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14Oct, 2021

To stop or not to stop Clopidogrel, to bridge or not to bridge Warfarin, that is the question: Antithrombotic Therapy and Endoscopy.

abdominal pain, bowel cancer, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal bleeding colonoscopy, dyspepsia, endoscopy

There is increasing use of warfarin and antiplatelet agents in the aging population for various indications. These patients are often referred for endoscopy for investigation of abdominal pain, dyspepsia, change of bowel habit, family history of bowel cancer, positive faecal occult blood, anaemia, polyp surveillance etc.

25Sep, 2021

Obscure Gastrointestinal bleeding: Investigation of the small bowel – The Last Frontier

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capsule endoscopy, digestive diseases, endoscopy, enteroscopy, gastrointestinal bleeding endoscopy, enteroscopy

Introduction: Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is increasingly becoming a common problem in the aging population. These patients, typically, had at least one set of normal gastroscopy and colonoscopy without being able to detect a site of blood loss in the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract.