Prevalencia de hemorragia digestiva baja por enfermedad diverticular en pacientes de la tercera edad que acuden al Hospital IESS de los Ceibos en el periodo 2017-2018.

Abstract

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a clinical entity in which there is a bleeding whose origin is located at any point of the digestive tract beneath the Treitz angle, although most recent definitions set the colon as the sole place where lower gastrointestinal bleeding occurs. Lower GI. The causes oflower GI bleeding can be grouped into several categories, wether they are anatomical, vascular, inflammatory or neoplasic. In addition, it may be caused by a therapeutic intervention (such as an endoscopic polypectomy).