Aziz, Muhammad; Haghbin, Hossein; Gangwani, Manesh K; Weissman, Simcha; Patel, A R; Randhawa, Manraj K; Samikanu, Luke B; Alyousif, Z A; Lee-Smith, Wade; Kamal, Faisal; Nawras, Ali; Howden, Colin W
description
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) usually requires esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) for diagnostic and-potentially-therapeutic purposes. However, blood within the gastric lumen may hinder the procedure. Administration of prokinetics like erythromycin has shown efficacy. This network meta-analysis investigates the efficacy of this intervention prior to EGD.