Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry ...

Among Medicare-certified, single-specialty ASCs, endoscopy is the most common focus, and more than one-third (37%) 1 of certified multi-specialty ASCs have an endoscopy service line. Patient volumes ...

Background and Aim: There have been no trials comparing the prophylactic effect of oral quinolone and intravenous cephalosporin antibiotics and elucidating the predictive factors for the occurrence of ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- People with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) faced higher rates of potentially fatal gastrointestinal bleeding, a retrospective study found. Those with stage 5 CKD had a 40% ...

The American College of Gastroenterology published updated guidelines on managing upper gastrointestinal and ulcer bleeding in the May 2021 issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology. The ...

Konvomep contains 2mg of omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor, and 84mg of sodium bicarbonate per mL after reconstitution. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Konvomep ™ (omeprazole and ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding is common among people with cirrhosis due to a complication called portal hypertension. This is elevated blood pressure in the veins that lead to your liver. Cirrhosis is ...

A lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleed can happen as a result of an injury, ulceration, or inflammation. Treatment depends on the severity of the bleeding. In many cases, lower GI bleeds stop on their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved an oral suspension omeprazole and sodium bicarbonate for the treatment of active benign ...

In the study of over 200 patients, 90.1% of those who received TC-325 had their bleeding controlled within 30 days, as compared to 81.4% of those who received standard treatment, meeting criteria for ...