| Gastrointestinal bleeding: the role of radiology. | |
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PMID: 21924440 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Gastrointestinal bleeding represents a diagnostic challenge both in its acute presentation, which requires the point of bleeding to be located quickly, and in its chronic presentation, which requires repeated examinations to determine its etiology. Although the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding is based on endoscopic examinations, radiological studies like computed tomography (CT) angiography for acute bleeding or CT enterography for chronic bleeding are becoming more and more common in clinical practice, even though they have not yet been included in the clinical guidelines for gastrointestinal bleeding. CT can replace angiography as the diagnostic test of choice in acute massive gastrointestinal bleeding, and CT can complement the endoscopic capsule and scintigraphy in chronic or recurrent bleeding suspected to originate in the small bowel. Angiography is currently used to complement endoscopy for the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding. |
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S Quiroga Gómez; M Pérez Lafuente; M Abu-Suboh Abadia; J Castell Conesa |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-14 |
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Title: Radiologia Volume: - ISSN: 0033-8338 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-9-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0120775 Medline TA: Radiologia Country: - |
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Languages: ENG; SPA Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2010 SERAM. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved. |
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Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España. |
Vernacular Title:
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Hemorragia digestiva: papel de la radiología. |
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