Effectiveness of risk scoring systems in predicting endoscopic treatment in colonic diverticular bleeding.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The identification of stigmata of recent hemorrhage (SRH) in colonic diverticular bleeding (CDB) enables an endoscopic treatment and can improve the clinical outcome. However, SRH identification rate remains low. This study aims to investigate whether NOBLADS and Strate scoring systems are useful for predicting SRH identification rate of CDB pre-procedurally via colonoscopy.

Methods

In this single-center retrospective observational study, 302 patients who experienced their first episode of CDB from April 2008 to March 2018 were included. Patients were classified into SRH-positive and SRH-negative groups. The primary outcome was SRH identification rate. The secondary outcomes were active bleeding in SRH and early rebleeding rates. The usefulness of the NOB

SUBMITTER: Oguri N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7318164 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature