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Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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Gastrointestinal (GI) tract bleeding may arise from any segment of its wall and from the digestive organs that communicate with its lumen (e.g., liver).

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Notes

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    Melena, or melaena – Latin for “black,” not as commonly misspelled “malena” and therefore assumed to be “bad”!

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    GK Mallory (1900–1986), S Weiss (1898–1942) – described this in 15 alcoholic patients in 1929.

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    Johan F. Meckel the younger (1781–1833) – famous German anatomist.

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    Johan Conrad Peyer (1653–1712) – Swiss anatomist.

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    Burrill B. Crohn (1884–1983) – New York gastroenterologist described “terminal ileitis” in 1932.

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    Johannes Peutz (1886–1957) – Dutch physician. Harold Jeghers (1904–1990) – American physician.

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    Wenzel Treitz (1819–1872) – Czech physician who described a suspensory muscle (“ligament”) of duodenum in 1853 – often used to demarcate the duodeno–jejunal junction.

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    Robert Sengstaken and Arthur Blakemore – New York surgeons who described custom-made tube with esophageal and gastric balloons in 1950. The first patient was a 15-year-old girl with portal vein thrombosis.

Further Reading

  1. Gilger MA (2004) Upper gastrointestinal bleeding. In: Walker WA, Goulet O, Kleinman RE et al (eds) Pediatric gastrointestinal disease, vol. 1. BC Decker, Hamilton, pp 258–265

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  4. Swaniker F, Soldes O, Hirschl RB (1999) The utility of technetium 99m pertechnetate scintigraphy in the evaluation of patients with Meckel’s diverticulum. J Pediatr Surg 34:760–764

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  5. Turck D, Michaud L (2004) Lower gastrointestinal bleeding. In: Walker WA, Goulet O, Kleinman RE et al (eds) Pediatric gastrointestinal disease, vol. 1. BC Decker, Hamilton, pp 266–280

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

    Juan A. Tovar

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  1. Paediatric Surgery Department, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

    Chandrasen K. Sinha

  2. Dept. Pediatric Surgery, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

    Mark Davenport

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Tovar, J.A. (2010). Gastrointestinal Bleeding. In: Sinha, C., Davenport, M. (eds) Handbook of Pediatric Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-132-3_23

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