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Efficacy and Safety Study on Nasogastric (NG) Tube in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Silvio Melo, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00689754

First received: June 2, 2008

Last updated: November 16, 2011

Last verified: November 2011

History of Changes

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Study Status:	This study has been completed.
Study Completion Date:	August 2011
Primary Completion Date:	August 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Publications:

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Peterson WL. Evaluation and initial management of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1981;3(Suppl 2):79-84.

Gilbert DA, Silverstein FE, Tedesco FJ, Buenger NK, Persing J. The national ASGE survey on upper gastrointestinal bleeding. III. Endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastrointest Endosc. 1981 May;27(2):94-102. No abstract available.

Cuellar RE, Gavaler JS, Alexander JA, Brouillette DE, Chien MC, Yoo YK, Rabinovitz M, Stone BG, Van Thiel DH. Gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage. The value of a nasogastric aspirate. Arch Intern Med. 1990 Jul;150(7):1381-4.

Basuk PM, Isenberg JI. Gastric lavage in patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Yea or nay? Arch Intern Med. 1990 Jul;150(7):1379-80. No abstract available.

Cappell MS, Scarpa PJ, Nadler S, Miller SH. Complications of nasoenteral tubes. Intragastric tube knotting and intragastric tube breakage. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1992 Mar;14(2):144-7.

Levy H. Nasogastric and nasoenteric feeding tubes. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 1998 Jul;8(3):529-49. Review.

Barkun A, Bardou M, Marshall JK; Nonvariceal Upper GI Bleeding Consensus Conference Group. Consensus recommendations for managing patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Nov 18;139(10):843-57.

Aljebreen AM, Fallone CA, Barkun AN. Nasogastric aspirate predicts high-risk endoscopic lesions in patients with acute upper-GI bleeding. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Feb;59(2):172-8.

Lee SD, Kearney DJ. A randomized controlled trial of gastric lavage prior to endoscopy for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2004 Nov-Dec;38(10):861-5.

Cappell MS. Safety and efficacy of nasogastric intubation for gastrointestinal bleeding after myocardial infarction: an analysis of 125 patients at two tertiary cardiac referral hospitals. Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Nov;50(11):2063-70.