"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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hematemesis" by people in Profiles.
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Fenkel JM, Rubin R, Kastenberg D. An unusual cause of hematemesis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Dec; 7(12):A14.
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Madan AK, Kuykendall SJ, Ternovits CA, Tichansky DS. Mallory-Weiss tear after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2005 Sep-Oct; 1(5):500-2.
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Peacock P, Lovett PB. Clinicopathological conference: massive hematemesis following blunt abdominal trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 2003 Oct; 10(10):1086-95.
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Weiss MA, Aliff TB, Tallman MS, Frankel SR, Kalaycio ME, Maslak PG, Jurcic JG, Scheinberg DA, Roma TE. A single, high dose of idarubicin combined with cytarabine as induction therapy for adult patients with recurrent or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer. 2002 Aug 1; 95(3):581-7.