• needed] Hematemesis is the vomiting of blood. This is usually vomit that contains bright red blood. Coffee ground vomiting is similar to hematemesis, but...
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  • or malignancy. When bright red blood is vomited, it is termed hematemesis. Hematemesis, in contrast to coffee ground vomitus, suggests that upper gastrointestinal...
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    source. The diagnosis is easier when the people have hematemesis. In the absence of hematemesis, 40% to 50% of people in the emergency department with...
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    of melas, black).[citation needed] Blood in stool Dieulafoy's lesion Hematemesis MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: Bloody or tarry stools, retrieved 19 July 2010...
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    these risk factors. Individuals with Mallory–Weiss syndrome will have hematemesis (vomiting up blood), however the symptoms can vary. Before 1929, there...
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    symptoms usually relate to painless bleeding, with vomiting blood (hematemesis) and/or black stools (melena). Less often, Dieulafoy's lesions may cause...
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  • upper gastrointestinal tract. It may play a role in the evaluation of hematemesis. It can also be used as a cooling technique for hyperthermic patients...
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    human digestive system Upper GI tract Lower GI tract Enteropathy GI bleeding Blood in stool Upper Hematemesis Melena Lower Hematochezia Accessory Other...
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    organs, which can cause red and/or black patchy rash and hemoptysis/hematemesis (coughing up/ vomiting of blood). There are bumps on the skin that look...
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    tachycardia, coagulopathy with hypofibrinogenemia and thrombocytopenia, hematemesis, melena, epistaxis, hematuria, intracerebral hemorrhage, and kidney failure...
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    (1990), Walker, H. Kenneth; Hall, W. Dallas; Hurst, J. Willis (eds.), "Hematemesis, Melena, and Hematochezia", Clinical Methods: The History, Physical,...
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    pharynx and the ligament of Treitz. An upper source is characterised by hematemesis (vomiting up blood) and melena (tarry stool containing altered blood)...
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    with a colonoscopy) Upper gastrointestinal bleeding as evidenced by hematemesis or melena Persistent dyspepsia in patients over the age of 45 years Heartburn...
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  • predictors of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding in patients without hematemesis". Am J Emerg Med. 24 (3): 280–5. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2005.11.005. PMID 16635697...
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    strain Nose Epistaxis — nosebleed Mouth Tooth eruption — losing a tooth Hematemesis — vomiting fresh blood Hemoptysis — coughing up blood from the lungs...
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    without organic pathology, after trans-urethral resection of the prostate, hematemesis, melena, hematuria, epistaxis; secondary bleeding due to thrombocytopenia...
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    human digestive system Upper GI tract Lower GI tract Enteropathy GI bleeding Blood in stool Upper Hematemesis Melena Lower Hematochezia Accessory Other...
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    human digestive system Upper GI tract Lower GI tract Enteropathy GI bleeding Blood in stool Upper Hematemesis Melena Lower Hematochezia Accessory Other...
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    the abdomen. The pain is intensified by movement. Nausea, vomiting, hematemesis, and increased heart rate are common early symptoms. Later symptoms include...
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  • Gastrointestinal abdominal pain (R10) bloating (R14) belching (R14) bleeding: Hematemesis blood in stool: melena (K92.1), hematochezia constipation (K59.0) diarrhea...
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    Patients with bleeding gastric varices can present with bloody vomiting (hematemesis), dark, tarry stools (melena), or rectal bleeding. The bleeding may be...
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  • human digestive system Upper GI tract Lower GI tract Enteropathy GI bleeding Blood in stool Upper Hematemesis Melena Lower Hematochezia Accessory Other...
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    bursting. Symptoms include heavy breathing, continuous vomiting of blood (hematemesis), aching limbs, coughing, and extreme pain caused by the decay or decomposition...
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    human digestive system Upper GI tract Lower GI tract Enteropathy GI bleeding Blood in stool Upper Hematemesis Melena Lower Hematochezia Accessory Other...
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    effects may include diarrhea, gastrointestinal perforation, peptic ulcers, hematemesis (vomiting blood), skin reactions (rashes, itching, swelling; in rare...
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    human digestive system Upper GI tract Lower GI tract Enteropathy GI bleeding Blood in stool Upper Hematemesis Melena Lower Hematochezia Accessory Other...
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