Rectal bleeding in a patient with portal hypertension
| Autor: | U K Sinha, S K Raha, W E Wilkins |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Resuscitation Rectum Bleeding oesophageal varices Varicose Veins Melena Varicose veins Hypertension Portal medicine Humans Aged business.industry Vascular disease Self Assessment Questions General Medicine medicine.disease Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Rectal Diseases Portal hypertension Female medicine.symptom business Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Follow-Up Studies |
| Popis: | A 77 year old woman presented for the first time in 1997 with severe haematemesis and melena. After initial resuscitation she underwent an emergency upper gastrointestinal endoscopy which showed bleeding oesophageal varices. She was treated with injection sclerotherapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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