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| Author | Eleanor Vella |
| Abstract | Successful management of GI bleeding should depend on accurate localisation of the bleeding. GI bleeding is often intermittent and the bleeding source may be difficult to locate. Scintigraphy may detect active bleeding without the need of patient uncomfortable preparation procedure. Delayed images up to 24 hours may be achieved in order to localize the bleeding site (Garofalo & Abdu, 1997). A retrospective study was designed to assess the reliability of RBC scintigraphy in the diagnosis of GI bleeding and to evaluate whether the results obtained by RBC scintigraphy may be compared to endoscopy examinations performed locally. Although the results obtained from the research revealed that scintigraphy has an impact in the management of GI bleeding, this study showed that labelling RBC on its own is not a reliable imaging modality to account for GI bleeding. |
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| Key words | Radiography, Thesis, Labelled RBC Scintigraphy, Gastrointestinal Bleeding |