New Trends and Advances in Non-Variceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding-Series II.

ABSTRACT: The gastrointestinal tract is a long tubular structure wherein any point in the mucosa along its entire length could be the source of a hemorrhage. Upper (esophagel and gastroduodenal) and lower (jejunum, ileum, and colon) gastrointestinal bleeding are common. Gastroduodenal and colonic bleeding are more frequent than bleeding from the small bowel, but nowadays the entire gastrointestinal tract can be explored endoscopically and bleeding lesions can be locally treated successfully to stop or prevent further bleeding. The extensive use of antiplatelet and anticoagulants drugs in cardiovascular patients is, at least in part, the cause of the increasing number of patients suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding. Patients with these conditions are usually older and more fragile because of the

SUBMITTER: Canamares-Orbis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8303152 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature