[Quantitative evaluation of latent gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with iron deficiency anemia (preliminary report)]

Gematol Transfuziol. 1990 Jul;35(7):15-8.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Radiologic investigation of concealed gastro-intestinal hemorrhage with 51Cr was conducted for its detection and quantitative estimation in 102 patients with iron-deficiency anemia (IDA), loss of blood from the digestive tract was detected in 52 of them. A definite relationship was noted between the volume of hemorrhage and the disease responsible for the development of IDA. Moderate hemorrhage from 2.5 to 15.0 ml/day was detected in chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract (GIT): chronic gastritis, colitis. High volumes of hemorrhage are characteristic of diseases attended by gross changes in the digestive tract: polyps, tumors, diverticula, varicosis in GIT. It has been shown that the radiologic method of quantitative estimation of concealed gastro-intestinal hemorrhage with the use of 51Cr is highly sensitive and accurate, that permitted the authors to recommend this method for both practical and scientific investigations.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anemia, Hypochromic / blood
  • Anemia, Hypochromic / etiology*
  • Chromium Radioisotopes
  • Erythrocyte Count
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / blood
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / complications
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occult Blood*

Substances

  • Chromium Radioisotopes