TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Ezzat Abdelgawad AU - Farid Gamil , AU - Hatem Sallam , TI - The role of mult-slice CT in acute gastrointestinal bleeding / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Ezzat Abdelgawad , KW - Contrast material KW - Crohn's disease KW - Ulcerative colitis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis; Issued also as CD N2 - Acute GIB is a serious and often life-threatening condition. It is typically categorized as either upper or lower depending on the anatomic location of the bleeding site. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) may involve the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. It carries a mortality rate of approximately 10%. Its common causes in order of frequency are: Erosions or ulcers, variceal bleeding. Mallory-Weiss tear, vascular lesions, and neoplasms UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -