Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by angiodysplasia: a difficult problem in patients with chronic renal failure receiving hemodialysis therapy.
Anemia in patients with renal failure is a common problem. Bleeding from small angiodysplastic lesions within the gastrointestinal tract appears to be a significant source of blood loss in some patients with renal failure receiving chronic hemodialysis. We describe a group of patients treated with estrogen therapy who had amelioration of their bleeding tendency. Correction of bleeding time may be one potential mechanism for this action.
Richardson
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Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, KY 40292.
Lordon
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D004967:Estrogens