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This is a study comparing the effect of erythromycin or metoclopramide, 2 prokinetic drugs (Drugs which are known to speed up the emptying of the stomach or in other words to move the blood out of the stomach faster) given before endoscopy to patients with upper Gastrointestinal bleeding compared to patients who will not receive either of these medications before their endoscopy.
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To compare the efficacy of pre-endoscopic interventions namely erythromycin, metoclopromide vs control in improving the outcomes of endoscopy in ICU patients admitted upper GI bleeding.
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Patients younger than 18 yrs old or older than 80 yrs
Patients who refuse to consent to be in our study
Pregnant patients
Prior use of prokinetics in the last 48 hours
History of cardiac arrhythmia
Allergy to erythromycin or metoclopromide
Patients with QT prolongation (query 7)
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4 participants in 3 patient groups
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