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Skip Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Upper GI Bleeding in Cirrhosis?

A new study casts doubt on international guidelines advising up to a week of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Pooled data from 14 ...
Nature

Development and validation of a dynamic nomogram for predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding: a retrospective cohort study in the intensive ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a severe and potentially life-threatening medical condition, responsible for over half a million hospitalizations each year in the United States 1. GIB is classified ...
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Blood Detection Capsule Helpful in Suspected Upper GI Bleeding

SAN DIEGO — A real-time, blood-sensing capsule (PillSense) is a safe and effective diagnostic tool for patients with suspected upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that can aid patient triage, reduce ...
Nature

Early nutrition is safe and does not increase complications after upper gastrointestinal bleeding—a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Only RCTs were included in our analysis. We applied the PICO (patients, intervention, comparison, outcome) framework to establish our eligibility criteria 21; patients were upper gastrointestinal ...