News tagged with acute gastric

ESC calls for greater awareness of potential for adverse events from bleeding as a result of PCI

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC Working Group on Thrombosis) is calling for greater attention to be paid by health care staff to reducing bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acute gastric injury due to high-dose analgesics?

Analgesics, NSAIDs and acetaminophen, are commonly used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. The gastrointestinal side effects of NSAIDs are well documented and acetaminophen is accepted to ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Anti-reflux surgery helps airway function both before and after lung transplant

Surgery to correct gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, can preserve lung function in patients with end-stage pulmonary disease both before and after transplantation, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stay in ICU means fewer patients likely to renew prescriptions after discharge

Patients often do not renew prescriptions for their chronic diseases after they are released from hospital.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Culprits and cures for obesity may reside in our gut

Obesity in the United States is reaching ever more alarming proportions, posing a severe menace to public health and exacerbating a crisis in health care costs both domestically and worldwide.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Transarterial embolization is a safe, nonoperative option for acute peptic ulcer bleeding

Researchers from China 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 without increasing ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New way to identify patients at risk of dysphagia after head and neck cancer treatment

At the 3rd International Conference on innovative approaches in Head and Neck Oncology (ICHNO), Dr Hanna Rahbek Mortensen and colleagues at hospitals and institutes in Denmark presented results from a large prospective trial, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New options for enteral nutrition in patients with severe acute pancreatitis

A research team from Italy assessed the rate of spontaneous tube migration and compared the effects of naso-gastric and naso-intestinal (beyond the ligament of Treitz) feeding in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). They found ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

X-rays help physicians diagnose and treat gastric band slippage

Standard radiography (X-rays) can help physicians diagnose laparoscopic adjustable gastric band slippage, a known complication of adjustable gastric banding surgery, according to a study published in the July issue of the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some statins have unintended effects and warrant closer monitoring, study finds

The type and dosage of statin drugs given to patients to treat heart disease should be proactively monitored as they can have unintended adverse effects, concludes a new study published in the BMJ.

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nonspecific marker of non-erosive reflux disease

Non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) is the most common disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. However, diagnosis of NERD is not objective. A research group in China investigated esophageal mucosal damage in response to various ...

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created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can EP4 agonist alleviate gastric lesions?

Over 300 million patients use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the world to treat pain, arthritis, fever and other diseases. Nearly 30% of the users suffer from gastric lesions and bleeding. To mitigate NSAIDs' ...

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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