[Gastrointestinal hemorrhage in urological diseases]

The authors analyse 28 cases of gastrointestinal hemorrhage (GIH) in urological diseases and after uronephrological operations, emphasize factors of uremic intoxication and relevant complications provoking DIC syndrome. Various factors leading to stress (acute blood loss, shock, sepsis) and development of immunodeficiency disturbed morphostructure of gastric and duodenal mucosa and provoked hemorrhage which was stopped most efficiently by fibrogastroduodenoscopy with coagulation of the bleeding vessel. If this operation failed, open surgery was performed. Conservative measures consisted in DIC syndrome management policy.