Technique. Use of a duodenal capsule for localization of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

Abstract

Patients with acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage may initially be too ill or uncooperative to undergo diagnostic procedures such as endoscopy, barium x-ray studies, or selective abdominal arteriography. Determination of the bleeding site, however, can be an early and useful clue as to the most likely source. Thus, bleeding mucosal lesions of the oesophagus will show blood at approximately 25 to 40 cm, of the stomach at 40 to 55 cm, and of the proximal duodenum at 55 to 75 cm. The use of various 'string tests' for localization of gastrointestinal haemorrhage has been the subject of several previous articles

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