1981
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.140.1.7244242
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Efficacy study of the small-bowel examination.

Abstract: Retrospective analysis of 1,020 conventional antegrade small-bowel examinations revealed that the variable which correlated most highly with abnormal radiographic findings was the clinical complex of history, physical examination, and laboratory data which prompted suspicion of small-bowel disease. Thirty indications of possible small-bowel disease were divided into groups carrying (a) a high suspicion and (b) a low suspicion of disease. Pertinent abnormalities were revealed by 14.2% of examinations in the hig… Show more

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“…12 The average length of the small bowel is 6 to 7 m. Studies such as enteroclysis and small-bowel follow-through provide a diagnostic yield as low as 5% to 10% in the evaluation of obscure bleeding. 13,14 Push enteroscopy is a technique that uses a small-bowel enteroscope that has a length of 200 to 220 cm; this technique allows only a maximum of one-third of the entire small proximal bowel to be evaluated. 15 The diagnostic yield is ϳ40% to 60% for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…12 The average length of the small bowel is 6 to 7 m. Studies such as enteroclysis and small-bowel follow-through provide a diagnostic yield as low as 5% to 10% in the evaluation of obscure bleeding. 13,14 Push enteroscopy is a technique that uses a small-bowel enteroscope that has a length of 200 to 220 cm; this technique allows only a maximum of one-third of the entire small proximal bowel to be evaluated. 15 The diagnostic yield is ϳ40% to 60% for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A acurácia dos testes diagnósticos para detectar varizes sangrantes do intestino delgado é baixa. A angiotomografia, por exemplo, apesar de sua sensibilidade, tem acurácia de apenas 72 % [33][34][35] . Outros exames, como a cintilografia com hemácias marcadas com tecnécio 99m, têm uma sensibilidade de apenas 48 % 36 .…”
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“…Angioectasias may be amenable to definitive endoscopic therapy through injection or electrocautery, while tumours can be removed by snare (if small) or biopsied to direct further management. Small bowel radiography: Single contrast barium radiography of the small bowel has a low diagnostic yield in patients investigated for obscure bleeding (52). In contrast, small bowel enteroclysis may detect a potential source in 10% to 20% of these patients (17,53) and is considered the gold standard for detection of small bowel tumours and diverticula (54).…”
Section: Investigationmentioning
confidence: 99%