2. LGI hemorrhage
Colon – 95-97%
Small bowel – 3-5%
Only 15% of massive GI bleeding
Finding the site
Intermittent bleeding common
Up to 42% have multiple sites
3. Hematochezia:
Bright red stool, called, is the sign of a fast
moving active GI bleed
Maroon color:
short time taken from the site of the bleed
and the exiting at the anus
14. Concealed Bleeding
Occasionally, a person with a LGIB will not
present with any signs of internal
bleeding.
A Diagnostic or pre-assessment:
hypotension, tachycardia, angina, syncope,
weakness, confusion, stroke,
myocardial infarction/heart attack, and shock.
Others = meckel’s, juvinial polyps, solitary rectal ulcer, Dieulafoy’s lesion of the colon, portal colopathy, NSAIDs, intussusception, or bleeding following colonoscopic biopsy or polypectomy.
Others = meckel’s, juvinial polyps, solitary rectal ulcer, Dieulafoy’s lesion of the colon, portal colopathy, NSAIDs, intussusception, or bleeding following colonoscopic biopsy or polypectomy.
Others = meckel’s, juvinial polyps, solitary rectal ulcer, Dieulafoy’s lesion of the colon, portal colopathy, NSAIDs, intussusception, or bleeding following colonoscopic biopsy or polypectomy.
Others = meckel’s, juvinial polyps, solitary rectal ulcer, Dieulafoy’s lesion of the colon, portal colopathy, NSAIDs, intussusception, or bleeding following colonoscopic biopsy or polypectomy.
Others = meckel’s, juvinial polyps, solitary rectal ulcer, Dieulafoy’s lesion of the colon, portal colopathy, NSAIDs, intussusception, or bleeding following colonoscopic biopsy or polypectomy.