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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 ... Consult GI ± EGD ... Dieulafoy • Esophagitis ... UGIB #GIBleed #Differential ... gastrointestinal #gastroenterology
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
Sepsis Diagnosis EGD ... and Biopsy Differential ... Pseudomembranous esophagitis ... Klebsiella, pneumoniae) Management ... #gastroenterology
Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Causes of Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
 • Neuromuscular causes: CVA/CNS tumor/ALS, Parkinson's,
of Dysphagia - Differential ... junction: Achalasia ... Strictures from esophagitis ... Esophageal #Dysphagia #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology
Secondary Causes of Esophageal Eosinophilia (EoE) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Gastroesophageal reflux disease
 • Eosinophilic gastrointestinal
Eosinophilia (EoE ... ) - Differential ... gastrointestinal disease • Achalasia ... #Differential # ... Secondary #Causes #gastroenterology
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
Diagnosis and Management ... ACG Guidelines ... puckering of the EGJ ... #ACG #Guidelines ... #gastroenterology
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Diagnosis and Management ... (IgG) - cannot differentiate ... past infection Management ... Test or repeat EGD ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... disorder such as achalasia ... structural disorder → EGD ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #gastroenterology
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) - Topical Corticosteroids
 • Liquid - Budesonide - 1 mg PO BID -
Eosinophilic Esophagitis ... Fluticasone 880 mcg ... is available Gastroenterology ... #Eosinophilic #Esophagitis ... Corticosteroids #management