title: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: Lower gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in elderly patients. Lower endoscopic evaluation is established as the diagnostic procedure of choice in the setting of acute lower GI hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Blake 453D, Boston, MA 02114, USA. bbounds@partners.org
authors.forename: Brenna Casey
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Bounds
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Kelsey
mesh_terms: D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000150:complications; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications; D004630:Emergencies; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000150:complications; D016558:Hemostasis, Endoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D041741:Lower Gastrointestinal Tract