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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Successful treatment of refractory midgut bleeding with ocreotide and corticosteroids in a dialysis patient with suspected sarcoidosis.

Nestor Velasco, Toufeeq Imtiaz, Amir Ali Shah, Anastasios Koulaouzidis

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Role of octreotide in small bowel bleeding.World journal of clinical cases · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nestor VelascoUniversity Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, UK.
Toufeeq ImtiazUniversity Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, UK.
Amir Ali ShahUniversity Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, UK.
Anastasios KoulaouzidisRoyal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Centre of Liver & Digestive Disorders, Edinburgh, UK.
University Hospital Crosshouse · GBEdinburgh Royal Infirmary · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of severe and recurrent small-bowel bleeding, due to multiple intestinal angiodysplasias, in a female patient with chronic renal failure due to suspected sarcoidosis. Over the years, she required numerous admissions and >200 units of blood for symptomatic anaemia. However, following a small-bowel capsule endoscopy that revealed several small-bowel angiectasis, she was treated successfully with octreotide and corticosteroids. Her transfusion requirements and hospital admissions were reduced drastically. Moreover, hypercalcaemia and liver function tests also normalised after treatment and double-balloon enteroscopy confirmed the complete resolution of these angiodysplasias. This case presentation confirms the usefulness of octreotide in the management of small-bowel angiodysplasias in dialysis patients and highlights the additional benefit of corticosteroids in portal hypertension due to suspected sarcoidosis.

Indexed as

Renal DialysisAdrenal Cortex HormonesAngiodysplasiaCapsule EndoscopyFemaleGastrointestinal AgentsGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansIntestine, SmallMiddle AgedOctreotideRecurrenceSarcoidosisTreatment OutcomeAdrenal Cortex HormonesGastrointestinal AgentsOctreotide

Identifiers

PMID27417989
PMCPMC4956989
OpenAlexW2467821934

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