Should Emergency Endoscopy be Performed in All Patients With Suspected Colonic Diverticular Hemorrhage?

Objective: We attempted to develop a scoring system for facilitating decision making regarding the performance of emergency endoscopy in patients with colonic diverticular hemorrhage. Methods: This study involved analysis of the data of 178 patients who presented with hematochezia and were diagnosed...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Uehara, Satohiro Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Miyatani, Hirosato Mashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-09-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1179552217728906