Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed in Children: Safety, Utility, and Yield of Colonoscopy: an Experience from a Large Tertiary Referral Endoscopy Center

Abstract

Objective: There is paucity of data on lower gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB) in the pediatric population. We aimed to retrospectively review the endoscopy findings in patients younger than 18 years, presenting with lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleed and undergoing colonoscopy.

Keywords

• colonoscopy
• pediatric GI bleed
• polyps