Trends in hospitalization, mortality, and timing of colonoscopy in patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Trends in hospitalization, mortality, and timing of colonoscopy in patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Background and study aims Current guidelines conditionally recommend performing early colonoscopy (EC) (< 24 hours) in patients admitted with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB). It remains unclear whether this practice is implemented widely. Therefore, we used the Nationwide Inpatient S...

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Main Authors: Kalpit Devani, Dhruvil Radadiya, Paris Charilaou, Tyler Aasen, Chakradhar M. Reddy, Mark Young, Bhaumik Brahmbhatt, Don C. Rockey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2021-05-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-1352-3204

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