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A retrospective survey of patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy finds that complications in people of 75 and older were two to three times commoner than in those aged 50 to 74 ( JAMA Netw Open doi:10 1001/jamanetworkopen 2020 8958) The cumulative incidence of complications in the older age group in the 30 days following colonoscopy was nearly 7%, with cardiac failure, arrhythmias, and post-endoscopic bleeding as the leading causes Although it hasn’t featured much in public discussion recently, the uncomfortable fact remains that the only way to bring the covid-19 pandemic …
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