When possible, upper and lower GI endoscopies should be done on same day

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) If your car needs work on its front and rear axles, it's obviously more convenient, efficient and cost effective to have both repairs done at the same time. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown similar benefits from 'bundling' upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies on the same day to remedy what they say is the 'disturbingly' large number of older Americans currently being scheduled for the procedures on two different days.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news