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Society of abdominal radiology gastrointestinal bleeding disease-focused panel consensus recommendations for CTA technical parameters in the evaluation of acute overt gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Fidler, JL; Gunn, ML; Soto, JA; Brook, OR; Allen, BC; Guglielmo, FF; Grand, DJ; Gee, MS; Wells, ML; Huete, A; Khandalwal, A; Sokhandon, F ...
Published in: Abdom Radiol (NY)
September 2019

PURPOSE: To formulate consensus recommendations for CT angiography technical parameters used to evaluate overt gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. METHODS: An electronic questionnaire consisting of 17 questions was sent to a panel of 16 radiologists with expertise on the imaging of GI bleeding from the Society of Abdominal Radiology GI Bleeding disease-focused panel to obtain consensus agreement on issues related to CTA technical parameters for imaging overt GI bleeding. A multi-round Delphi method of voting was performed to obtain consensus which was defined as ≥ 80% agreement. RESULTS: Consensus agreement was reached in 15/17 (89%) of the questions including the technique for the administration of IV contrast, the number of phases, scan timing, and image reconstruction. CONCLUSIONS: A panel of experts on the imaging of GI bleeding from the Society of Abdominal Radiology was able to reach consensus on the majority of technical parameters used for CTA of overt GI bleeding. These recommendations should improve the quality of patient care by adopting these minimal technical requirements for optimal exam performance and lead to less variation in the performance of these exams which will facilitate collecting and comparing published data from different centers. These recommendations will need revisions as additional scientific data become available.

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Abdom Radiol (NY)

DOI

EISSN

2366-0058

Publication Date

September 2019

Volume

44

Issue

9

Start / End Page

2957 / 2962

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Societies, Medical
  • Humans
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • Consensus
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Acute Disease
 

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Fidler, J. L., Gunn, M. L., Soto, J. A., Brook, O. R., Allen, B. C., Guglielmo, F. F., … Park, S. H. (2019). Society of abdominal radiology gastrointestinal bleeding disease-focused panel consensus recommendations for CTA technical parameters in the evaluation of acute overt gastrointestinal bleeding. Abdom Radiol (NY), 44(9), 2957–2962. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-02131-y
Fidler, Jeff L., Martin L. Gunn, Jorge A. Soto, Olga R. Brook, Brian C. Allen, Flavius F. Guglielmo, David J. Grand, et al. “Society of abdominal radiology gastrointestinal bleeding disease-focused panel consensus recommendations for CTA technical parameters in the evaluation of acute overt gastrointestinal bleeding.Abdom Radiol (NY) 44, no. 9 (September 2019): 2957–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-02131-y.
Fidler, Jeff L., et al. “Society of abdominal radiology gastrointestinal bleeding disease-focused panel consensus recommendations for CTA technical parameters in the evaluation of acute overt gastrointestinal bleeding.Abdom Radiol (NY), vol. 44, no. 9, Sept. 2019, pp. 2957–62. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s00261-019-02131-y.
Fidler JL, Gunn ML, Soto JA, Brook OR, Allen BC, Guglielmo FF, Grand DJ, Gee MS, Wells ML, Huete A, Khandalwal A, Sokhandon F, Ramalingam V, Al-Hawary MM, LeBedis CA, Park SH. Society of abdominal radiology gastrointestinal bleeding disease-focused panel consensus recommendations for CTA technical parameters in the evaluation of acute overt gastrointestinal bleeding. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 Sep;44(9):2957–2962.
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Published In

Abdom Radiol (NY)

DOI

EISSN

2366-0058

Publication Date

September 2019

Volume

44

Issue

9

Start / End Page

2957 / 2962

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Societies, Medical
  • Humans
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • Consensus
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Acute Disease