The utility of urgent colonoscopy in the evaluation of acute lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding: A 2-year experience from a single center

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1782-1785

  Ness, Reid M ^a   Manam, Raj ^b   Hoen, Helena ^b   Chaksani, Naga ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034977922     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02434-0     Document Type: Article

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