Assessment of in-hospital mortality in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding on antithrombotic treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the impact of antithrombotic therapy on in-hospital mortality in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The findings indicated that antithrombotic therapy at admission was not associated with increased in-hospital mortality and suggested a protective trend, particularly for antiplatelet agents and in cases of non-variceal bleeding. The authors emphasize that these results should be interpreted as a prognostic association rather than definitive causation.