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ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Small Bowel Bleeding

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The term small bowel bleeding is proposed as a replacement for the previous classification of obscure GI bleeding (OGIB), and it is recommended that the term OGIB should be reserved for patients in whom a source of bleeding cannot be identified anywhere in the GI tract.
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This article is published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2015-09-01. It has received 471 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Enteroscopy & Colonoscopy.

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Gastroenterologist-Level Identification of Small-Bowel Diseases and Normal Variants by Capsule Endoscopy Using a Deep-Learning Model

TL;DR: The ability of a CNN-based algorithm to identify abnormalities in SB-CE images with higher levels of sensitivity and significantly shorter reading times than conventional analysis by gastroenterologists is validated.
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The role of endoscopy in the management of suspected small-bowel bleeding.

TL;DR: This guideline is intended to be an educational device to provide information that may assist endoscopists in providing care to patients, based on reviewed studies and on the strength of the supporting evidence.
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Treatment of bleeding complications in patients on anticoagulant therapy.

TL;DR: Assisted care and nonspecific support for hemostasis with antifibrinolytic agents or prothrombin complex concentrates, which are widely available, should be kept in mind.
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GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations

TL;DR: The advantages of the GRADE system are explored, which is increasingly being adopted by organisations worldwide and which is often praised for its high level of consistency.
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Total enteroscopy with a nonsurgical steerable double-balloon method

TL;DR: The double-balloon method facilitates endoscopic access to the small intestine and successfully inserted the upper endoscope as far as 30 to 50 cm beyond the ligament of Treitz in the 3 patients.
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Outcome of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding after capsule endoscopy: Report of 100 consecutive cases

TL;DR: CE is an effective diagnostic tool for patients with obscure GI bleeding and if done early in the course of the workup, CE could shorten considerably the time to diagnosis, lead to definitive treatment in a relevant proportion of patients, and spare a number of alternative investigations with low diagnostic yield.
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Guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia

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TL;DR: In this article, the lower limit of the normal range for the laboratory performing the test should be used to define anaemia and any level of anaemia should be investigated in the presence of iron deficiency.
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Epidemiology and Outcome of Patients Hospitalized With Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Population-Based Study

TL;DR: After hemorrhage from colonic diverticulosis, the leading cause, rates of ALGIH recurrence and unrelated death are similar during the next 4 years, which is related to age and male gender.
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