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Lower GI bleeding (LGIB), or hemorrhage, refers to a significant, sometimes dramatic, event marked by the passage of large amounts of blood [hematochezia (blood with stools) or rectorrhagia (blood without stools)] through the rectum in a sudden and sustained fashion.
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Wassef, R., Poitras, P. (2022). Lower GI Bleeding. In: Poitras, P., Bilodeau, M., Bouin, M., Ghia, JE. (eds) The Digestive System: From Basic Sciences to Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98381-9_21
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