Diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding: When, with what and by whom?: Overview

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage continues to provoke considerable interest, with particular emphasis on the role of endoscopic and radiological techniques to arrest hemorrhage, or reduce episodes of rebleeding. Gastroenterologists have explored a wide variety of pharmacological agents which suppress acid secretion and lower peptic activity, inhibit fibrinolysis, or reduce portal pressure. The interventional radiologists can selectively catheterize …