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What Medications Are Helpful in Treating a GIB?

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Definitive management of a gastrointestinal bleeding lesion requires endoscopic or surgical intervention. In addition to blood products and anticoagulant reversal agents, pre-endoscopic pharmacologic therapy can decrease the amount of bleeding and thereby assist in achieving hemostasis.

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  1. George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington, DC, USA

    Anita Kumar MD

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

    Maxine Le Saux & Andrew C. Meltzer MD, MS

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    Autumn Graham

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    David J. Carlberg

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Kumar, A., Le Saux, M., Meltzer, A.C. (2019). What Medications Are Helpful in Treating a GIB?. In: Graham, A., Carlberg, D.J. (eds) Gastrointestinal Emergencies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98343-1_14

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