Respiratory Tract Infections in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Taking Vedolizumab: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Vedolizumab is used to treat Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcera...

Upper gastrointestinal mucosal injury associated with ticagrelor plus aspirin, ticagrelor alone, or aspirin alone at 1-year after coronary artery bypass grafting

The presence and severity of upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesions have not been evaluated using esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in patients receivi...

Optimal Timing of Feeding After Endoscopic Hemostasis in Patients With Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: A Randomized, Noninferiority Trial (CRIS KCT0001019)

This study was a randomized, single center, noninferiority trial. Consecutive patients with peptic ulcer bleeding were randomized to resume feeding ei...

Systematic review and meta-analysis: monopolar hemostatic forceps with soft coagulation in the treatment of peptic ulcer bleeding

Monopolar hemostatic forceps with soft coagulation (MHFSC) have been compared with other modalities for peptic ulcer bleeding treatment. MHFSC was sup...

Timing of Endoscopy for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

It is recommended that patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding undergo endoscopy within 24 hours after gastroenterologic consultation. We...

Primary Resistance Pattern of Helicobacter pylori to Antibiotics in Adult Population: A Systematic Review

Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped gram-negative bacteria associated with peptic ulcer, gastritis and gastric cancer. H.pylori-pooled overall prev...

Randomised clinical trial: tegoprazan, a novel potassium-competitive acid blocker, or lansoprazole in the treatment of gastric ulcer

Tegoprazan is a novel potassium-competitive acid blocker for the treatment of acid-related disorders. In a phase 3, double-blind, active control, mult...

Efficacy and safety of gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis in critically ill patients: an updated systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials

Study looked for randomized controlled trials that examined the efficacy and safety of gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis with PPIs, H2RAs, or sucr...