Association between albumin changes and prognosis in older patients with acute myocardial infarction by Zhi-cheng Yang, Lei Zhang, Ying-bin Xi, Gui-hua Jiang, He Lin, Hui Pan, Zhi-hao Wang

“…And changes in albumin levels are negatively correlated with gastrointestinal bleeding and acute heart failure. These findings were helpful for the clinical treatment.…”
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Characteristics of the Small Bowel Lesions Detected by Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Harunobu Kawamura, Eiji Sakai, Hiroki Endo, Leo Taniguchi, Yasuo Hata, Akiko Ezuka, Hajime Nagase, Takaomi Kessoku, Eiji Yamada, Hidenori Ohkubo, Takuma Higrashi, Yusuke Sekino, Tomoko Koide, Hiroshi Iida, Takashi Nonaka, Hirokazu Takahashi, Masahiko Inamori, Shin Maeda, Atsushi Nakajima

“…Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is one of the common complications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially those who are on maintenance hemodialysis (HD). …”
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Analysis of clinical characteristics and risk factors for patients with heat stroke in western China in 2022: a multicenter retrospective study by Xin Zheng, Yuchun Gao, Qinli Xie, Qiulan Chen, Chuan Guo, Qionglan Dong, Jin Tang, Jun Luo, Ying Ge, Jian He, Xiaolin Hou, Guanghong Zhou, Yuan Chen, Haiquan Cao, Jiujia Xiao, An Lan, Qiu Chen, Yonghong Zeng, Jing Huang, Huaicong Long

“…Compared to the control group, the poor prognosis group experienced higher temperatures, a higher incidence of cerebral edema, and gastrointestinal bleeding (all p < 0.05). The poor prognosis group had significantly higher blood pH, HCO3-, Lac, Scr, AST, ALT, DBIL, CKMB, PT, DD, and PLT (all p < 0.05). …”
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Pancytopenia in a Patient with Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome and Uncommon Vascular Abnormalities by Nicolò Binello, Antonio Gasbarrini, Eleonora Gaetani

“…Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome, or hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia (HHT), is a rare autosomal dominant vascular disorder, characterized by multiple mucocutaneous teleangiectases with recurrent nasal and gastrointestinal bleedings and/or solid-organ arteriovenous shunts. …”
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Haemorrhagic Colitis Caused by Dasatinib by Nishant Patodi, Nidhi Sagar, Zbigniew Rudzki, Gerald Langman, Naveen Sharma

“…Gastrointestinal bleeding appears to be a common adverse event associated with dasatinib therapy. …”
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Therapeutic Options for Patients Bleeding with Peptic Ulcers by ABR Thomson

“…It is likely that the best outcome for the patient with an acute upper gastrointestinal bleed (GIB) includes early diagnosis: for a bleeding lesion with a high risk of rebleeding, in an older patient with systolic h.ypotension or in a person with multiple medical problems. …”
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New Onset of Symptomatic Peptic Ulcer Disease Postpartum Secondary to Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use by Maggie Tallmadge, Margaret MacBeth, Anna Palatnik

“…An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed for a suspected upper gastrointestinal bleed and found one gastric and one duodenal ulcer. …”
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Iatrogenic Sinistral Hypertension Complicating Screening Colonoscopy by Oliver J. Ziff, A. M. James Shapiro

“…Eighteen months after appearing to make a full recovery, he presented with an upper gastrointestinal bleed. Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) revealed large gastric fundal varices and computed tomography (CT) revealed splenic vein thrombosis. …”
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Effects of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists on response to fidaxomicin or vancomycin in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea by Thomas Louie, Karl Weiss, Mark A Miller, Kathleen Mullane, Derrick W Crook, Sherwood L Gorbach

“…Therefore, development of CDAD does not require discontinuation of anti-acid treatment in patients who have an indication for continuing PPI or H2RA therapy, such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and risk of gastrointestinal bleed.…”
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Predictive Factors Associated with Inappropriate Intravenous Proton Pump Inhibitors Use in Hospitalized Patients: A Case-Control Study by Niveen Khoury, David Stepensky, Naim Abu Freha, Mahmud Mahamid, Tawfik Khoury, Amir Mari

“…Significant predictors of inappropriate use were the presence of congestive heart failure, elderly age, current use of anticoagulants and antithromotics, and the cases managed by surgeons, naturally due to suspected upper gastrointestinal bleedings.…”
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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

“…No significant gastrointestinal bleed and cerebral hemorrhage occurred in hospitals among these patients. …”
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