Usefulness of early colonoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of moderate or severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Usefulness of early colonoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of moderate or severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding

A total of 38,686 colonoscopies were performed between January 1985 and December 2012 at Hospital Sírio-Libanês, in São Paulo, Brazil. Two hundred thirty-four patients (0.6%) had acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding of moderate or severe intensity. A definitive diagnosis was possible in 151 cases,...

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Main Authors: Paulo Correa, Carolina Teixeira, Rodrigo R. Zago, Giulio Rossini, Jose Luiz Paccos, Pedro Popoutchi, Jarbas F. Loureiro, Jose Luiz Borges, Marcelo Averbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936316300788

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