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Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
of Upper GI Bleeding ... Ib - Active Oozing ... #Upper #GIBleed ... #UGIB #diagnosis ... #endoscopy #gastroenterology
Lower GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
 • Hematochezia
 • History and Physical
 • LGI Bleeding and
Lower GI Bleeding ... - Scoping Summary ... #Endoscopy #hematochezia ... #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower ... Causes of GI Bleed Upper ... Radiation CMC IM ... Residency @CMC_IM #Upper ... #Causes #algorithm
Endoscopy in Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
Pre-Endoscopic Care:
 • Adequate resuscitation: Restrictive> Liberal strategy
Upper GI Bleeding ... - Scoping Summary ... #Bleeding #Summary ... #Endoscopy #diagnosis ... #management #algorithm
Stool / Poop Color - What it may mean
 • Brown: In general, healthy stool is
Green: Food may be moving ... in the upper gastrointestinal ... If from bleeding ... in the lower intestinal ... #Differential #diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
Algorithm for the ... accompanied by choking ... muscle (release upper ... esophagus and lower ... coordinated by medulla #Diagnosis
Endoscopy - Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 
What to Band?
 - Always find the varix that
Endoscopy - Management ... in the mid or upper ... banded if the lower ... varix upon scoping ... gastroenterology #fellows #endoscopy
Algorithmic Approach to Severe Hematochezia
 - Hematochezia is due to a lower GI bleed ~85% of
Hematochezia is due to a lower ... due to a massive upper ... Hematochezia due to an upper ... start with an upper ... upper GI bleed.
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Occult and Lower ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Occult ... • Occult UGI bleeding ... RULE OUT BRISK Upper
Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Constant / Chronic-Fleeting / Post-Prandial
Upper Quadrant:
 • Peptic ulcer disease
Algorithm Constant ... / Chronic-Fleeting ... Post-Prandial Upper ... splenomegaly, abscess) Lower ... #Algorithm