TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Gastrointestinal Bleeding
A1  - Lu, Le N.
A2  - Tenenbein, Milton
A2  - Macias, Charles G.
A2  - Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2  - Yamamoto, Loren G.
A2  - Schafermeyer, Robert
PY  - 2019
T2  - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e
AB  - Examination  of  the  posterior  pharynx  in  patients  with  hematemesis  may  reveal  posterior  epistaxis  as  the  cause.The  Apt–Downey  test  can  differentiate  swallowed  maternal  blood  from  neonatal  GI  bleeding.Vascular  malformations  are  a  rare  but  serious  cause  of  both  upper  and  lower  GI  bleeding.Melena  typically  indicates  proximal  bleeding,  while  hematochezia  is  usually  seen  with  bleeding  from  the  distal  colon  and  rectum.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155427399
ER  -