Jung K, Moon W. Role of endoscopy in acute gastrointestinal bleeding in real clinical practice: An evidence-based review. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2019; 11(2): 68-83 [PMID: 30788026 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v11.i2.68]
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Won Moon, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, 262 Gamcheon-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 49267, South Korea. moonone70@hanmail.net
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Review
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Feb 16, 2019; 11(2): 68-83 Published online Feb 16, 2019. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v11.i2.68
Role of endoscopy in acute gastrointestinal bleeding in real clinical practice: An evidence-based review
Kyoungwon Jung, Won Moon
Kyoungwon Jung, Won Moon, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 49267, South Korea
Author contributions: Moon W substantially contributed to the conception and design of the review; Jung K contributed to the acquisition of data and drafting the article.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Won Moon, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, 262 Gamcheon-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 49267, South Korea. moonone70@hanmail.net
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Received: December 17, 2018 Peer-review started: December 17, 2018 First decision: January 6, 2019 Revised: February 2, 2019 Accepted: February 13, 2019 Article in press: February 13, 2019 Published online: February 16, 2019
Core Tip
Core tip: When a patient with signs of bleeding, such as hematemesis, melena, and hematochezia, presents to the emergency room, an endoscopic approach is considered together with initial resuscitation. Timely endoscopy and appropriate bowel preparation are very important in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding. In addition, mechanical bleeding control is an imperative part of therapeutic endoscopy. After bleeding control, the risk classification of rebleeding is important because old age, concomitant diseases, and use of drugs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, antiplatelet, and anticoagulant drugs) are increasing. Therefore, endoscopy has a very important role in the diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis of gastrointestinal bleeding.
