Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Part II [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2001 Diagnostic strategies for lower gastrointestinal bleeding include nuclear scintigraphy, mesenteric angiography and endoscopic evaluation of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Each method has inherent advantages and disadvantages.
Robert Enns
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Gastroenterology Insights, 2021 Small bowel diverticula are rare and often asymptomatic. Severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding from jejunal diverticula is rarely reported and, therefore, should be considered a differential diagnosis in all cases of lower gastrointestinal bleeding with
Cynthia Abbasi +2 more
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Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients [PDF]
International Journal of Nephrology, 2011 Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is more common in patients with chronic kidney disease and is associated with higher mortality than in the general population.
Fahad Saeed +3 more
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Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding from the Appendix
Gut and Liver, 2011 Massive rectal bleeding from the appendix, considered a rare case of lower gastrointestinal bleeding, is not easily recognized by various diagnostic modalities.
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Lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to rectal Dieulafoy’s lesion
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2017 Dieulafoy’s lesion is a relatively rare but serious cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. It usually involves the upper gastrointestinal tract. However, it has recently been reported in different regions of the gastrointestinal tract, including the rectum.
Omar N Nadhem +2 more
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Rodenticide Causing Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Resident Simulation
MedEdPORTAL, 2018 Introduction Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is becoming more common with an aging population. Lower GI bleeding is less common than its upper GI bleed counterpart.
Rohit B. Sangal, Lauren W. Conlon
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A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]
, 2012 Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
Wolfgang Scheppach +35 more
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Assesment of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Pediatric Emergency Department [PDF]
, 2023 Introduction:Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is an important emergency problem that can occur at any age in childhood and requires urgent treatment for the underlying cause.
Betül Öztürk +15 more
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Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding: predictive factors and clinical outcome for the patients who needed first-time mesenteric conventional angiography [PDF]
, 2018 PURPOSE:We aimed to investigate patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding who presented to the emergency department requiring initial conventional angiography.
Onur Sildiroglu +8 more
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Mini-loop ligation of a bleeding duodenal Dieulafoy's lesion [PDF]
, 2013 Two percent of gastrointestinal hemorrhages are caused by Dieulafoy's lesions, which are located in duodenum in only 15% of cases. There are no recommendations regarding the prime endoscopic treatment technique for this condition.
Ljubičić, Neven +1 more
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