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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...

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Autores principales: Devani, Kalpit, Radadiya, Dhruvil, Charilaou, Paris, Aasen, Tyler, Reddy, Chakradhar M., Young, Mark, Brahmbhatt, Bhaumik, Rockey, Don C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8159619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34079858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1352-3204