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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 - ... Upper GI bleed ... ± EGD Causes ... of Upper GI Bleed ... #Differential #
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... Management Algorithm ... GI bleeding (LGIB ... bleed) vs Stable ... #GI #Bleed #LGIB
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
for Workup of GI ... EGD + Colonoscopy ... may obscure bleeding ... MatthewHoMD #GI ... #management #gastroenterology
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... • Should be on differential ... may be herald bleed ... may undergo EGD ... Sensitivity of EGD
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 ... #criticalcare #differential
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 ... #criticalcare #differential
Endoscopy - Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 
What to Band?
 - Always find the varix that
Endoscopy - Management ... the varix that bled ... banded if the lower ... EGD and the Banding ... #egd #banding
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... bleeding - EUS-FNA ... lesions (upper or lower ... #EGD #Indications ... Gastroenterology #Management
Algorithm for the management of patients presenting with acute Lower GI Bleed
High-risk patients
Multiple high-risk clinical features.a
presenting with acute Lower ... GI Bleed High-risk ... hernodynamically stable ... , no ongoing bleeding ... #Lower #GIBleed
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Towards the end ... Differential Diagnosis ... Delivery • Stable ... Period • Breast-feeding ... #cardiology #treatment