A case of urgent colonoscopic hemostasis of a cecal hemorrhagic ulceration in a patient receiving heparin for COVID‐19 coagulopathy

A case of urgent colonoscopic hemostasis of a cecal hemorrhagic ulceration in a patient receiving heparin for COVID‐19 coagulopathy

Abstract COVID‐19 rarely causes lower gastrointestinal bleeding even though its RNA has been detected in patient's stool. Urgent colonoscopy in a COVID‐19 patient with massive bloody stool requires various procedural and equipment considerations. Here, we present a case of colonoscopic hemostas...

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Main Authors: Naohisa Yoshida, Ryohei Hirose, Makoto Watanabe, Masaski Yamazaki, Satoru Hashimoto, Shin Matsubara, Yu Kasamatsu, Naohisa Fujita, Rafiz Abdul Rani, Osamu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Yuji Naito, Yoshito Itoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:JGH Open
Subjects:
colonoscopy
COVID‐19
cytomegalovirus
hemorrhage
personal protective equipment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12435

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https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12435

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