Sentences with phrase «of upper gastrointestinal bleeding»

All incident community cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a gastric or duodenal lesion in patients aged > 18 years of age (4309 cases).

RESULTS: The incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding was 401.4 per million inhabitants aged > 18 years.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Odds ratios of upper gastrointestinal bleeding for each drug, with adjustment for potential confounders.

Our results do not confirm that greater selectivity for COX - 2 confers less risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

These drugs also increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in adults over 70.

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Rectal Bleeding During Pregnancy 11.03.2017 Andrew Johns 0 Popular Pregnancy and Rectal Bleeding Bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal divisions (esophagus, stomach and small intestine) can manifest itself through the rectum with the loss of blood of dark red color

A population - based, case - control study27 confirmed the high risk of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding in patients receiving warfarin in combination with aspirin and / or clopidogrel bisulfate.

The risk was significantly increased in patients with a history of peptic ulcer and / or upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and in those taking antiplatelet drugs.

NSAID - induced upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common cause of hospital admission.

Indicates a bleeding in the upper part of the gastrointestinal system, usually from the stomach.

Dark faeces may be due to bleeding or due to some dietary change, black faeces would indicate an upper gastrointestinal tract issue since the blood is digested which may cover foreign bodies, ulcers etc... Feeding small portions of boiled rice and chicken will ensure that the stomach isn't empty and administering Pepcid (famotidine) at a dose of 0.25 mg / lb before meals may reduce acid in the stomach until you visit your Veterinarian.

Black tarry faeces is indicative of digested blood caused by a bleed in the gastrointestinal tract or upper respiratory tract (or eating raw meat).

Dark, sticky faeces are an indication of digested blood in the faeces (the iron in the blood turns black); this would indicate a bleed somewhere in the upper gastrointestinal tract or respiratory tract (respiratory tract bleeding gets swallowed and then digested).

Black tarry faeces indicates the presence of digested blood in the faeces (due to oxidation of iron) which would have originated in the upper gastrointestinal tract, the cause of this may be due to ulcers, infections, tumours, poisons, foreign bodies, platelet disorder, liver or kidney disease, respiratory tract bleeding (being swallowed and passed) or nutrition.