Minoru Fujita, Noriaki Manabe, Takahisa Murao, Mitsuhiko Suehiro, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Jun Nakamura, Katsunori Ishii, Syuzo Monden, Emiko Uji, Hiraku Misawa, Takehiro Ninomiya, Momoyo Sasahira, Masaya Chikaishi, Shogen Yo, Motoyasu Osawa, Ryo Katsumata, Maki Ayaki, Manabu Ishii, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Akiko Shiotani, Jiro Hata, Ken Haruma
BACKGROUND AND AIM: The clinical severity and course of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (ALGIB) are believed to differ between inpatient-onset and outpatient-onset cases, but no reports have investigated these issues in detail. We aimed to evaluate the clinical differences between inpatient- and outpatient-onset ALGIB. METHODS: Medical records of patients who had undergone emergency colonoscopy for ALGIB were retrospectively reviewed. The severity was evaluated using the NOBLADS score...
January 27, 2023: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology