Hemorrhoids can be a source of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding that requires transfusion: Report of five patients

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1292-1294

  Ibrahim, Ahmer M ^a   Hackford, Alan W ^a,b   Lee, Young Mee ^b   Cave, David R ^a,c  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hemorrhoidectomy; Hemorrhoids

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 48349118821     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9376-3     Document Type: Article

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