Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Emerging Role of Multidetector CT Angiography and Review of Current Imaging Techniques Export

@article{citeulike:1506707, abstract = {Acute gastrointestinal bleeding is a common cause of hospitalization, morbidity, and mortality in the United States. The evaluation and treatment of acute gastrointestinal bleeding are complex and often require a multispecialty approach involving gastroenterologists, surgeons, internists, emergency physicians, and radiologists. The multitude of pathologic processes that can result in gastrointestinal bleeding, the length of the gastrointestinal tract, and the often intermittent nature of gastrointestinal bleeding further complicate patient evaluation. In addition, there are multiple imaging modalities and therapeutic interventions that are currently being used in the evaluation and treatment of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Initial experience indicates that multidetector computed tomographic angiography is a promising first-line modality for the time-efficient, sensitive, and accurate diagnosis or exclusion of active gastrointestinal hemorrhage and may have a profound impact on the evaluation and subsequent treatment of patients who present with acute gastrointestinal bleeding. (C) RSNA, 2007 10.1148/rg.274065095}, author = {Laing, Christopher J. and Tobias, Terrence and Rosenblum, David I. and Banker, Wade L. and Tseng, Lee and Tamarkin, Stephen W.}, citeulike-article-id = {1506707}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/rg.274065095}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1055}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17620467}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17620467}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1148/rg.274065095}, journal = {Radiographics}, keywords = {acute, bleeding, ct, gastrointestinal, gi}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {1055--1070}, posted-at = {2007-07-27 10:59:19}, priority = {5}, title = {Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Emerging Role of Multidetector CT Angiography and Review of Current Imaging Techniques}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/rg.274065095}, volume = {27}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1506707 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1506707 N2 - Acute gastrointestinal bleeding is a common cause of hospitalization, morbidity, and mortality in the United States. The evaluation and treatment of acute gastrointestinal bleeding are complex and often require a multispecialty approach involving gastroenterologists, surgeons, internists, emergency physicians, and radiologists. The multitude of pathologic processes that can result in gastrointestinal bleeding, the length of the gastrointestinal tract, and the often intermittent nature of gastrointestinal bleeding further complicate patient evaluation. In addition, there are multiple imaging modalities and therapeutic interventions that are currently being used in the evaluation and treatment of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Initial experience indicates that multidetector computed tomographic angiography is a promising first-line modality for the time-efficient, sensitive, and accurate diagnosis or exclusion of active gastrointestinal hemorrhage and may have a profound impact on the evaluation and subsequent treatment of patients who present with acute gastrointestinal bleeding. (C) RSNA, 2007 10.1148/rg.274065095 IS - 4 JF - Radiographics EP - 1070 TI - Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Emerging Role of Multidetector CT Angiography and Review of Current Imaging Techniques VL - 27 SP - 1055 KW - acute KW - bleeding KW - ct KW - gastrointestinal KW - gi AU - Laing, Christopher AU - Tobias, Terrence AU - Rosenblum, David AU - Banker, Wade AU - Tseng, Lee AU - Tamarkin, Stephen PY - 2007/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/rg.274065095 ER -