A case of urgent colonoscopic hemostasis of a cecal hemorrhagic ulceration in a patient receiving heparin for COVID-19 coagulopathy

COVID-19 rarely causes lower gastrointestinal bleeding even though its RNA has been detected in patient's stool. Urgent colonoscopy in a COVID-19 patient with massive bloody stool requires various procedural and equipment considerations. Here, we present a case of colonoscopic hemostasis of a c...

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Published in:JGH Open
Main Author: Yoshida N.; Hirose R.; Watanabe M.; Yamazaki M.; Hashimoto S.; Matsubara S.; Kasamatsu Y.; Fujita N.; Rani R.A.; Dohi O.; Inoue K.; Naito Y.; Itoh Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc 2021
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85093527440&doi=10.1002%2fjgh3.12435&partnerID=40&md5=0a98e029fb4ebd5c1dfb6618322bd02b