Diseases

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.

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Abstract

Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.

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4 entry terms
  • Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages
  • Hematochezia
  • Hematochezias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord IM with specific intestinal dis (IM), as colonic hemorrhage = GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE (IM) + COLONIC DISEASES (IM); rectal bleeding: see note under RECTUM; X ref HEMATOCHEZIA is red blood in the feces when bleeding is from the lower bowel: do not coord with FECES unless feces are particularly discussed

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History Note

90; was HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL 1966-89

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006471. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006471
  2. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrointestinal_bleeding
  3. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1495657