicities associated with the preparative regimen. …”
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Preoperative hemoglobin A1c is associated with postoperative bleeding after vitrectomy for vitreous hemorrhage in patients with diabetic retinopathy by Saori Motoda, Masanori Kanai, Susumu Sakimoto, Harutoshi Ozawa, Chisaki Ishibashi, Shingo Fujita, Yoshiya Hosokawa, Megu Y. Baden, Yukari Fujita, Takekazu Kimura, Ayumi Tokunaga, Takao Nammo, Kenji Fukui, Junji Kozawa, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Kohji Nishida, Iichiro Shimomura

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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Use: A Rare Adverse Effect of Commonly Prescribed Treatment by Hamzah Shariff, Shiva Naidoo, Ghazal Ghafari, Hongjie Li, Manisha Devi, Kishore Kumar

“…No other source of bleeding was localized, suggesting acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to SPS mucosal injury.…”
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Over-the-scope clips vs standard endoscopic interventions for first-line treatment of NVUGI bleeding: Meta-analysis of randomized trials by Paulo Ferreira Mega, Vitor Ottoboni Brunaldi, Alexandre Moraes Bestetti, Angelo So Taa Kum, Igor Valdeir de Sousa, Marcos Eduardo Lera dos Santos, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura

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Hemobilia following Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in the Setting of Malignancy (with Video): Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by B. Pabla, M. Porayko

“…He developed gastrointestinal bleeding and was found to have a distended gallbladder filled with high density material on ultrasound. …”
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Ingestible sensor capsule with extended battery capacity allows early diagnosis of GI malignancy in comorbid patients with occult bleeding and anemia by Oscar Cahyadi, Peter Ewald, Daniel Quast, Keith Siau, Waldemar Uhl, Wolfgang Schmidt, Christian Torres Reyes

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Intravenous Proton Pump Inhibitors before Endoscopy in Bleeding Peptic Ulcer with High-Risk Stigmata: A Multicentre Comparative Study by Christopher N Andrews, Adrian Levy, Martin Fishman, Michael Hahn, Kenneth Atkinson, Peter Kwan, Robert Enns

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Case Report: Combination of sirolimus and endoscopic lauromacrogol sclerotherapy in the management of blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome with gastric tract bleeding by Lu Liu, Lu Liu, Liyuan Wang, Liyuan Wang, Fan Hu, Fan Hu

“…After 1 year of treatment, the patient showed no signs of anemia or gastrointestinal tract bleeding.ConclusionBRBNS is a rare disorder that is often misdiagnosed, especially by inexperienced pediatricians. …”
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How does cirrhosis impact mortality, morbidity, and resource utilization in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding? A nationwide analysis by Umer Farooq, Zahid Tarar, Adnan Malik, Muhammad Amin, Humberto Sifuentes

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Incremental Value of Genotype Bins over the HAS-BLED Score for the Prediction of Bleeding Risk in Warfarin-Treated Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Jia Liu, Guanyun Wang, Liu’an Qin, Yangxun Wu, Yuting Zou, Xuyun Wang, Ziqian Wang, Yuyan Wang, Shizhao Zhang, Yuxiao Zhang, Tong Yin

“…With the addition of genotype bins, the performance of the HAS-BLED score for bleeding risk prediction was significantly improved (c-statistic from 0.60 to 0.64 for clinically relevant bleeding and from 0.64 to 0.70 for major bleeding, P<0.01). …”
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Non-invasive methods for diagnosing portal hypertension and variceal bleeding due to liver cirrhosis secondary to NAFLD/MASLD: systematic review by Nebyu Yonas Shanka, Nebyu Yonas Shanka, Chavdar S. Pavlov, Nigatu Leul Mekonnen

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Laser Excisional Biopsy of Bleeding Tumor near Newly Erupted Tooth in an 11-Month-Old Patient under General Anesthesia by Amir Mansour Shirani, Parnian Tadayonnezhad, Sarah Arzani, Seyed Omid Kiansadr, Nasser Kaviani

“…The parents reported a history of bleeding associated with the lesion, which emerged after the eruption of the mandibular tooth. …”
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Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature by Puneet Menaria, Venkata Muddana

“…Large upper gastro intestinal (GI) bleeding can be life-threatening. Splenic artery pseudoaenurysm (SAP) is rare but can cause massive upper GI bleeding. …”
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