Helical CT in the diagnosis of acute lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-279

  Sabharwal, Rohan ^a   Vladica, Philip ^a   Chou, Roger ^a   Law, W Phillip ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute haematochezia; CT angiography; Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Helical CT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACUTE HAEMATOCHEZIA; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE; HELICAL CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TUMOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 33646111184     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.11.033     Document Type: Article

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