The diagnostic yield of urgent colonoscopy in acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Conclusions: Urgent colonoscopy for LGIB did not improve the rate of identification of the source of bleeding, colectomy rate or mortality rate and was predictive of the need for emergency colectomy. PMID: 32603045 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Acta Gastroenterol Belg Source Type: research