Direct oral anticoagulants versus warfarin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in nephrotic syndrome patients: a retrospective study by Ahmed El-Bardissy, Mohamed Nabil Elshafei, Hebatullah Abdelgawad, Rana Mekkawi, Asma Eltahir, AbdulMoqeeth Mohammed, Ashour AM, Hazem Elewa

“…We aimed to evaluate the incidence of VTE, major bleeding, and non-major bleeding in both the DOACs and warfarin groups. …”
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Successful Repair and Management of Severe Scalp Avulsion Incurred during Birth in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant by Shoko Takahashi, Yu Kanai, Yayoi Miyazono, Daisuke Hitaka, Yuki Fujita, Yoichiro Shibuya, Hidetoshi Takada

“…Scalp avulsion can cause severe bleeding and death. Bleeding control and the preservation of circulation are the most important factors in its repair and maintenance. …”
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Molecular Resonance Generator (MRG) Assisted Tonsillectomy - An Innovative Technique by Hamsa Shetty, Gangadhara KS, Sridhara S

“…Results:In all the 12 patients favourable outcome was recorded .None of the cases had post operative bleeding and there was minimal intraoperative bleeding.Post operative pain showed a decreasing trend with very minimal post operative pain on day 3. …”
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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Associated with Edoxaban Therapy by Kenichi Nitta, Hiroshi Imamura, Akihiro Yashio, Satoko Kashima, Katsunori Mochizuki

“…The main adverse effect of anticoagulant therapy is bleeding, and major bleeding, including intracranial, gastrointestinal, and retroperitoneal bleeding, has been reported as an adverse effect of edoxaban, a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC). …”
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Occlusion Causing Severe Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in Two Paediatric Cases by Anna L. Fox, Matthew Jones, Andrew Healey, Marcus K. H. Auth

“…Reports about superior mesenteric vein thrombosis in childhood are very rare and have not been associated with gastrointestinal bleeding. We describe two cases of severe bleeding from the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract in children who had undergone complex abdominal surgery at considerable time before. …”
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Direct-acting oral anticoagulant removal by intraoperative hemoadsorption in CABG and/or single valve surgery: interim analysis of the International Safe and Timely Antithrombotic... by Michael Schmoeckel, Matthias Thielmann, Keti Vitanova, Thomas Eberle, Nandor Marczin, Kambiz Hassan, Andreas Liebold, Sandra Lindstedt, Georg Mächler, Marijana Matejic-Spasic, Daniel Wendt, Efthymios N. Deliargyris, Robert F. Storey

“…Abstract Objective Patients on direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are at high risk of perioperative bleeding complications. Intraoperative hemoadsorption is a novel strategy to reduce perioperative bleeding in patients on DOACs undergoing non-deferable cardiac surgery. …”
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Discharge Hemoglobin Association with Long-Term Outcomes of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Ming Gao, Xinying Zhang, Ling Qin, Yang Zheng, Zhiguo Zhang, Qian Tong, Hang Li

“…The incidence rate of the 2-year all-cause mortality increased with severity of the bleeding event score (8.78% for no bleeding vs. 11.59% for minimal bleeding vs. 20.24% for minor bleeding vs. 55.56% for major bleeding, P<0.001). …”
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Aortic Valvuloplasty as Bridging for TAVI in High-Risk Patients with Heyde’s Syndrome: A Case Report by Cosmo Godino, Anna Giulia Pavon, Antonio Mangieri, Alberto Margonato

“…There is a frequent association between aortic valve stenosis and gastrointestinal bleeding, also known as Heyde’s syndrome. In these patients, the aortic valve replacement should be recommended as “gold standard.” …”
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Management of Multiple Arteriovenous Malformations of the Small Bowel by Masahiro Hirakawa, Rie Ishizuka, Masanori Sato, Naotaka Hayasaka, Hiroyuki Ohnuma, Kazuyuki Murase, Kohichi Takada, Tatsuya Ito, Takayuki Nobuoka, Koji Miyanishi, Masayoshi Kobune, Ichiro Takemasa, Junji Kato

