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Evaluation and Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding #Diagnosis #Management #EM #GI #Bleed #UpperGI #LowerGI #Resuscitation #Differential #Algorithm
Evaluation and Management ... Gastrointestinal Bleeding ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #GI #Bleed ... #Differential #Algorithm
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 ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #management #Algorithm
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
• Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... out (trauma, GI ... RP bleed) • Hypovolemic ... Classification #diagnosis ... #management #Overview
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
• Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... out (trauma, GI ... RP bleed) • Hypovolemic ... Classification #diagnosis ... #management #Overview
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Diagnosis Framework ... Hypovolemic: Blood Loss, GI ... Treatment Goals ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
are excellent at evaluating ... causing hypovolemia needing ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Bacterial Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... • Active upper GI ... bleed: use IV CTX ... #management #prophylaxis ... #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... Period • Breast-feeding ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... - what is the bleeding ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment