Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is more common in patients with chronic kidney disease and is associated with higher mortality than in the general population. Blood losses in this patient population can be quite severe at times and it is important to differentiate anemia of chronic diseases from anem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Saeed, Fahad, Agrawal, Nikhil, Greenberg, Eugene, Holley, Jean L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22007297
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/272535
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Sumario:Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is more common in patients with chronic kidney disease and is associated with higher mortality than in the general population. Blood losses in this patient population can be quite severe at times and it is important to differentiate anemia of chronic diseases from anemia due to GI bleeding. We review the literature on common causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGI) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. We suggest an approach to diagnosis and management of this problem.

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