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The role of enhanced multi-detector-row computed tomography before urgent endoscopy in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Nov 13;
Authors: Miyaoka Y, Amano Y, Ueno S, Izumi D, Mikami H, Yazaki T, Okimoto E, Sonoyama T, Ito S, Fujishiro H, Kohge N, Imaoka T
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Multi-detector-row computed tomography (MDCT) has been reported to be a potentially useful modality for detection of the bleeding origin in patients with acute upper massive gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of MDCT as a routine method for detecting the origin of acute upper GI bleeding prior to urgent endoscopy.
METHODS: 577 patients with acute upper GI bleeding (514 non-variceal patients, 63 variceal patients) who underwent urgent upper GI endoscopy were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into three groups: enhanced MDCT, unenhanced MDCT, and without MDCT before endoscopy. The diagnostic accuracy of MDCT for detection of the bleeding origin was evaluated, and the average procedure times to endoscopically identify the bleeding origin were compared between groups.
RESULTS: Diagnostic accuracy among endoscopists was 55.3% and 14.7% for the enhanced MDCT and unenhanced MDCT groups, respectively. Among non-variceal patients, accuracy was 50.2% in the enhanced MDCT group, which was significantly better than that in the unenhanced MDCT group (16.5%). In variceal patients, accuracy was significantly better in the enhanced MDCT group (96.4%) than in the unenhanced MDCT group (0.0%). These accuracies were similar to those achieved by expert radiologists. The average procedure time to endoscopic detection of the bleeding origin in the enhanced MDCT group was significantly faster than that in the unenhanced MDCT and without MDCT groups.
CONCLUSIONS: Enhanced MDCT preceding urgent endoscopy may be an effective modality for the detection of bleeding origin in patients with acute upper GI bleeding.
PMID: 24224950 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]