TY - JOUR AU - Serur, Anna; Rhee, Rebecca; Ramjist, Joshua TI - Current Nonoperative Therapeutic Interventions for Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage SN - 1531-0043 SN - 1530-9681 PY - 2020 JO - Clin Colon Rectal Surg JF - Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery LA - EN VL - 33 IS - 01 SP - 022 EP - 027 ET - 2019/11/11 DA - 2020/01/07 KW - lower gastrointestinal bleed KW - angiography KW - colonoscopy KW - CT angiography AB - Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage remains a common cause of hospitalization, with significant health care costs. Initial management should include aggressive resuscitation followed by localization of bleeding with nuclear scintigraphy, colonoscopy, or computed tomography (CT) angiography. If bleeding does not resolve spontaneously, expeditious intervention with minimally invasive endoscopic or angiographic methods is necessary with surgical intervention as a last resort. PB - Thieme Medical Publishers DO - 10.1055/s-0039-1695033 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0039-1695033 ER -