None required intervention. One patient with gastritis by endoscopy died from disseminated (non-upper GI) malignant disease 2 months after endoscopy. Follow up on the remaining patients was ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a combination of digestive symptoms, including ...

Upper gastrointestinal (UGI ... predicts death and need for intervention (blood transfusion, endoscopy, or surgery). A GBS of 0 (pulse <100 bpm; systolic blood pressure ≥110 mm Hg; hemoglobin ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) mucosal damage seen on upper endoscopy was tied to a 76% higher risk of a subsequent Parkinson's disease diagnosis, a retrospective cohort study showed. Over an average ...

A healthcare professional might order one or more of the following types of endoscopy: Crohn’s may affect any part of the GI tract. However, as UC affects only the colon and rectum, it will only ...