Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common and potentially life-threatening condition that requires prompt and accurate ...

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy are the primary diagnostic modalities, but initial examinations may sometimes fail to identify the bleeding source. In such cases, repeated ...

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy are the primary diagnostic modalities, but initial examinations may sometimes fail to identify the bleeding source. In such cases, repeated ...

An immunocompetent man in his 20s presented with a 24-hour history of severe odynophagia, nausea, vomiting and throat pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed severe esophagitis with ulcerated ...

A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led study found that patients are more likely to get colonoscopies following abnormal ...

Methods Comfort data was prospectively collected from patients undergoing an endoscopic procedure (either an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD), colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS)), over a three ...

An international longitudinal study found significantly increased mortality rates in patients with nonceliac enteropathies vs the general population.

The scale rates three sections of the colon, right (cecum and ascending colon), mid-colon (transverse and descending) and rectosigmoid, on a five-point scale (0–4). Total score (0–14) is ...

Propofol sedation by nonanesthesiologists is still a highly controversial issue despite the fact that numerous studies have approved this sedation regimen for gastrointestinal endoscopy. A new ...