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Colon and Rectal

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    Endoscopic Intervention Within 6-24 Hours for Non-variceal Upper GI Bleeding Leads to More Favorable Outcomes Compared to Early and Late Intervention

    March 1, 2023

    Clinical question: How does the timing of endoscopic intervention affect clinical outcomes in patients with acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding? Background: Previous studies have...

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    Non-gastrointestinal complications, including ischemic stroke, are more common than bleeding or perforation following screening colonoscopy in older adults

    May 2, 2022

    Clinical question: What serious non-gastrointestinal adverse events are due to screening colonoscopy? Dr. Gordon Background: Although the gastrointestinal (GI) risks of colonoscopy have been...

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    Safe to treat mild acute diverticulitis without antibiotics outside the hospital?

    April 1, 2022

    Dr. Scaletta Clinical question: Can clinicians successfully manage mild acute diverticulitis on an outpatient basis without antibiotics? Background: Incidence of diverticular disease is...

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    Risk models fail to predict lower-GI bleeding outcomes

    January 31, 2019

    Seven complex clinical risk stratification models did not do as well.

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    How to slash colorectal surgery infection rates 

    November 12, 2018

    BOSTON – Change perioperative routines.

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