The authors present a rare case of a 71-year-old man presenting with large bowel obstruction after attempted colonoscopy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Blood in Stool

  […] in stool; Diagnose the reason for chronic diarrhea; Screen the colon if abnormal results come back from a stool or barium enema test; Diagnose inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); Diagnose the reason for unexplained abdominal pain. [barnesjewish.org]

  […] in stool - colonoscopy Chernecky CC, Berger BJ. [nlm.nih.gov]

  They look for blood in stool, but cancerous polyps do not always cause bleeding, so they are limited in their ability to detect all cancers. These types of tests may be less invasive, but they also are less accurate than colonoscopy. [healthplans.providence.org]

A detailed history and physical examination provide diagnostic clues but a diagnostic workup often ends up requiring colonoscopy. The diagnostic yield of colonoscopy has been previously studied in retrospective studies. [intechopen.com]

Therefore, we present two cases whose management was different and we show their clinical presentation, their diagnosis and their treatment in order to recognize this complication early to establish early treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This type of bleeding may also go away on its own, but it may require treatment if it becomes severe. Postpolypectomy Syndrome This is a syndrome that occurs as a result of a burn to the bowel wall during polyp removal. [ibdcrohns.about.com]

The addition of ileoscopy to screening colonoscopy can detect asymptomatic small bowel carcinoid tumors and improve long-term prognosis through early surgical resection. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSIONS: A 20-member international team has provided standardized methods for analysis of etiologies of PCCRCs and PICRCs and defines its use as a quality indicator. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Colonoscopy can be used to treat chronic constipation based on the etiology. [intechopen.com]

Whitcomb and Dhiraj Yadav, Validation of Demographics, Etiology, and Risk Factors for Chronic Pancreatitis in the USA: A Report of the North American Pancreas Study (NAPS) Group, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 62, 8, (2133), (2017). [doi.org]

Chang-Claude: Division of Cancer Epidemiology, Unit of Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. [doi.org]

We used a large population-based cohort that consisted of a random sample of 5% of Medicare beneficiaries living in regions of the United States covered by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program registries to determine rates of [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology/Diagnosis/Management. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 126. [nlm.nih.gov]

Most patients know to drink lots of fluids to prevent dehydration but a lot of them get week or nauseous. This prevents them from drinking more. Loss of electrolytes or dehydration is potential risk that can even get deadly. [journey-with-crohns-disease.com]

From Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California; Battelle Memorial Institute, Seattle, Washington; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. [annals.org]

This article presents a cost-effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer screening tests that have been recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force, American Cancer Society US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer American [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]