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Evaluation and Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding #Diagnosis #Management #EM #GI #Bleed #UpperGI #LowerGI #Resuscitation #Differential #Algorithm
Gastrointestinal Bleeding #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #GI #Bleed #UpperGI ... Resuscitation #Differential ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
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 ... MatthewHoMD #Upper ... #GIBleed #Differential
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 ... Residency @CMC_IM #Upper ... #algorithm
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis of Macroscopic ... ), throughout (upper ... #EM #IM #Urology ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
Algorithm for the ... muscle (release upper ... coordinated by medulla #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... EM #GI #Dysphagia
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Angiodysplasia (colon ... , asymptomatic IBD ... RULE OUT BRISK Upper ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Family history of IBD ... Consider tumor • Upper ... Diverticulitis • IBD ... mesenteric ischemia • GI
Complications of Acute Pancreatitis
Systemic
 - Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
 - Hypoxia
 - Hyperglycaemia
 - Hypocalcaemia
pleural effusion Upper ... GI bleeding - ... - Erosion into colon ... #Pancreatitis #Diagnosis ... #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... urine can induce color ... Ureter/Bladder (Upper ... Pseudohematuria: • GI ... #Hematuria #Differential
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
Weight Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased Intake: • GI ... illness (upper ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm