SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Several mortality prediction scores are available for patients with
upper gastrointestinal bleeding who visited the emergency department; however, most of the …

With the decreasing incidence of peptic ulcer bleeding (PUB) over the past two decades, the
clinician experience of managing patients with PUB has also declined, especially for young …

Introduction: Acute upper-gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB) is a common medical
emergency, with an incidence of 103–172 per 100,000 in the United Kingdom (UK) and …

Tumor bleeding is not a rare complication in patients with inoperable gastric cancer.
Endoscopy has important roles in the diagnosis and primary treatment of tumor bleeding …

Guidelines from national and international professional societies on upper gastrointestinal
bleeding highlight the important clinical issues but do not always identify specific …

Background Nonvariceal upper GI bleeding (NVUGIB) that occurs in patients already
hospitalized for another condition is associated with increased mortality, but outcome …

Background and Aims For more than 4 decades endoscopists have relied on ulcer stigmata
for risk stratification and as a guide to hemostasis. None used arterial blood flow underneath …

Background Gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the major gastrointestinal diseases. In this
study, our objective was to compare Glasgow-Blatchford score (GBS), AIMS65 score, MAP …

Background Peptic ulcer bleeding remains a major healthcare problem despite decreasing
prevalence of peptic ulcer disease. The role of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Background Patients receiving anticoagulant therapies, such as vitamin K antagonists
(VKAs) or direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), commonly experience gastrointestinal (GI) …