Role of contrast CT in acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-296

  Rajan, Ramesh ^a,b   Dhar, Puneet ^a   Praseedom, Raaj Kumar ^a   Sudhindran, S ^a   Moorthy, Sreekanth ^b  

^a Dept of Gastrointestinal Surgery ^*  (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding; GI bleeding, role of contrast CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 5644263660     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080204     Document Type: Review

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