The gastrointestinal (GI) tract begins in the mouth and works its way down the esophagus, through the stomach, both the small and large intestines and the rectum, until it ends at the anus. Bleeding ...

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 ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;3(6):349-353. V. Balderas is second-year Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. S.J. Spechler is Chief of the ...

Purpose: The etiology, pathophysiology, prognostic factors, pharmacologic treatment, and pharmacoeconomic considerations of nonvariceal upper-gastrointestinal-tract bleeding (UGB) are reviewed.

For patients with bleeding from some nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal causes, over-the-scope clips (OTSC) may be better than standard treatment for reducing the risk for further bleeding, according ...

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 ...

The benefit of routine repeat endoscopy after endoscopic hemostasis in the management of peptic ulcer bleeding is controversial. The aim of this Review is to evaluate the efficacy of second-look ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with systemic sclerosis are at a significantly higher risk for gastrointestinal bleeding compared with ...

A Mallory Weiss tear (MWT) or Mallory Weiss Syndrome (MWS) is a tear in the lower half of the esophagus. It results from an injury to the esophagus and can cause a person to cough up blood due to ...