Lower Gastrointestinal Bleding from Acute Hemorhagic Rectal Ulcer in Criticaly Ill Patients

Purpose: To elucidate the clinical characteristics and impacts of acute hemorrhagic rectal ulcer (AHRU) in critically ill patients during their stay in the ICUs of a university-affiliated hospital. Materials and Methods: From January 2005 to December 2006, medical records of ICU-hospitalized patients acquired a lower GI bleeding that required a colonoscopy done on an emergency basis were reviewed. Nineteen patients with acute hemorrhagic rectal...