Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding in our department, the last 45 cases

Introduction: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a common cause for hospital admission accounting for 20 to 30 per 100.000 adults per year. Its spectrum of severity ranges from mild anal outlet bleeding to life-threatening, massive hemorrhage. Patients and methods: Last year 45 pts (20 men and 25 women, age: 28–99 ys) were admitted at our subintensive care unit with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Although there are numerous possible etiologies, the most common causes of colonic bleeding were diverticulosis (n=15), colonic neoplasma (n=8) and postpolypectomy bleeding (n=5). There were also arteriovenous…