The frequency of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding has decreased with the decreasing prevalence of peptic ulcer disease.

In the elderly, the incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding remains high, however, probably because of widespread use of NSAIDs and aspirin.

Overall, 70% to 80% of UGI bleeding stops voluntarily, and the remainder is treated endoscopically.

If the patient rebleeds, which occurs 10% to … read more »

The growing use of CT scans before appendectomies seems to help lower the number of unneeded surgeries in women of childbearing age, according to a study in the February issue of Radiology.

“We found that rising utiization of preoperative CT over the past decade, along with advances in CT technology, coincided with a significant decrease in negative appendectomies among women 45 … read more »

CT enteroclysis, what some doctors have called the gold standard imaging test for diagnosing small bowel disease, may be helpful in evaluating uncomplicated celiac disease in patients with nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms, says a study recently published in Radiology.

The study looked at 44 patients, 32 of whom had a known diagnosis of uncomplicated celiac disease at the time of CT enteroclysis … read more »

The objective of a recent study was to determine if gadolinium administration is necessary for MRI follow-up of patients with cystic pancreatic lesions.
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A recent study set out to emphasize the technical component of polyp evaluation, and to illustrate distinctive appearance of intestinal polyps on ultrasound. … read more »

MR Cholangiopancreatography Compared With Endoscopic Retrograde CP In Children
In a recent study reported in Pediatric Radiology, the safety and results of MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) on pediatric patients were examined, including the effects of secretin and a negative oral contrast agent. Additionally, the findings on MRCP were compared with those of endoscopic retrograde CP (ERCP) in patients who underwent both studies … read more »

Benign biliary strictures are a difficult management problem and notoriously hard to fix. … read more »

A recent study published in The Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging set out to determine whether unenhanced CT versus chemical-shift MRI is better in the assessment of the severity of fatty infiltration of the liver, and has determined that unenhanced CT and chemical-shift MRI are comparable in their estimation of the degree of hepatic steatosis.

The Study
This study was comprised of … read more »

On both virtual and optical colonoscopy being used to perform screening examinations for colorectal cancer, hidden regions within the colon can be problematic when the images are being evaluated. … read more »

After a patient has undergone virtual colonoscopy and the images have been processed by the radiologist’s workstation, the radiologist must decide how to display and interpret the images. … read more »