James Sutcliffe

Radiological imaging of gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage (GIH) is a clinical emergency requiring a multidisciplinary approach and often involves emergency department physicians, acute general medicine physicians, geriatricians, gastroenterologists, surgeons, diagnostic radiologists and interventional radiologists. In the UK 2,500 patients die each year from internal bleeding. This accounts for 4% of acute admissions and has a mortality of 13-15%, largely […]