Objective:To determine the association between age and the types of lesions found in patients with a diagnosisof low digestive hemorrhage undergoing low endoscopy in the Gastroenterology service of the Santa Rosa hospital.Methods:Observational, analytical, retrospective study, information was collected from the lower digestive endoscopy reports and the medical history files of the Gastroenterology service. The variables: age, sex, type of injury and anatomical location of the lesion; they were summarized to cards for their statistical use using the SSPS version 22 and Excel programs for the graphs and tables, the Chi square test was used, with a value of p <0.05 as statistically significant.Results:Significant sample of 180 patients with an average age of 62 years, divided into G1: (18-34 years) with 10% of the sample, the endoscopic examination predominates without evidence of injury...

Objective:To determine the association between age and the types of lesions found in patients with a diagnosisof low digestive hemorrhage undergoing low endoscopy in the Gastroenterology service of the Santa Rosa hospital.Methods:Observational, analytical, retrospective study, information was collected from the lower digestive endoscopy reports and the medical history files of the Gastroenterology service. The variables: age, sex, type of injury and anatomical location of the lesion; they were summarized to cards for their statistical use using the SSPS version 22 and Excel programs for the graphs and tables, the Chi square test was used, with a value of p <0.05 as statistically significant.Results:Significant sample of 180 patients with an average age of 62 years, divided into G1: (18-34 years) with 10% of the sample, the endoscopic examination predominates without evidence of injury...