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J Clin Med
December 2024
Ist Department of Radiology and Diagnostics Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Narutowicza 60, 90-136 Lodz, Poland.
Posttraumatic upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a very rare consequence of blunt liver trauma. It can be quite a diagnostic challenge for clinicians, as it can clinically manifest many weeks after the trauma or be scantily symptomatic. The following article would like to provide an analysis of clinical cases of 13 patients following blunt liver injuries, the main symptoms of which was bleeding into the gastrointestinal tract through the biliary tree.
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December 2024
Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.
: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are frequently used to prevent embolism in atrial fibrillation. Gastrointestinal bleeding is frequent, but its drug-specific characteristics remain unclear. This study examined the frequency and characteristics of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation for different DOACs.
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December 2024
Laboratorio de Farmacología de Plantas Medicinales Mexicanas, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Colonia Casco de Santo Tomás, Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico.
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious medical condition that places patients at high risk of developing gastric ulceration and gastrointestinal bleeding. One preventative strategy involves the use of omeprazole; however, its chronic use is associated with adverse effects, highlighting the need for alternative therapies. This study evaluated the protective effects of methyl eugenol (ME) on gastric mucosal damage in a rat model of SCI.
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January 2025
Department of Clinical Nutrition, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Introduction: Hemorrhagic chronic radiation proctitis (CRP) is a common and challenging complication after pelvic radiation therapy. Identifying high-risk factors, predicting its occurrence, and optimizing radiotherapy plans are key to preventing hemorrhagic CRP. This study retrospectively examined potential risk factors and developed a nomogram to predict its onset.
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January 2025
Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
A 75-year-old patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and hypertension was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain secondary to a choledochal cyst resulting in biliary dilation. His hospital course was complicated by pneumonia, encephalopathy, and lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) that initially did not lead to hemodynamic compromise. To further evaluate the LGIB, a colonoscopy was performed, during which he experienced significant hypotension after being placed in the supine position and given anesthesia.
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