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Helpful Clues for Distinguishing Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
Upper GI Bleed (proximal to ligament of Treitz):
Lower GI Bleeding ... Upper GI Bleed ... hematochezia if the bleeding ... #comparison #versus ... #lgib
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Suspected lower GI bleeding ... Known potential LGIB ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... GI bleed) vs Stable ... #LGIB #GIBleed
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 ... Disease • Variceal Bleeding ... #GI #Bleed #UGIB ... #GIBleed #Differential
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper ... GI Bleeding Acute ... Active Spurting, Re-bleeding ... Classification #Upper ... #GIBleed #UGIB
Coffee Ground Emesis in the setting of an Upper GI Bleed

#coffeeground #emesis #UGIB #Upper #GIBleed #Clinical
Emesis in the setting ... of an Upper GI ... Bleed #coffeeground ... #emesis #UGIB # ... Upper #GIBleed #
Minnesota Tubes for Upper GI Bleeds
Minnesota tubes (MT) are typically placed in intubated patients with life-threatening
Minnesota Tubes for Upper ... and esophageal bleeding ... Minnesota #Tubes #UGIB ... #Upper #GIBleed
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
Fecal Occult Blood Testing ... appropriate for GIB ... epistaxis, gingival bleeding ... Denatured from upper ... GIB • Does not
Algorithm for the management of patients presenting with acute Lower GI Bleed
High-risk patients
Multiple high-risk clinical features.a
symptorns of ongoing bleeding ... hernodynamically stable ... , no ongoing bleeding ... #Lower #GIBleed ... #LGIB #Algorithm
Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Upper Gastronintestinal ... Bleed - Differential ... - Exclude bleeding ... - Stress (ICU Setting
Acute Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding
Pre-Endoscopy Management:
 • Hemodynamic resuscitation
 • No routine NG tube
 • Risk
Acute Non-Variceal Upper ... GI Bleeding Pre-Endoscopy ... #NonVariceal #Upper ... #GIBleed #management ... gastroenterology #UGIB