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18346680

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
Lower GI bleeding is a very broad topic, which can encompass situations from a small amount of red blood on tissue paper associated with formed brown stool, to life-threatening severe haemorrhage. Much of the literature on this topic focuses on acute bleeding necessitating hospitalisation and urgent intervention. The literature that is available focuses primarily on medical intervention and support, which will be covered in another review in this series. Causes for lower GI bleeding include diverticular disease, vascular ectasia, ischemic, inflammatory or infectious colitis, colonic neoplasia (including post polypectomy bleeding), anorectal causes (including haemorrhoids, fissures and rectal varices), and small bowel lesions (Crohn's, vascular ectasia, Meckel's diverticula, and small bowel tumours). Different clinical series identified these lesions in varying frequencies. Factors associated with the development of acute lower GI bleeding include advanced age and use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication. Colonoscopy is the single most frequent intervention in evaluating all the patients with lower GI bleeding. Determining the precise impact of colonoscopy on the outcome of lower GI bleeding is difficult due to the retrospective nature of many studies, and the frequent inability to definitively establish the exact bleeding site.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1521-6918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiology of lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. zuccarg@ccf.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review