"Hematemesis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Vomiting of blood that is either fresh bright red, or older "coffee-ground" in character. It generally indicates bleeding of the UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.
| Descriptor ID |
D006396
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.227.400 C23.550.414.788.400 C23.888.821.937.019
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hematemesis" by people in Profiles.
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Survival in a 2-year-old boy with hemorrhage secondary to an aortoesophageal fistula. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Dec; 46(12):2394-6.
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Benign post-esophagectomy gastrocardiac fistula. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Oct; 13(4):447-9.