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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

47 questions · 48 findings · 5 reviews · Gut

No studies found 3 · 6.3%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 23 · 47.9%Low 8 · 16.7%Moderate 12 · 25%High 2 · 4.2%

Endoscopy vs surgery

Relief of pain · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis

Endoscopy probably leads to higher pain relief ‐ middle‐term compared with surgery (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) vs H2RA, placebo or no treatment

Proportion of participants with stigmata of recent haemorrhage at index endoscopy · people with upper gastrointestinal bleeding prior to endoscopic diagnosis

Proton pump inhibitor treatment showed no clear difference in proportion of participants with stigmata of recent haemorrhage at… compared with H2RA, placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) vs H2RA, placebo or no treatment

Endoscopic haemostatic treatment at index endoscopy · people with upper gastrointestinal bleeding prior to endoscopic diagnosis

Proton pump inhibitor treatment probably leads to lower endoscopic haemostatic treatment at index endoscopy compared with H2RA, placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Epinephrine vs epinephrine and any second endoscopic method

Recurrent and persistent bleeding overall rates with or without second‐look endoscopy Rebleeding (persistent or recurrent bleeding) · patients with high‐risk bleeding ulcers

Epinephrine probably leads to lower recurrent and persistent bleeding overall rates with or without… compared with epinephrine and any second endoscopic method (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Epinephrine vs epinephrine and any second endoscopic method

Adverse effects of endoscopy therapy Adverse effects · patients with high‐risk bleeding ulcers

Epinephrine probably leads to higher adverse effects of endoscopy therapy Adverse effects compared with epinephrine and any second endoscopic method (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage vs no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage

All‐cause mortality · people with acute UGIH

It is very uncertain whether erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage changes all‐cause mortality compared with no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage vs no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage

Rebleeding · people with acute UGIH

It is very uncertain whether erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage changes rebleeding compared with no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review