Document 0300 DOCN M9460300 TI The role of the radiologist in the management of gastrointestinal bleeding. DT 9404 AU Shapiro MJ; Division of Cardiovascular/Interventional Radiology, Jefferson; Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia,; Pennsylvania. SO Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1994 Mar;23(1):123-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94178894 AB The purposes of this article are to clarify the current status of barium studies, radionuclide scans, and arteriography in the diagnosis and management of the bleeding patient; to provide one interventional radiologist's approach to the diagnosis and management of both upper and lower gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage in the adult population, incorporating both radiologic and nonradiologic techniques; and to review the diagnosis and management of several less frequent causes and special categories of bleeding, such as that associated with portal hypertension. DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS Angiography Aortic Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY Barium Sulfate/DIAGNOSTIC USE Catheterization Enema Fistula/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/ETIOLOGY/*RADIOGRAPHY/RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING Hemobilia/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY Human Hypertension, Portal/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY Intestinal Fistula/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).