Implications of negative technetium 99m-labeled red blood cell scintigraphy in patients presenting with lower gastrointestinal bleeding

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 404-408

  Hammond, Kerry L ^a   Beck, David E ^a   Hicks, Terrel C ^a   Timmcke, Alan E ^a   Whitlow, Charles W ^a   Margolin, David A ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Technetium 99m labeled RBC scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOUISIANA; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 33847051739     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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