Etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal bleed in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India: A retro-prospective study

Etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal bleed in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India: A retro-prospective study

Introduction: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is one of the leading causes for hospital admissions in gastroenterology wards all over the world. Patients usually present with hematochezia or bloody diarrhea. Colonoscopy is usually the initial diagnostic intervention followed by other more sop...

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Main Authors: Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar, Waseem Raja Dar, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Basharat Ahmad Kasana, Najeeb Ullah Sofi, Moomin Hussain, Faheem Arshad, Manzoor Ahmad Wani, Muzamil Latief, Jaswinder Singh Sodhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
Subjects:
capsule endoscopy
colonoscopy
hematochezia
lower gastrointestinal bleed
red blood cell scan
polypectomy
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.165697

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