Imaging of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-108

  Mellinger, John D ^a   Bittner, James G ^b   Edwards, Michael A ^b   Bates, William ^b   Williams, Hadyn T ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Meckel; Mesenteric angiography; Tagged erythrocyte scanning

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; GLUCAGON; PENTAGASTRIN; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RANITIDINE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650258711     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2010.10.014     Document Type: Review

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