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  • Title: [Endoscopic assessment of hemorrhage from the gastrointestinal tract].
    Author: Kotsev I, Andonova S, Bozhanin D, Georgiev M.
    Journal: Vutr Boles; 1991; 30(2):75-7. PubMed ID: 1891907.
    Abstract:
    The causes of gastrointestinal bleedings was assessed by fiber gastroscopy, rectoromanoscopy and fiber colonoscopy. The most frequent causes of bleedings from the upper gastrointestinal tract are gastric and duodenal ulcers, erosive hemorrhagic gastritis, gastric cancer, liver cirrhosis with bleeding from varicose veins, polyps, diverticuli, Mallory-Weiss syndrome, etc. The most frequent causes of bleedings from the lower gastrointestinal tract are hemorrhoids, anal fissures, colonic polyps, chronic ulcerohemorrhagic colitis, rectal carcinoma, etc. The diagnostic importance of urgent endoscopic examinations is pointed out.
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