title: Gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: A number of interesting abstracts on gastrointestinal bleeding and endoscopy were presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) this year (3 - 6 May 2014, Chicago, Illinois). The following abstracts are those that have particular high clinical importance and the potential for direct impact on the endoscopic care of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: GI Outcomes Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Rambam Health Care Campus, and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Ian M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Gralnek
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D016558:Hemostasis, Endoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors