Is early colonoscopy after admission for acute diverticular bleeding needed?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1996-1999

  Smoot, Rory L ^a   Gostout, Christopher J ^a,b   Rajan, Elizabeth ^a   Pardi, Darrell S ^a   Schleck, Cathy D ^a   Harmsen, William S ^a   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^a   Nolte, Theresa ^a   Melton, L J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141571341     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07635.x     Document Type: Article

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