Tag: Gastrointestinal Problems

Chewing gum after cardiac surgery associated with significant reduction in postoperative ileus

UGIB after MI linked to increased risk for all-cause mortality and stroke, but not recurrent myocardial infarction; predictors of UGIB include age and smoking status

Clinical practice guideline addresses diagnosis and management of colonic volvulus, acute colonic pseudo-obstruction

Malnutrition is the most persistent GI symptom up to six months following hospitalization

Fidaxomicin suggested instead of vancomycin for initial Clostridioides difficile infection episode, recurrent CDI episodes

For patients hospitalized with upper GI bleeding, suggested threshold for red blood cell transfusion at hemoglobin level of 7 g/dL

Demand increased for inpatient consults, inpatient endoscopic interventions for alcohol-related GI, liver diseases, particularly alcoholic hepatitis

Elective procedures decreased for those aged 75 to 84, 85 years and older, while emergent procedures decreased for those aged 50 years and older

3 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experience gastrointestinal bleeding

Device provides minimally invasive way to resect and remove necrotic tissue in patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis