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CC BY 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1811957
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Reframing Lower GI Bleeding in India: A Tertiary Center's Insights with National Implications

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  • Yogesh Harwani

    1   Noble Gastro Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

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Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is a clinical challenge that straddles urgency and complexity—its presentations are variable, its etiologies diverse, and its outcomes often underestimated. Despite accounting for up to one-fifth of all GI bleeds, LGIB has historically taken a backseat in terms of clinical prioritization, both in resource deployment and diagnostic urgency. The research article titled “Etiological Spectrum and Clinical Profile of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Retrospective Analysis” addresses this imbalance in academic discipline.

Conducted over 1 year at a major tertiary care referral center in northwest India, this retrospective study by Jain et al (2025)[1] in Journal of Digestive Endoscopy presents a cohort of 1,000 patients—one of the largest such Indian datasets to date—offering comprehensive demographic, clinical, colonoscopic, and etiological profiling. The findings are instructive not only for practitioners, but also for health policy makers, researchers, and educators engaged in the Indian gastroenterology landscape.

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Sole authorship. Editorial conceptualized, written, and reviewed by Y.H.




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Article published online:
23 September 2025

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