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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 GI Bleed
Helpful Clues for Distinguishing Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
Upper GI Bleed (proximal to ligament of Treitz):
Helpful Clues for ... Lower GI Bleeding ... Upper GI Bleed ... intestines or ascending colon ... supporting feature: Blood
Black and Bloody Stools - Melena and Hematochezia
Melena - Refers to passage of black, tarry (sticky
or ascending colon ... result from other causes ... originates in the colon ... Upper gastrointestinal ... #Differential #Causes
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower ... Causes of GI Bleed ... Upper: • Esophagus ... differential #diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... Management Algorithm ... Melena + right colon ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... GIBleed #management #Algorithm
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
urine • 1ml blood ... urine can induce color ... Ureter/Bladder (Upper ... Pseudohematuria: • GI ... #renal #urine #blood
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... RBC’s, RBC/WBC casts ... ), throughout (upper ... prostatic) #Diagnosis #EM ... #Differential #Algorithm
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Low Serum Mg: GI ... Serum 25-OH Vit D: GI ... Large volumes of blood ... #causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
Algorithm for the ... muscle (release upper ... #Differential #EM ... #GI #Dysphagia ... #Extraluminal #Algorithm
Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Upper Gastronintestinal ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hematemesis/Melena - Blood ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes