Retrospective study of the utility of nuclear scintigraphic-labelled red cell scanning for lower gastrointestinal bleeding

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 205-209

  Levy, Richard ^a   Barto, Walid ^a   Gani, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Labelled red cell scanning; Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037689514     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2002.02567.x     Document Type: Article

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