Interventional radiology (IR) is a way to diagnose and treat cancer and other conditions without major surgery. With IR, your doctor looks inside your body with imaging tests such as ultrasounds, CT ...

The portal vein is responsible for collecting blood from the stomach, intestines, and spleen, and transporting it into the liver. However, in some cases, the lumen of the portal vein can become ...

Background This article highlights two cases of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on dialysis after rejection of kidney–pancreas transplants. Patient 1 was a 34-year-old female with ...

Las Vegas, NV (October 22, 2012) – The number of patients dying from upper gastrointestinal bleeding has decreased over the past two decades, a result researchers attribute to the advances in medical ...

Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry stool. Peptic ulcers are the leading ...

Bleeding from the GI tract after PCI is a clinically challenging event with significant associated morbidity and mortality. There are several issues of relevance to the immediate future that merit ...

Outcomes for patients hospitalized with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in the UK have improved significantly over the past 15 years, although red blood cell transfusion practices remain ...

“I never predict. I just look out of the window and see what is visible—but not yet seen.” Peter Drucker (1909–2005, writer and management consultant). Predicting the future necessitates gazing into a ...