Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Melena vs Hematochezia vs BRBPR

All based on color of stool.

Melena: practically black or 'tarry' stool
BRBPR: just very bright red
Hematochezia:

Wikipedia leads to believe that Hematochezia is different from BRBPR. But one article on UptoDate says hematochezia is "passage of maroon or bright red blood or blood clots per rectum". So these 2 sources of conflicting, and I'm not sure what to think.

References:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematochezia
2) http://www.uptodate.com/contents/etiology-of-lower-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
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  1. XtremevillainMay 21, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    http://www.helium.com/items/1717198-hematochezia-melena-bright-red-blood-per-rectum-gi-bleeding

    I had a very similar question. I always thought BRBPR = hematochezia...perhaps it's similar enough.

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  2. XtremevillainMay 21, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    http://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-minimal-bright-red-bleeding-per-rectum

    "scant hematochezia"??

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