Diseases

Hematemesis

Vomiting of blood that is either fresh bright red, or older coffee-ground in character. It generally indicates bleeding of the UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.

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Vomiting of blood that is either fresh bright red, or older coffee-ground in character. It generally indicates bleeding of the UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.

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  • Hematemeses

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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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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hematemesis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006396. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006396
  2. Hematemesis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematemesis
  3. Hematemesis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1570161