Table 2.
Clinical presentation of children with gastrointestinal bleeding
|
Clinical presentation
|
Patients’ n (%)
|
| Presenting symptoma | |
| Per rectal bleeding | 151 (60.4) |
| Hematemesis | 117 (46.8) |
| Melena | 25 (10) |
| Associated symptom | |
| Recurrent abdominal pain | 59 (23.6) |
| Diarrhea | 23 (9.2) |
| Constipation | 19 (7.6) |
| Recurrent vomiting | 17 (6.8) |
| Weight loss | 10 (4) |
| Chest pain | 8 (3.2) |
| History of foreign body ingestion | 7 (2.8) |
| Caustic ingestion | 1 (0.4) |
| Nausea | 1 (0.4) |
| Physical finding | |
| Normal | 218 (87.2) |
| Pallor | 11 (4.4) |
| Perianal fissure | 11 (4.4) |
| Perianal fistula | 4 (1.6) |
| Jaundice | 3 (1.2) |
| Failure to thrive | 2 (0.8) |
| Oral ulcers | 1 (0.4) |
a
Some patients presented with more than one symptom. Data are presented as number and percentage.