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Angiodysplasia in Renal Disease Patients: Analysis of Risk Factors and Approach to Manage Such Patients.

Sadhika Verma, Marline A Attallah, Maria Daniela Jarrin Jara, Avneesh S Gautam, Safeera Khan

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Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Gastrointestinal disease in end-stage renal disease.World journal of nephrology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sadhika VermaInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavorial Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Marline A AttallahInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavorial Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfiled, USA.
Maria Daniela Jarrin JaraInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavorial Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfiled, USA.
Avneesh S GautamInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavorial Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Safeera KhanInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavorial Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal bleeding due to angiodysplasia is a common problem in patients with renal insufficiency. There are several theories to explain the increased occurrence of these lesions in this specific group of patients, including various metabolic factors and existence of comorbidities. Advancements made in diagnostic measures have helped route the approach in patients with different risk factors and have also helped solve the dual purpose involving therapeutic intervention with endoscopy. We conducted a thorough literature search on PubMed to extract relevant data. A total of 29 articles were chosen after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Although the clinical presentations may vary in this cohort of patients, and bleeding is known to stop spontaneously, a conservative approach may not be enough. Endoscopic treatment, use of hormones like estrogen, octreotide, and vasopressin, arterial embolization, and lastly surgery are valuable therapeutic tools.

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angiodysplasiarenal disease

Identifiers

PMID32953300
PMCPMC7491692

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