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| Advantage |
| Non-invasive |
| Detect slowest bleed |
| No bowel preparation required |
| Can detect intermittent bleed |
| Disadvantages |
| Ionizing radiation and radiation dose |
| Non-therapeutic |
| Not good for UGIB |
| Recommendation |
| Choice of modality for all hemodynamically stable actively bleeding LGIB |
UGIB, upper gastrointestinal bleed; LGIB, lower gastrointestinal bleed.
