Study, which followed more than 450,000 individuals in Sweden after lower or upper gastrointestinal biopsy, suggests that symptoms of IBD may start significantly before disease shows up on biopsy ...

Eosinophils are commonly detected in normal mucosal biopsies from all sites within the gastrointestinal tract where they are dispersed in the lamina propria and, to a lesser extent, in the epithelium.

Patients who developed upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding during a hospital stay experienced worse adverse outcomes than those admitted for upper GI bleeding alone, French researchers found in a ...

Q: My neighbor’s daughter was hospitalized for throwing up blood. She is just a child, what can cause this? A: Throwing up blood (hematemesis) is typically due to bleeding in the upper ...

It has been suggested that it may be possible, by means of the increased blood ammonia concentration, to differentiate ruptured esophageal varices from other gastrointestinal sites of hemorrhage in ...

The risk for serious upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is higher with some oral anticoagulants (OAC) than others, but protection offered by coadministration of a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) varies ...

Pre-clinical tests show enhanced functionality of Pure-Vu EVS that can enable physicians to overcome common visualization challenges encountered during emergency upper GI bleeding procedures ...

Short-term use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for just 7 days may pose a significant increased risk for upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, new research suggests. "Consistent ...

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancers include cancer of the esophagus (the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach), the stomach, and the small intestine. These cancers can sometimes be ...