The American College of Gastroenterology’s new clinical guideline for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding offers 27 recommendations graded by the strength of evidence. The recommendations, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, cover evaluation and management, colonoscopic and noncolonoscopic strategies, and preventing recurrent bleeding. Strate said the recommendations call for colonoscopy as the initial procedure for most patients with evidence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Source: Access : ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Patients With Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding : The American Journal of Gastroenterology