Background: Few large population-based studies have compared the incidence of bleeding of gastroduodenal ulcers between patients with and without end-stage renal disease. We investigated the ...

Low-dose aspirin (75–325 mg once daily), used to prevent cardiovascular events in high-risk patients, is associated with an increased risk of gastroduodenal ulceration. Esomeprazole, a proton-pump ...

BALTIMORE, Md.—The novel therapeutic agent PA65020 (enteric-coated aspirin plus immediate-release omeprazole) significantly reduced gastrointestinal mucosal damage after 28 days of treatment compared ...

The scenario is not uncommon: A patient taking prophylactic aspirin develops upper gastrointestinal bleeding but has compelling indications for antiplatelet therapy. What is the best approach for this ...

Patients with osteoarthritis, a high gastrointestinal risk and a low cardiovascular risk should receive a PPI plus a low-dose COX-2 selective NSAID; patients in whom cardiovascular risk parallels or ...

Researchers report that in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding in whom endoscopy failed to control the bleeding, transarterial embolization is a safe procedure which reduces the need for surgery ...

Researchers from the department of pharmaceutical engineering & technology at the Indian Institute of Technology- Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) have made a significant breakthrough in treating ...

Varanasi: In a remarkable development, researchers from the department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) have made a seminal ...

THIS review of acute gastroduodenal perforations is the third in a series representing the experience at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Richardson, 1 in 1917, reported 103 cases from 1896 to 1915 ...

Adverse GI events are less common with COX-2 inhibitors than with NSAIDs, but we still have to weigh overall harms and benefits before prescribing these agents. Many trials have indicated that ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – May 23, 2011 – Researchers from China report that in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding in whom endoscopy failed to control the bleeding, transarterial embolization is a safe ...