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Early Endoscopy for Acute GI Bleeds Tied to Better Outcomes
Patients with acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, especially those with non-variceal bleeding, tended to have the best outcomes if they received an early therapeutic endoscopy (between 6 to 24 hours after admission), a retrospective study of Hong Kong hospital data found. In the analysis of more than 6,000 patients with acute upper GI bleeds, urgent…