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- Title
Nasogastric aspiration and lavage in emergency department patients with hematochezia or melena without hematemesis.
- Authors
Palamidessi, Nicholas; Sinert, Richard; Falzon, Louise; Zehtabchi, Shahriar
- Abstract
The utility of nasogastric aspiration and lavage in the emergency management of patients with melena or hematochezia without hematemesis is controversial. This evidence-based emergency medicine review evaluates the following question: does nasogastric aspiration and lavage in patients with melena or hematochezia and no hematemesis differentiate an upper from lower source of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
- Publication
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2010, Vol 17, Issue 2, p126
- ISSN
1553-2712
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00609.x