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. 2004 Feb;182(2):427-30.
doi: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820427.

MDCT of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Khimseng Tew  1 , Roger P Davies, Changez K Jadun, Jacqueline Kew
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MDCT of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Khimseng Tew et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: We evaluated the use of MDCT in the diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal bleeding (hematochezia).

Conclusion: MDCT is proposed as an alternative first-line investigation to locate lower gastrointestinal bleeding before placing the patient under observation or performing embolization or surgery.

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