Improving diagnostic yield in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding - how virtual chromoendoscopy may be the answer

Background and aim: A significant proportion of patients presenting with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) have negative small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) examinations, and yet remain at risk of rebleeding. We aimed to evaluate whether a second-look review of SBCE images using flexible spe...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Castro, Francisca Dias de (author)
Outros Autores: Magalhães, Joana (author), Carvalho, Pedro Boal (author), Gonçalves, Tiago Cúrdia (author), Rosa, Bruno (author), Moreira, Maria João (author), Cotter, José de Almeida Berkeley (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
Assuntos:
Chromoendoscopy
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
Small bowel capsule endoscopy
Ciências Médicas::Medicina Clínica
Science & Technology
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/40809
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/40809

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