"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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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hematemesis" by people in Profiles.
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Case 1: Hematemesis in a 30-month-old Boy. Pediatr Rev. 2018 Nov; 39(11):560-561.
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Primary Gastric Hodgkin's Lymphoma: An Extremely Rare Entity and A Diagnostic Challenge. Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Oct; 60(10):2923-6.
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Distal extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma presenting as cholangitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Jul; 55(7):1852-5.