Acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a chronic cause: a teaching case report
Gastrointestinal bleeding (GI bleed) is a common and potentially life-threatening reason for emergency room and intensive care unit admission. This article reports the case of an 83-year-old man with acute GI bleeding from an unusual cause. The clinical information is presented in a step-by-step and...
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| description | Gastrointestinal bleeding (GI bleed) is a common and potentially life-threatening reason for emergency room and intensive care unit admission. This article reports the case of an 83-year-old man with acute GI bleeding from an unusual cause. The clinical information is presented in a step-by-step and question-answer format for learning purposes. This paper is particularly aimed at an internal medicine readership. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95de92341805492f8efc81076a6ae6dd2022-12-22T02:42:41ZengWikiJournal User GroupWikiJournal of Medicine2002-44362017-08-0141610.15347/wjm/2017.006Acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a chronic cause: a teaching case reportMichaël R. Laurent0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-8330Lode Van Overbeke1Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumAZ Sint-Maarten, Mechelen, BelgiumGastrointestinal bleeding (GI bleed) is a common and potentially life-threatening reason for emergency room and intensive care unit admission. This article reports the case of an 83-year-old man with acute GI bleeding from an unusual cause. The clinical information is presented in a step-by-step and question-answer format for learning purposes. This paper is particularly aimed at an internal medicine readership. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_of_Medicine/Acute_gastrointestinal_bleeding_from_a_chronic_cause:_a_teaching_case_reportgastroscopyendoscopybiopsyvariceal bleedingnoncirrhotic portal hypertension |
| spellingShingle | Michaël R. Laurent Lode Van Overbeke Acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a chronic cause: a teaching case report WikiJournal of Medicine gastroscopy endoscopy biopsy variceal bleeding noncirrhotic portal hypertension |
| title | Acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a chronic cause: a teaching case report |
| title_full | Acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a chronic cause: a teaching case report |
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| title_short | Acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a chronic cause: a teaching case report |
| title_sort | acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a chronic cause a teaching case report |
| topic | gastroscopy endoscopy biopsy variceal bleeding noncirrhotic portal hypertension |
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