Early Versus Delayed Colonoscopy in Hospitalized Patients with Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 352-359

  Sengupta, Neil ^a   Tapper, Elliot B ^b   Feuerstein, Joseph D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

colonoscopy; lower gastrointestinal bleeding; outcomes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON CANCER; COLON DISEASE; COLON POLYP; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIVERTICULOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMBASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMORRHOID; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPY DELAY; VASCULAR LESION; WEB OF SCIENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; EMERGENCIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979976456     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000602     Document Type: Article

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