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Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Elderly

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This chapter will discuss common causes, clinical assessment, and the medical and surgical management of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the elderly. The chapter will outline how this approach differs from a younger patient population and address the unique needs of the elderly.

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  1. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Hadley K. Wesson

  2. Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Michael E. Zenilman

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  1. Surgical Service, Yale University School of Medicine VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, CT, USA

    Ronnie A. Rosenthal

  2. SUNY Downstate School of Public Health, National Capital Region Johns Hopkins Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Michael E. Zenilman

  3. Center for Geriatric Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Mark R. Katlic

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Jason Johanning

  2. Duke Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan

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Wesson, H.K., Zenilman, M.E. (2019). Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Elderly. In: Rosenthal, R., Zenilman, M., Katlic, M. (eds) Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20317-1_75-1

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