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Lower GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
 • Hematochezia
 • History and Physical
 • LGI Bleeding and
Lower GI Bleeding ... - Scoping Summary ... Stratification in GI ... #Bleeding #Summary ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... Suspected lower ... GI bleeding (LGIB ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... MatthewHoMD #Lower
Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
Upper GI Bleed - ... Upper GI bleed ... ± EGD Causes ... of Upper GI Bleed ... Disease • Variceal Bleeding
Helpful Clues for Distinguishing Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
Upper GI Bleed (proximal to ligament of Treitz):
Lower GI Bleeding ... Upper GI Bleed ... Lower GI Bleed ( ... #Lower #GIBleed ... versus #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower ... Causes of GI Bleed ... Aortoenteric fistula Lower ... #Lower #GIBleed ... #algorithm
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
hematuria + clots ➔ Lower ... of Glomerular Bleeding ... Ureter/Bladder (Upper ... and Lower urinary ... Pseudohematuria: • GI
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 #gastroenterology
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 ... Differential #EM #GI
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Occult and Lower ... • Occult UGI bleeding ... RULE OUT BRISK Upper ... GI bleed, Diverticular ... #Causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Consider tumor • Upper ... • Lower quadrant ... Lymphoma/Leukemia Lower ... mesenteric ischemia • GI ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology