Evaluation and management of occult and obscure gastrointestinal ...

Although management of the primary disorder leading to occult and obscure GI bleeding can vary depending on the nature of the disorder, management of blood loss ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a commonly encountered primary care clinical challenge. The AGA Medical Position Statement: Evaluation and Management of ...

The evaluation and management of obscure and occult ... - PubMed

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common clinical presentation increasing in an aging population, frequently requiring hospitalization and emergent ...

Evaluation and management of occult and obscure gastrointestinal ...

Although management of the primary disorder leading to occult and obscure GI bleeding can vary depending on the nature of the disorder, management of blood loss ...

Evaluation of Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding - AAFP

Patients with obscure occult GI bleeding should undergo repeat upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. If these repeat endoscopies are negative, ...

AGA technical review on the evaluation and management of occult ...

briefly defines occult GI bleeding as blood in the feces in amounts too small to be seen but detectable by chemical tests. No definition for obscure intestinal ...

AGA technical review on the evaluation and management of occult ...

The use of a Sonde enteroscope during laparotomy reportedly facilitates intestinal passage because of its small radius of curvature that reduces mucosal ...

The evaluation and management of obscure and occult ...

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is defined as GI bleeding of uncertain etiology after a standard endoscopic evaluation of ...

Evaluation of occult gastrointestinal bleeding - UpToDate

(See "Evaluation of suspected small bowel bleeding (formerly obscure gastrointestinal ... treatment, and/or medication information. It is ...

A New View of Occult and Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding - AAFP

Occult gastrointestinal bleeding usually is discovered when fecal occult blood test results are positive or iron deficiency anemia is ...

Evaluation and management of occult and obscure gastrointestinal ...

Recommendations for the initial diagnostic approach and management for occult bleeding, as well as the subsequent diagnostic and management approach for ...

Diagnosis of Occult and Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

∙ Askin, M.P. ... AGA technical review on the evaluation and management of occult and obscure GI bleeding. Gastroenterology. 2000; 118:201 ...

Evaluation of occult gastrointestinal bleed - McGill University

Occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: causes and clini- cal management. Macmillan Publishers Ltd.: Nat Rev. Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010; ...

Management of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

In patients with unrevealing initial upper and lower endoscopic evaluation, the typical approach is to repeat the endoscopic examinations (based ...

Management of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: Comparison of ...

Meckel's scan using 99mTc-pertechnetate is used for the evaluation of OGIB.65 Sensitivity is reported to be 75–100%.66 The sensitivity and ...

Management of occult obscure gastrointestinal bleeding patients ...

There is no consensus regarding the management of occult obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) patients without a confirmed bleeding source. This study aimed ...

Obscure and Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding - SpringerLink

Bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract that persists or recurs after a negative initial evaluation (upper endoscopy and colonoscopy). 2.2 ...

Management of Obscure Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Cost ...

A cost-minimization analysis determined the optimal initial management strategy for obscure occult gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). Methods: We compared 5 ...

Evaluation and management of occult and obscure gastrointestinal ...

The AGA Medical Position Statement; Evaluation and Management of Occult and Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding, reviewed in this month's clinical practice ...

A new view of occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.

Treatment of obscure bleeding most often involves endoscopic ablation of the bleeding site with thermal energy, if the site is accessible, and medical ...