[The good discharge summary--criteria and evaluation].

Background: A discharge summary should be sent to the primary care physicians to ensure adequate follow-up of patients after discharge from hospital. It should arrive in due time and its content should serve its purpose.

Material And Methods: We identified six criteria to be used for quality evaluation of discharge summary content and format.

A prospective study of same day bi-directional endoscopy in the evaluation of patients with occult gastrointestinal bleeding.

Objective: Previous studies show conflicting results in the diagnostic yield of oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) and colonoscopy (bi-directional) in identifying potential bleeding sources (PBS) in patients investigated for occult gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). The aims of this study were to evaluate the diagnostic yield of bi-directional endoscopy in patients presenting with OGIB and to assess the factors predictive of a positive yield.

Material And Methods: Patients with OGIB referred to the gastroenterology unit were prospectively included in the study.