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Helpful Clues for Distinguishing Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
Upper GI Bleed (proximal to ligament of Treitz):
Distinguishing Upper ... Lower GI Bleeding ... Upper GI Bleed ... Lower GI Bleed ( ... #Lower #GIBleed
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... GI bleeding (LGIB ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... GI bleed) vs Stable ... #GI #Bleed #LGIB
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 ... EGD Causes of Upper ... MatthewHoMD #Upper ... #GI #Bleed #UGIB
FOBT Testing in Hospitalized Patients with Upper GI Bleed 
Choosing Wisely': Things We Do For No
FOBT Testing in ... Patients with Upper ... GI Bleed Choosing ... hospital-medicine/fecal-occult-blood-testing-hospitalized-patients-upper ... #OccultStool #Testing
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
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Coffee Ground Emesis in the setting of an Upper GI Bleed

#coffeeground #emesis #UGIB #Upper #GIBleed #Clinical
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The Minnesota Tube
-Flexible plastic tube with 4 important components
-Gastric Aspiration Port
-Gastric Balloon (400cc)
-Esophageal Balloon (inflated typically
-Used to stop bleeding ... in Upper GI bleed ... junction to reduce blood ... does not stop bleeding ... #GIBleed #Diagram
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 ... if indicated, blood ... #Lower #GIBleed ... #LGIB #Algorithm
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
is Fecal Occult Blood ... - Ingested blood ... epistaxis, gingival bleeding ... Denatured from upper ... Massachusetts GI
Minnesota Tubes for Upper GI Bleeds
Minnesota tubes (MT) are typically placed in intubated patients with life-threatening
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