Diagnostic utility of CT angiography compared with endoscopy in patients with acute GI hemorrhage

Post written by Jason Erno, MD, and Don C. Rockey, MD, from the Digestive Disease Research Core Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. This cohort study examined patients with acute GI bleeding who underwent CT angiography (CTA) and compared its accuracy with that of subsequent endoscopy. CTA has gained great popularity as …

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Step-by-step use of hemostatic powder

Post written by Andrew C. Storm, MD, from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Our video is meant to be used as a teaching tool, demonstrating the step-by-step use of hemostatic powder for GI hemorrhage. More specifically, malignancy-associated bleeding, as shown in this case, is difficult to manage endoscopically, and …

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