“…A 62-year-old Japanese female was referred to our hospital with gastrointestinal bleeding. Although small-bowel bleeding was suspected, no bleeding source was identified by enhanced computed tomography (CT), video capsule endoscopy (VCE), and double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE). …”
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Impact of antiplatelet therapy on hemostatic plug formation in the setting of thrombocytopenia by Robert H. Lee, Abigail Ballard-Kordeliski, Summer R. Jones, Wolfgang Bergmeier

“…Background: Antiplatelet therapy (APT), mainly aspirin and P2Y12 receptor inhibitors, reduces the incidence of recurrent arterial thrombosis but also increases bleeding risk. Therefore, management of APT in patients with thrombocytopenia, itself an independent risk factor for bleeding, is a clinical challenge with few evidence-based guidelines. …”
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Ibrutinib-Associated Cardiac Tamponade with Concurrent Antiplatelet Therapy by Jennifer L. Miatech, John H. Hughes, Dillon K. McCarty, M. Patrick Stagg

“…A well-known side effect of ibrutinib therapy is increased bleeding risk, which ranges from mild mucocutaneous bleeding to rarely life-threatening hemorrhage. …”
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Immune thrombocytopenia in infants: a retrospective study with comparison to toddlers by Anselm Chi-wai Lee

“…Introduction: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is the most common cause of acquired bleeding in childhood, but little is known about the clinical course and outcomes in infants with ITP. …”
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CMV Enteritis Causing Massive Intestinal Hemorrhage in an Elderly Patient by Mihaiela Morunglav, Ivan Theate, Gilles Bertin, Philippe Hantson

“…The patient developed multiple episodes of intestinal bleeding with shock and required urgent laparotomy. …”
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Life-Threatening Intrapulmonary Hemorrhage due to Vancomycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report by Haneen Abdalhadi, Yazan Fahmawi, Abhijin Das, Brian Fouty

“…The patient’s platelets increased, and his airway bleeding stopped within 48 hours; his platelet count returned to normal by 18 days. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Bivalirudin versus Unfractionated Heparin Monotherapy in Patients with CAD and DM Undergoing PCI: A Retrospective Observational Study by Jing Li, Sanbao Chen, Sicong Ma, Mingque Yang, Zizhao Qi, Kun Na, Miaohan Qiu, Yi Li, Yaling Han

“…The secondary endpoints included 30-day major adverse cardiac and cerebral events (MACCEs), bleeding events defined according to the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) definition, and stent thrombosis (ST). …”
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Case Series: Successful Resuscitation of Severe Facial Injuries Caused by a Chainsaw by Han Joo Choi

“…The treatment outcome remains poor of severe facial injuries because of the high risk of compromised airway or massive bleeding. We experienced two successful treatment cases of severe facial injury by the chainsaw. …”
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Antenatal Depression and Anxiety Among Women with Threatened Abortion: A Case-Control Study by Bahar Sariibrahim Astepe, Sukriye Bosgelmez

“…Study Design: Study group consisted of 121 pregnant women <20 weeks of gestation having vaginal bleeding; control group consisted of 129 pregnant women <20 weeks of gestation not having vaginal bleeding in their pregnancy until that time. …”
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Urethral Caruncle Presented as Premature Menarche in a 4-Year-Old Girl by Manori Gamage, D. Beneragama

“…Here, we report the case history of a 4-year-old girl presented with vaginal bleeding which was taken as she has attended menarche and found to have urethral caruncle which was the cause for bleeding. …”
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Massive Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage as an Initial Presentation of a Rare and Aggressive Form of Multiple Myeloma by Aydah Alawadhi, Laszlo Leb

“…Only few cases of clinical aggressive presentation associated with bleeding were reported in the medical literature. The reported cases included gastrointestinal bleeding and cardiac tamponade. …”
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Newer Hemostatic Agents Used in the Practice of Dermatologic Surgery by Jill Henley, Jerry D. Brewer

“…Minor postoperative bleeding is the most common complication of cutaneous surgery. …”
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