ABC score is an effective predictor of outcomes in peptic ulcer bleeding.

Background: Risk stratification is recommended for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. The ABC score is a new scoring tool with high accuracy for upper and lower GI bleeding. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the ABC score in predicting the outcomes of patients with peptic ulcer bleeding.

Validation and Comparison of the Japanese Score and Other Scores in Patients with Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Retrospective Study.

Background: Various scoring systems have been developed to predict endoscopic intervention, mortality, and rebleeding in patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB); however, they have not been sufficiently validated in Korea. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of several scoring systems in Korea by validating and comparing the Japanese score and other scores in Korean people with NVUGIB.

Methods: The medical records of 1,368 patients with NVUGIB were reviewed to collect statistical, clinical, laboratory, and endoscopic data.

Typhoid fever presenting with gastric ulcer bleeding.

Background: Enteric fever is a systemic disease caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi or Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi, characterized by high fever and abdominal pain. Most patients with enteric fever improve within a few days after antibiotic treatment. However, some patients do not recover as easily and develop fatal life-threatening complications, including intestinal hemorrhage.

Asymptomatic left ventricular hemangioma.

Cardiac hemangiomas are very rare benign neoplasms that are usually asymptomatic. Although there are often found incidentally during echocardiography, other imaging modalities such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and coronary angiography are needed to establish a diagnosis. Surgical excision is therefore recommended to confirm the diagnosis and avoid potential complications.

A Case of Advanced Gastric Cancer Concomitant with Pyogenic Liver Abscess in the Patient with Subtotal Gastrectomy.

The hematogenous spreading of an infectious pathogen via the portal vein from a mucosal injury in the gastrointestinal tract has been considered as one of the pathologic mechanisms of pyogenic liver abscess. Several studies have presented the association between colorectal cancer and pyogenic liver abscess. However, the cases of stomach cancer concomitant with pyogenic liver abscess have rarely been reported in the world.