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Hemorrhage

Medical Definition:	Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel.
Guide Notes:	GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; coord IM with organ/dis precoord (IM), not organ /blood supply; consider also terms for presence of blood within cavities, as HEMOTHORAX; HEMATOCOLPOS; etc.

Hemorrhage Categories.

	Blood Loss, Surgical - Loss of blood during a surgical procedure.
	Ecchymosis - Extravasation of blood into the skin, resulting in a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, larger than a petechia.
	Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.
	Hematoma - An extravasation of blood localized in an organ, space, or tissue.
	Hemobilia - Hemorrhage in or through the BILIARY TRACT due to trauma, inflammation, CHOLELITHIASIS, vascular disease, or neoplasms.
	Postoperative Hemorrhage - Hemorrhage following any surgical procedure. It may be immediate or delayed and is not restricted to the surgical wound.
	Shock, Hemorrhagic - Acute hemorrhage or excessive fluid loss resulting in HYPOVOLEMIA.

Hemorrhage Medical Definitions and Terms

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