The Fluorescein String Test
Authors: FRED E. PITTMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Article1 March 1964The Fluorescein String TestAn Analysis of Its Use and Relationship to Barium Studies of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract in 122 Cases of Gastrointestinal Tract HemorrhageFRED E. PITTMAN, M.D.FRED E. PITTMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-3-418 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInitial clinical experience with the fluorescein string test has indicated that it is a rapid, accurate, and safe method for localization of the site of bleeding in patients with upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage (1, 2). Since the initial clinical studies were carried out, modifications in methods have been made, and further experience has been acquired. The purpose of this paper is to describe the refinements of methods, to analyze the findings in 122 previously unreported cases, and to compare them with the results of upper gastrointestinal barium studies.PROCEDUREThe test was performed when the patients were actively bleeding as...References1. HAYNESPITTMAN WFFE: Application of the fluorescein string test in 32 cases of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Gastroenterology 38: 690, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. HAYNESPITTMANCHRISTAKIS WFFEG: Location of site of upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage by the fluorescein string test. Surgery 48: 821, 1960. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. RASKINWENGERSKLARPLETICKAYAREMA HFJMBSW: The diagnosis of cancer of the pancreas, biliary tract and duodenum by combined cytologic and secretory methods. I. Exfoliative cytology and a description of a rapid method of duodenal intubation. Gastroenterology 34: 996, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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MERIGANHOLLISTERGRYSKASTARKEYDAVIDSON TCRMPFGWCS: Gastrointestinal bleeding with cirrhosis: a study of 172 episodes in 158 patients. New Eng. J. Med. 263: 579, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, New YorkFrom the Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y., and the Department of Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.This work was supported in part by training grant 2A-5234, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Department of Medicine, 620 West 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y.*The tape used in this study was the "G.I. String, Type II," available from Laboratory Associates, 517 Miltown Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey.†Fluorescite® (Sodium fluorescein, U.S.P.) supplied by C. F. Kirk Laboratory, 512 West 23rd Street, New York, N. Y.‡Inspectolite® supplied by Englehard Industries, Inc., Hanovia Lamp Division, Newark, New Jersey. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTechnique. Use of a duodenal capsule for localization of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage.A new tube for use in the fluorescein string test: localization of oesophageal and gastric bleeding sites with or without the use of radiography.The detection of upper gastrointestinal bleeding sites by ultraviolet endoscopyCOMMENTSEvaluation of a String Test in Nonbleeding IndividualsLocating the Source of Gastrointestinal BleedingStudies on the diagnostic methods for localization of gastrointestinal hemorrhageThe String Test for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding—A New, Plastic LookCHARLES F. 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