Safety and Effectiveness of Early Colonoscopy in Management of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding on the Basis of Propensity Score Matching Analysis

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6090849	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2016	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Early colonoscopy for patients with acute LGIB is safe, allows for endoscopic therapy because it identifies the bleeding source, and reduces hospital stay. However, compared with elective colonoscopy, early colonoscopy does not reduce mortality and may increase the risk for rebleeding.

Keywords

NSAID MDCT RCT SRH stigmata of recent hemorrhage LGIB Randomized controlled trial Los Comparative analysis multi-detector computed tomography diverticular bleeding Lower gastrointestinal bleeding Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Gastrointestinal length of stay

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Safety and Effectiveness of Early Colonoscopy in Management of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding on the Basis of Propensity Score Matching Analysis

Authors

Naoyoshi Nagata, Ryota Niikura, Toshiyuki Sakurai, Takuro Shimbo, Tomonori Aoki, Shiori Moriyasu, Katsunori Sekine, Hidetaka Okubo, Koh Imbe, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Chizu Yokoi, Mikio Yanase, Junichi Akiyama, Naomi Uemura,