UGI bleeding was defined as hematemesis, coffee-ground vomit or melena ... gastritis by endoscopy died from disseminated (non-upper GI) malignant disease 2 months after endoscopy.

Gastrointestinal ... in the stool or vomit. This happens due to bleeding in any part of the gastrointestinal tract that runs ...

It may seem a little, er, TMI—but the truth is that the color of ... melena (from upper GI bleeding) and hematochezia—bright red blood that emerges from the lower GI tract, such as the colon ...

Since 1942 it has been standard practice at the Maine Medical Center to regard all cases of massive bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract as problems for combined medical and surgical ...

Originating somewhere along the gastrointestinal tract, the blood escapes the body either through the rectum or the mouth, staining vomit ... bleeding can be categorized based on which part of the ...