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Is urgent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy better than medical treatment for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding?
By Tripdatabase.
Abstract
No direct evidence comparing urgent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to medical treatment for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding was identified. Guidelines support early (≤24 hours) but not urgent (≤12 hours) endoscopy as standard practice.
Keywords
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment
- acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
- medical treatment
- early endoscopy
- endoscopic hemostasis
- treatment comparison
- Open access