Does Capsule Endoscopy Improve Outcomes in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding? Randomized Trial Versus Dedicated Small Bowel Radiography

Gastroenterology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Laine, Loren ^a   Sahota, Amandeep ^a   Shah, Abbid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Small Bowel Radiography

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERT BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSH ENTEROSCOPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77951692184     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.047     Document Type: Article

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