Gepost in: GI en voeding
Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Colonoscopy should be performed first in most patients presenting with acute lower GI bleeding. Such bleeding may be treated endoscopically (first-line approach when possible), by angiographic embolization, or with surgery when bleeding is in the colon but cannot be localized.
Auteur(s):
Ian M. Gralnek, M.D., M.S.H.S., Ziv Neeman, M.D., and Lisa L. Strate, M.D., M.P.H.
Publicatie:
N Engl J Med 2017; 376:1054-1063 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1603455