Guidelines from the American Association for the Study of the Liver (AASLD) recommend primary prophylaxis for SBP in patients with cirrhosis and upper GI bleeding. In patients without ...

This study shows that the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy was lower in cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleed treated with lactulose as compared with patients not treated with ...

Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) prophylaxis in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation can prevent upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and appears to have no effect on mortality, according to a ...

Although the incidence of stress-induced gastrointestinal bleeding has decreased, such bleeding is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. In this Review, the ...

LAS VEGAS – Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration ranked highest as best intervention for gastrointestinal bleeding among other secondary prophylaxis treatments, according to a ...