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Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Causes of GI Bleed ... fistula Lower: • Bowel ... sarcoma, Mesenteric ischemia ... Inflammatory: Ischemic ... colitis, UC/Chrons (IBD
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper ... GI Bleeding Acute ... Risk 60-100% Ib ... UGIB #diagnosis #endoscopy ... #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Family history of IBD ... Consider tumor • Upper ... Diverticulitis • IBD ... • GI malignancy ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
, asymptomatic IBD ... RULE OUT BRISK Upper ... GI bleed, Diverticular ... Acute colitis (ischemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Small Bowel Ulceration
The diagnosis of IBD can’t be made or excluded by biopsies alone
Bowel Ulceration ... this requires clinical ... and endoscopic ... ) • Vascular: Ischaemia ... #differential #gastroenterology
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
Clinical manifestations ... 50%): Myocardial ischemia ... respiratory arrest GI ... intestinal edema, abdominal ... cramps, vaginal bleeding
Ischemic Colitis on Colonoscopy
35yo male, PR bleeding, mucoid stool, tennesmus, abdominal cramping pain, low grade fever,
35yo male, PR bleeding ... stool, tennesmus, abdominal ... #Colonoscopy #endoscopy ... #gastroenterology ... #clinical
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... bleeding - EUS-FNA ... cardiac devices (ICD ... solid lesions (upper ... #Indications #Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
Gastroenterology ... sections of the GI ... laceration in upper ... energy or heat to cause ... EUS procedures GI
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... have preceding upper ... 85%) - Colicky abdominal ... periumbilical region), nausea ... , vomiting, GI bleeding