Therapeutic high-density barium enema in a case of presumed diverticular hemorrhage

Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-94

  Pausawasdi, Nonthalee ^a   Al Hawary, Mahmoud ^a   Higgins, Peter D R ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anemia; Diverticula; Diverticular hemorrhage; Hematochezia; Lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Therapeutic barium enema

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; BARIUM SULFATE; DONEPEZIL; GLUCAGON; HEMOGLOBIN; INFUSION FLUID; MACROGOL; PANTOPRAZOLE; TAP WATER;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOBILIZATION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RESUSCITATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957844647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16620631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322911     Document Type: Article

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