Superiority of urgent vs early endoscopic hemostasis in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding with high-risk stigmata.

Masayasu HoribeEisuke IwasakiJuntaro MatsuzakiBazerbachi FatehTetsuji KanekoKazuhiro MinamiSeiichiro FukuharaTatsuhiro MasaokaNaoki HosoeYuki OguraShin NamikiYasuo HosodaHaruhiko OgataTakanori Kanai

Published in: Gastroenterology report (2021)

A subgroup of UGIB patients, namely those harboring HRS, may benefit from endoscopic hemostasis and urgent endoscopy rather than early endoscopy in reducing mortality. Implementing triage scores that predict the presence of such lesions is important.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
end stage renal disease
emergency department
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
cardiovascular disease