"Melena" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The black, tarry, foul-smelling FECES that contain degraded blood.
| Descriptor ID |
D008551
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.459.764 C06.405.227.600 C23.550.414.788.600
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melena" by people in Profiles.
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Gastrointestinal Tract Malignancy: Natural History, Management, and Outcomes. Dig Dis Sci. 2017 02; 62(2):491-501.
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Image of the month: A Rare Cause of Upper GI Bleeding: Metastatic Implantation at a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Site Presenting as a Bleeding Gastric Mass. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Dec; 110(12):1652.
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Abdominal pain, fever, and unrelenting melena. Gastroenterology. 2014 Jun; 146(7):1606-7.
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Dieulafoy lesions of the GI tract: localization and therapeutic outcomes. Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Dec; 55(12):3436-41.
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Gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to complicated gastroduodenal ulcer disease in liver transplant patients taking sirolimus. Clin Transplant. 2005 Apr; 19(2):250-4.
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Post-endoscopy checklist reduces length of stay for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005 Jun; 17(3):249-54.
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GI bleeding four years after vascular surgery. Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1990 Jun 15; 25(6):14-6, 26.
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Early endoscopy of oesophagus, stomach, and duodenal bulb in patients with haematemesis and melaena. Br Med J. 1973 Jun 02; 2(5865):505-9.