NEW EVIDENCE ON THE IMPACT OF ANTITHROMBOTICS IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO SMALL BOWEL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY FOR THE EVALUATION OF OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING

New Evidence on the Impact of Antithrombotics in Patients Submitted to Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy for the Evaluation of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Objectives.Small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) plays a decisive role in the obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) diagnosis.Antithrombotics may increase bleeding risk in patients with preexistent lesions or through direct mucosal aggression.We aimed to correlate antithrombotics usage with lesions with bleeding potential found in SBCE.Methods.Re

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Payments for ecosystem services as a road to sustainability? A case of forest dispute in Muonio, Northern Finland

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have emerged as new promising governance tools for enhancing sustainable use of Storage natural resources.This article looks at the Muonio forestry dispute where local tourism entrepreneurs and the municipality paid compensations for the Finnish state forestry enterprise to not log in state-owned commercial for

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