A new study published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal found that the use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) significantly lowers the risk of hypoxia ...

Multimodal AI chatbots assist gastroenterologists in real time, combining image, text, and context for smarter, faster ...

In a rare medical emergency, doctors saved the life of a man who accidentally ingested an 8 cm-long metallic spoon while drinking water. Specialists at Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh removed the spoon, ...

A combined colonoscopy and endoscopy lets a doctor examine your upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, all in one procedure. Doctors use a combined colonoscopy and endoscopy to help diagnose the ...

For patients presenting with GERD symptoms, the ASGE recommends upper endoscopy, particularly in those exhibiting alarm symptoms such as dysphagia, weight loss, or gastrointestinal bleeding.

The current body of literature on enteral tube feeding for patients with advanced upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer remains insufficient to inform definitive clinical guidelines, according to a ...

There was an average of five endoscopists and three to seven endoscopy centers per state. Most centers perform 11–12 upper and four to five lower GI endoscopies per week, respectively, with a ...

However, the primary diagnostic tool, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, is associated with numerous limitations, including invasiveness, sampling errors, and high healthcare costs.

A total of 9350 patients (mean age at endoscopy, 52.3; men, 55.4%; White, 73.7%) were included in the analysis, of whom 2337 had mucosal damage and 7013 did not.

Investigators evaluated 9,350 people who had an upper endoscopy with biopsy between January 2000 and December 2005 in the Mass General Brigham system. They matched study participants with MD to ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) mucosal damage seen on upper endoscopy was tied to a 76% higher risk of a subsequent Parkinson's disease diagnosis, a retrospective cohort study showed. Over an average ...