Acute lower GI bleeding for the acute care surgeon: Current diagnosis and management

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-142

  Lee, J ^a   Costantini, T W ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Angiography; Colonoscopy; Diagnosis; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Multi detector CT scan; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249085976     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690909800302     Document Type: Review

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