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Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
Upper GI Bleed - ... Management Algorithm ... Upper GI bleed ... EGD Causes of Upper ... MatthewHoMD #Upper
Evaluation and Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding #Diagnosis #Management #EM #GI #Bleed #UpperGI #LowerGI #Resuscitation #Differential #Algorithm
Gastrointestinal Bleeding ... #EM #GI #Bleed ... #UpperGI #LowerGI ... Resuscitation #Differential ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
ulceration of the upper ... GI bleeding), which ... bleeding (GI bleeding ... hospitalization) • Pathophysiology ... #pharmacology #management
Endoscopy in Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
Pre-Endoscopic Care:
 • Adequate resuscitation: Restrictive> Liberal strategy
Endoscopy in Non-Variceal ... Upper GI Bleeding ... #NonVariceal #UpperGI ... #Bleeding #Summary ... #management #algorithm
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Management Algorithm ... bleeding (LGIB) ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... LGIB #GIBleed #management ... #Algorithm #gastrointestinal
Acute Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding
Pre-Endoscopy Management:
 • Hemodynamic resuscitation
 • No routine NG tube
 • Risk
Acute Non-Variceal Upper ... GI Bleeding Pre-Endoscopy ... Management: • ... If peptic ulcer bleeding ... #NonVariceal #Upper
Algorithmic Approach to Severe Hematochezia
 - Hematochezia is due to a lower GI bleed ~85% of
due to a massive upper ... Hematochezia due to an upper ... start with an upper ... endoscopy to exclude ... upper GI bleed.
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
precise site of bleeding ... mucosa Stricture Management ... sections of the GI ... laceration in upper ... EUS procedures GI
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... bleeding - EUS-FNA ... solid lesions (upper ... #Prophylaxis #Endoscopy ... Gastroenterology #Management
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Occult UGI bleeding ... RULE OUT BRISK Upper ... GI bleed, Diverticular ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm