Gastrointestinal Bleeding Why is GI bleeding important? Mortality rates from upper GI bleeding vary from 3.5% to 7% in the U.S. Mortality rates for lower GI bleeding is reported…

The COGENT Trial Deepak L. Bhatt MD, MPH, Byron Cryer MD, Charles F. Contant PhD, Marc Cohen MD, Angel Lanas MD, DSc, Thomas J. Schnitzer MD, PhD, Thomas L. Shook MD, Pablo…

Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) Pharm.D Balsam Alhasan DEFINITION: Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) refers to a group of ulcerative disorders of the upper…

Guidelines for the Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Nasser Ahmed A- Harhra – MD Surgery Consultant Surgeon - Associate Professor of Surgery Background : The…

AFFINITY trial Assessment oF FluoxetINe In sTroke recoverY Co- principal investigators: Hackett M, Hankey GJ. Steering committee: Almeida O, Anderson CS, Beer C, Billot L,…

Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) Pharm.D Balsam Alhasan DEFINITION: Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) refers to a group of ulcerative disorders of the upper…

PowerPoint Presentation UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING Definition Hemorrhage in the upper gastrointestinal tract. The anatomic cut-off for upper GI bleeding is the ligament…

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Gastrointestinal Bleeding G Muthukumarasamy Specialist Registrar in General Surgery Anatomy and Physiology Oesophagus Oesophagus (entrance…

Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding Introduction/Epidemiology Gastrointestinal Bleeding is a common problem in emergency medicine Mortality is approximately 5 - 10 % with…

Management of Upper GIT Bleeding BY Reda ElWakil, MD Prof.of Tropical Medicine Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt * * Upper GIT bleeding is defined as haemorrhage from any…