How To Use melena In A Sentence
- Stools are examined for melena (ie, dark tarry stools) and occult blood.
- A primary gastrointestinal loss of protein or blood is possible in a few cases, as evidenced by intestinal parasitism, colitis, gastric haemorrhage, and melena.
- At external examination, blood smears on the body surface resulting from hematemesis or melena were present in 40 cases.
- It is normal to lose 0.5 to 1.5 ml of blood daily in the gastrointestinal tract, and melena usually is identified when more than 150 ml of blood are lost in the upper gastrointestinal tract.
- Melena, with senses as keen as a bloodhound's, tracked him down easily and barred his escape.
- I pushed Melena's auburn hair away from her face and her head leaned towards me.
- I call up the GI doc at 2AM for an uninsured encephalopathic liver failure patient with melena, and I'm going to get an earful. 100% of the time. Insufferable Twits and "Shitty Consults"
- In contrast, posterior bleeding may be asymptomatic or may present insidiously as nausea, hematemesis, anemia, hemoptysis, or melena.
- Mr A's past medical history is significant for gastrointestinal bleeding, although, currently, he denies nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, or melena.
- At external examination, blood smears on the body surface resulting from hematemesis or melena were present in 40 cases.