Outcome of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with coronary artery disease: A matched case-control study.

Background/aim: The risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) increases in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) due to the frequent use of antiplatelets. There is some data reporting on treatment outcomes in CAD patients presenting with UGIB. We aim to determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of UGIB in patients with CAD, compared with non-CAD patients.

Prospective comparison of three risk scoring systems in non-variceal and variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Background And Aim: Data regarding the efficacy of the Glasgow Blatchford score (GBS), full Rockall score (FRS) and pre-endoscopic Rockall scores (PRS) in comparing non-variceal and variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) are limited. Our aim was to determine the performance of these three risk scores in predicting the need for treatment, mortality, and re-bleeding among patients with non-variceal and variceal UGIB.

Methods: During January, 2010 and September, 2011, patients with UGIB from 11 hospitals were prospectively enrolled.