The annual rate of hospitalization for any type of GI hemorrhage in the US is estimated to be 350 hospital admissions/100,000 population, with more than 1,000,000 hospitalizations each year. Approximately 50% of admissions for GI bleeding are for UGI bleeding…
Key points Criteria exist to differentiate benign from malignant mediastinal lymph nodes, but used alone, these criteria are not sufficiently accurate. Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS FNA) for cytopathologic evaluation is required to make sound clinical decisions. The overall accuracy…
Introduction Acute severe lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common problem and frequent reason for hospitalization. Colonoscopy is often performed for diagnosis and potential therapeutic intervention. This chapter focuses on moderate to severe acute lower GI bleeding, defined as hematochezia,…