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Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An Approach to Management [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000 Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding provides an uncommon but frustrating and resource-intensive challenge for clinicians. Such patients hemorrhage recurrently from sites within the gastrointestinal tract that are not detected by routine endoscopy or ...
JK Marshall, OA Lesi, RH Hunt
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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding [PDF]
BMJ, 1988 Modern diagnostic techniques have led to increased accuracy in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding. Occasionally, however, the source of bleeding remains obscure. A careful, step-wise approach, is required to provide a diagnosis in these cases.
C R, Quick, R J, Dickinson
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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding [PDF]
Gut, 2006 A 54 year old woman was admitted to our hospital due to melena, which had occurred three times in the …
W G, Shin, C H, Park, C K, Park
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Risk Stratification for Rebleeding in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Comprehensive Gastrointestinal Evaluation. [PDF]
DEN OpenABSTRACT Background and Aim: Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is defined as bleeding of unknown origin after comprehensive upper, lower, and small‐bowel evaluations. However, the incidence and predictors of rebleeding after negative comprehensive gastrointestinal evaluation remain unclear.
Onishi S +8 more
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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding caused by hookworms
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013 Fengming Yi, Meifang Huang
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Focal intestinal lymphangiectasia: An unusual cause of acute overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2014 Detection of bleeding lesion in a patient of acute overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding is a real challenge. Recently, authors have showed superiority of urgent capsule endoscopy (CE) over angiography in patients with acute overt obscure ...
Ashish Kumar Jha +2 more
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2008 Background The precise role of capsule endoscopy in the diagnostic algorithm of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding has yet to be determined. Despite the higher diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy, the actual impact on clinical outcome remains poorly ...
Teratani Takuma +11 more
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The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2017 Small bowel malignancy is still a rare case as a cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. The symptoms of small bowel malignancy are not specific. One of the symptoms is obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
Hasan Maulahela, Achmad Fauzi
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Diagnosis of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2016 Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is defined as gastrointestinal bleeding from a source that cannot be identified on upper or lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. OGIB is considered an important indication for capsule endoscopy (CE). CE is particularly useful for the detection of vascular and small ulcerative lesions, conditions frequently ...
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The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2018 Small bowel ectopic varices is a rare etiology for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Ectopic varices in the absence of portal hypertension can be caused by congenital or familial conditions (e.g. malformation of vessel).
Hasan Maulahela +2 more
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