Post written by Yasutoshi Shiratori, MD, MPH, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke’s International University, and Naoki Ishii, MD, MPH, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Acute lower GI bleeding (ALGIB) is a primary cause of hospital admissions from the emergency department and is associated with a 3.4% mortality. …
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Successful hemostasis of active lower GI bleeding using a hemostatic powder as mono-, combination, or rescue therapy
Post written by Lawrence Hookey, MD, from the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This study is the largest to prospectively evaluate the hemostatic powder TC-325 in lower GI bleeding. We included 50 patients with bleeding from different sources, and performed extensive efficacy and safety follow-up. TC-325 is a newer product (having just received regulatory …
Endoscopy in patients with lower GI bleeding
ASGE Standards of Practice Committee member Shabana F. Pasha, MD discusses the newest ASGE guideline: "The role of endoscopy in the patient with lower GI bleeding." This guideline is a product of the ASGE Standards of Practice Committee. It provides a summary of the existing literature on the different etiologies, classification, and clinical presentation of …
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