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disease
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None was taking chronic medication or had a history of gastrointestinal disease , surgery, or diabetes mellitus.
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None had symptoms or a history of gastrointestinal disease or surgery or had received antibiotics in the two months before the study.
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Thirty four of 53 patients who had no specific symptoms or signs of gastrointestinal disease had a lesion found on investigation.
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Only two had both upper and lower gastrointestinal disease that might have contributed to the anaemia.
endoscopy
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An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy should be performed to exclude other abnormalities.
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This usually implies upper gastrointestinal endoscopy , ultrasound examination, and investigation for enteric pathogens.
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Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were macroscopically normal and mucosal biopsy specimens were obtained.
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Each of the patients examined had been referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to investigate dyspeptic symptoms.
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Mild and transient disseminated intravascular coagulopathy has been described, and transient bacteraemia occurs in 5-8% of patients during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy .
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Discussion During gastrointestinal endoscopy hypoxia is well recorded, with many different causal factors.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of supplemental oxygen both during and after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy .
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Subjects and methods All patients aged over 60 years having routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were eligible for entry into this study.
motility
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We attempted to visualise the two major physiological states of upper gastrointestinal motility .
symptom
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No other significant association between gastrointestinal symptoms and a specific organism was found.
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None of the healthy volunteers were taking any drug and none reported major gastrointestinal symptoms .
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More recently a series of anecdotal reports suggested that colonic neoplasia might be missed in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms or lesions.
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Massive haematemesis or, less commonly, melaena, without previous gastrointestinal symptoms , is the typical presentation.
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Overall severity of gastrointestinal symptoms influenced the final height centile as it had height velocity during the initial years of follow up.
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The frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms was not consistently increased in patients harbouring specific infective agents compared with non-infected patients.
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Therefore, we have investigated the presence and absence of different gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with and without intestinal infections.
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Both the basal diet and the sulphate supplement were well tolerated by all the volunteers and no gastrointestinal symptoms were reported.
tract
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Drinking is a safeguard, but huge amounts of water may overwhelm the gastrointestinal tract , causing cramps, bloating, nausea.
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It is well known the Crohn's disease is a diffuse lesion of the entire gastrointestinal tract .
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The remaining amount of uric acid is excreted in the biliary, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal secretions through the gastrointestinal tract .
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Twenty two had severe lifelong constipation and eight had symptoms suggesting a motility disorder exclusively of the upper gastrointestinal tract .
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Iron deficiency anaemia is commonly caused by chronic blood loss from the gastrointestinal tract .
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Changes in bowel habit may indicate disease of the gastrointestinal tract .
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Systemic amyloidosis often affects the gastrointestinal tract and may result in this condition.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Diarrhea, due to gastrointestinal disorders, infections, and even laxative abuse, may lead to substantial potassium losses.
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It is also found in the gastrointestinal track of man.
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No subject, however, complained of nausea or any other gastrointestinal tract symptoms at any time during the submaximal plateau.
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The effects of serotonin on gastrointestinal motor function are generally believed to be mediated through myenteric plexus neurons.
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The remaining amount of uric acid is excreted in the biliary, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal secretions through the gastrointestinal tract.
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This usually implies upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, ultrasound examination, and investigation for enteric pathogens.