The role of computerized tomography in the evaluation of gastrointestinal bleeding following negative or failed endoscopy: A review of current status

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-134

  Stunell, H ^a   Buckley, O ^a   Lyburn, I ^b   McGann, G ^b   Farrell, M ^c   Torreggiani, W ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Cheltenham Imaging Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter angiography; Computerized tomography; Gastrointestinal tract; Hematemesis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LARGE INTESTINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VELOCITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 44249122610     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.40779     Document Type: Review

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