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Question: Blood in stool

Answers

Option - Value - Grade - LOINC"; 01
yes - 1 - F - 10
no - 0 - P -

Background/Purpose

Although gastrointestinal bleeding is most commonly a result of benign anal pathology, life-threatening hemorrhage, cancers, and polyps must be considered in making the diagnosis. Acute, massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding has an incidence of 40 to 150 episodes per 100,000 persons annually, with a mortality rate of 6 to 10 percent. Acute, massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding has an incidence of 20 to 27 episodes per 100,000 persons annually, with a mortality rate of 4 to 10 percent. Mortality rates increase in patients with advancing age and increasing number of associated underlying comorbidities, specifically renal and hepatic dysfunction, heart disease, and malignancies.

Description

Blood in stool/
Performed: Axially

LOINC Code

0

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