The nurse is caring for a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding.The practitioner was unable to locate the bleed with an endoscopy.Which procedure would the nurse expect the practitioner to order next?

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Angiography may be used for lower gastrointestinal bleeding and as a way to isolate the bleeding source prior to surgery.Angiography is used in the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal (UGI)bleeding only when endoscopy fails,and it is used to treat patients (approximately 15%)whose GI bleeding is not stopped with medical measures or endoscopic treatment.Angiography also is used to evaluate cirrhosis,portal hypertension,intestinal ischemia,and other vascular abnormalities.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Gastrointestinal Bleeding