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Publication Name World Journal of Radiology
Manuscript ID 8399
Country/Territory Canada
Received
2013-12-28 11:43
Peer-Review Started
2013-12-28 15:29
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2014-01-08 13:50
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2014-04-17 14:22
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2014-01-22 11:40
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2014-04-17 14:50
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2014-04-17 15:17
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2014-05-27 18:59
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2014-05-28 16:53
ISSN 1949-8470 (online)
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Publisher Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Website http://www.wjgnet.com
Category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Manuscript Type Retrospective Study
Article Title Factors influencing the yield of mesenteric angiography in lower gastrointestinal bleed
Manuscript Source Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List Pasteur Rasuli, Joseph Doumit, Majdi Boulos, Caroline Rizk and Gaby Doumit
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author Pasteur Rasuli, MD, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada. prasuli@rogers.com
Key Words Angiography; Diagnostic use; Colon; Blood supply; Radiograph; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Emergencies; Mesenteric arteries
Core Tip Mesenteric angiography is associated with a low yield of about 30%. We evaluated several factors in 101 patients undergoing mesenteric angiography in a tertiary care institution to see if any could be used for predicting a positive angiogram. We found that vital signs are poor discriminators but older age, intensive care unit admission, having received at least 4 units PRBC over 12 h or 5 units over 24 h prior to angiogram are leading indicators for a positive study. We postulate that the reason is that patients are given enough blood units to compensate for blood loss and stabilize vital signs and therefore the number of blood units given indirectly correlate with severity of active bleeding.
Publish Date 2014-05-28 16:53
Citation Rasuli P, Doumit J, Boulos M, Rizk C, Doumit G. Factors influencing the yield of mesenteric angiography in lower gastrointestinal bleed. World J Radiol 2014; 6(5): 218-222
URL http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v6/i5/218.htm
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v6.i5.218
Full Article (PDF) WJR-6-218.pdf
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