Acute Middle Gastrointestinal Bleeding Risk Associated with NSAIDs, Antithrombotic Drugs, and PPIs: A Multicenter Case-Control Study.

BACKGROUND:Middle gastrointestinal bleeding (MGIB) risk has not been fully investigated due to its extremely rare occurrence and the need for multiple endoscopies to exclude upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding. This study investigated whether MGIB is associated with the use of non-steroidal an...

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Main Authors: Naoyoshi Nagata, Ryota Niikura, Atsuo Yamada, Toshiyuki Sakurai, Takuro Shimbo, Yuka Kobayashi, Makoto Okamoto, Yuzo Mitsuno, Keiji Ogura, Yoshihiro Hirata, Kazuma Fujimoto, Junichi Akiyama, Naomi Uemura, Kazuhiko Koike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4792424?pdf=render