Investigative modalities for massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 620-625

  Al Qahtani, Aayad R ^a   Satin, Richard ^a   Stern, Jerry ^a   Gordon, Philip H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULOSIS; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0036562448     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0279-x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bramley PN, Masson JW, McKnight G, et al. The role of an open access bleeding unit in the management of colonic haemorrhage: a 2-year prospective study. Scand. J. Gastroenterol. 1996;31:764-769
2. Longstreth GF. Epidemiology and outcome of patients hospitalized with acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a population-based study. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1997;92:419-427
3. Peura DA, Lanza FL, Goustout CJ, et al. The American College of Gastroenterology Bleeding Registry: preliminary findings. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1997;92:924-928
4. Billingham RP. The conundrum of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Surg. Clin. North Am. 1997;77:241-252
5. Peter DJ, Dougherty JM. Evaluation of the patient with gastrointestinal bleeding: an evidence based approach. Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 1999;17:239-261
6. Jensen DM. Current management of severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding [editorial]. Gastrointest. Endosc. 1995;41:171-173
7. Hunter JM, Pezim ME. Limited value of technetium-99m labelled red cell scintigraphy in localization of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Am. J. Surg. 1990;159:504-506
8. Kester RR, Welch JP, Sziklas JP. The 99mTc-labelled RBC scan: a diagnostic method for lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Dis. Colon Rectum 1984;27:47-52
9. Leitman IM, Paul DE, Shires GT. Evaluation and management of massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Ann. Surg. 1989;209:175-180
10. Markisz JA, Front D, Royal HD, et al. An evaluation of 99mTc red blood cell scintigraphy for the detection and localization of gastrointestinal bleeding sites. Gastroenterology 1982;83:394-398
11. McKusick KA, Froelich J, Callahan RJ, et al. 99mTc red blood cells for detection of gastrointestinal bleeding: experience with 80 patients. A.J.R. Am. J. Roentgenol. 1981;137:1113-1118
12. Nicholson ML, Neoptolemos JP, Sharp JF, et al. Localization of lower gastrointestinal bleeding using in vivo technetium-99m-labelled red blood cell scintigraphy. Br. J. Surg. 1989;76:358-361
13. Orrechia PM, Hensley EK, McDonald PT, et al. Localization of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Arch. Surg. 1985;120:621-624
14. Ryan P, Stiles CB, Chmiel R. Identification of the site of severe colon bleeding by technetium-labelled red-cell scan. Dis. Colon Rectum 1992;35:219-222
15. Szasz IJ, Morrison RT, Lyster DM. Technetium 99m-labelled red blood cell scanning to diagnose occult gastrointestinal bleeding. Can. J. Surg. 1985;28:512-514
16. Van Geelen JA, De Graff EM, Bronsveld W, et al. Clinical value of labelled red blood cell scintigraphy in patients with difficult to diagnose gastrointestinal bleeding. Clin. Nucl. Med. 1994;19:949-952
17. Voeller GR, Bunch G, Britt LG. Use of technetium-labelled red blood cell scintigraphy in the detection and management of gastrointestinal hemorrhoage. Surgery 1991;110:799-804
18. Wagner HE, Stain SE, Gilg M, et al. Systematic assessment of massive bleeding of the lower part of the gastrointestinal tract. Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 1992;175:445-449
19. 99mTc-labelled red blood cells. Semin. Nucl. Med. 1982;12:139-146
20. Gupta S, Luna E, Kingsley S, et al. Detection of gastrointestinal bleeding by radionuclide scintigraphy. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1984;79:26-31
21. Emslie JT, Zarnegar K, Siegel ME, et al. Technetium-99m-labelled red blood cell scans in the interpretation of gastrointestinal bleeding. Dis. Colon Rectum 1996;39:750-754
22. Bentley DE, Richardson JD. The role of tagged red blood cell imaging in the localization of gastrointestinal bleeding. A.J.R. Am. J. R. Roentgenol. 1988;137:741-748
23. Ng DA, Opelka FG, Beck DE, et al. Predictive value of technetium Tc99m-labelled red blood cell scintigraphy for positive angiogram in massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Dis. Colon Rectum 1997;40:471-477
24. Richter JM, Christensen MR, Kaplan LM, et al. Effectiveness of current technology in the diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Gastrointest. Endosc. 1995;41:93-98
25. Vernava AM, Moore BA, Longo WE, et al. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Dis. Colon Rectum 1997;40:846-858
26. Pennoyer WP, Vignati PV, Cohen JL. Mesenteric angiography for lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: are the predictors of a positive study? Dis. Colon Rectum 1997;40:101-118
27. Suzman MS, Talmor M, Jennis R, et al. Accurate localization and surgical management of active lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage with technetium-labelled erythrocyte scintigraphy. Ann. Surg. 1996;224:29-36
28. Zuckerman GR, Prakash C. Acute lower intestinal bleeding. Part I. Clinical presentation and diagnosis. Gastrointest. Endosc. 1998;48:606-616
29. Jensen DM, Machicado GA. Diagnosis and treatment of severe hematochezia: the role of urgent colonoscopy after purge. Gastroenterology 1988;95:1569-1574
30. Jen DM, Machicado GA. Colonoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding: routine outcomes and cost analysis. Gastroenterol. Endosc. Clin. North Am. 1997;7:477-498
31. Chaudhry V, Hyser MJ, Gracias VH, et al. Colonoscopy: the initial test for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Am. Surg. 1998;64:723-728
32. Forde KA. Colonoscopy: in acute rectal bleeding. Gastrointest. Endosc. 1981;27:219-220
33. Makela JT, Kiviniemi H, Laitinens, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Scand. J. Gastrointerol. 1993;28:1062-1066
34. Bono MJ. Lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 1996;14:547-556
35. nd edition, Gordon, PH, Nivatvongs, S, editors, 1999:1279