A randomized trial and a meta-analysis together provided evidence that PPIs can prevent upper GI bleeding in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, with little or no effect on mortality.

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.

Diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal bleed was confirmed on endoscopy and variceal size was assessed according to Baveno 4 guidelines. [18] ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding was observed in 3% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and a bleed developing during hospitalization was tied to greater mortality, a large New York cohort study found.

Prophylactic concizumab conferred significant reductions in treated spontaneous and traumatic bleeds among patients with hemophilia A or B without inhibitors, a primary analysis of the randomized ...

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

For children with severe hemophilia A, once-weekly prophylaxis with efanesoctocog alfa is associated with high sustained factor VIII activity, resulting in effective prevention of bleeding ...

Novo Nordisk announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Alhemo® (concizumab-mtci) injection as a once-daily prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of ...

Untreated acute bacterial peritonitis could be life threatening resulting in sepsis and end-organ damage; therefore, prompt treatment is recommended.