Evaluation and treatment of gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage in patients with AIDS.
Hemodynamically significant gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage is infrequently seen among patients with AIDS. During a 35-month period, we evaluated 37 AIDS patients with substantial gastrointestinal tract bleeding: 13 patients had upper gastrointestinal disease; 24 patients had colorectal disease. AIDS-associated lesions were identified as the etiology of the hemorrhage in 8 of 13 patients with upper and 9 of 24 patients with lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000209:etiology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology