Gastrointestinal bleeding

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 16 Jun 2022

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Citation:

Bell D, Gastrointestinal bleeding. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-90850

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-90850

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/90850

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90850

Article created:

30 Jun 2021, Daniel J Bell ◉

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Last revised:

16 Jun 2022, Daniel J Bell ◉

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At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Systems:

Gastrointestinal

Sections:

Approach

Tags:

cases3, reference needed

Synonyms:

GI bleeding
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Gastrointestinal bleedings
GI haemorrhage
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage
GI bleed
Gastrointestinal bleed
Gastrointestinal bleeds
GI bleeds
GI haemorrhages
GI hemorrhage
GI hemorrhages
Gastrointestinal haemorrhages
Gastrointestinal hemorrhages
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Acute GI bleed
Acute GI bleeds

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding refers to hemorrhage into the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract; it is commonly clinically subdivided into whether it occurs into the upper (proximal) or lower (distal) GI tract:

upper GI bleeding
- bleeding proximal to the ligament of Treitz, i.e. proximal to the duodenojejunal (DJ) junction
lower GI bleeding
- bleeding distal to the ligament of Treitz, i.e. distal to the DJ junction

This bleeding may present as: