Sending in the ViCE Squad: Evaluation and Management of Patients with Small Intestinal Bleeding.

Shahrad Hakimian, Krunal Patel, David Cave

Journal: Digestive diseases and sciences 2020;65(5):1307-1314

PMID: 32162121

Abstract

Bleeding from the small intestine remains a clinically challenging diagnostic and therapeutic problem. It may be minor, requiring only supplemental iron treatment, to patients who have severe overt bleeding that requires multimodal intervention. This article provides an up-to-date review of the state-of-the-art of diagnosis and treatment of small intestinal bleeding.

Address: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center, 55 Lake Ave. N., Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center, 55 Lake Ave. N., Worcester, MA, 01655, USA. [email protected].

DOI: 10.1007/s10620-020-06190-w

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MeSH Terms: Adult, Aged, Capsule Endoscopy, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Humans, Intestinal Diseases, Intestine, Small, Male, Melena, Middle Aged