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Gastrointestinal Bleeding Is Associated with Worse In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample

Key takeaways

A large hospital database analysis found that patients who had bleeding in the stomach or intestines during a heart attack were more likely to stay longer in the hospital. This shows a link, not proof that bleeding caused worse kidney outcomes.

Who did this work

Shreyas Ranganath (The University of Texas Health Science Center) · Trishna Parikh (University Hospitals of Cleveland) · Adishwar Rao (SUNY Upstate Medical University) · Rohan Patil (The University of Texas Health Science Center) · Ria Shah (Rice University) · Ishan Gupta (Midwestern University) · ESHWAR RANGANATH (The University of Texas Health Science Center) · Jeff Kue (The University of Texas Health Science Center) · Alberto Bueso-Perez (The University of Texas Health Science Center) · Aarohi Parikh (Lone Star College Kingwood) · John Pina (University Hospitals of Cleveland) · THOMAS ETHERIDGE (The University of Texas Health Science Center)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-14
https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm15187140