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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 ... #GIBleed #Differential
Lower GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
 • Hematochezia
 • History and Physical
 • LGI Bleeding and
Lower GI Bleeding ... - Scoping Summary ... Stratification in GI ... #Summary #Endoscopy ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper ... GI Bleeding Acute ... Ib - Active Oozing ... diagnosis #endoscopy #gastroenterology ... #egd
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... Management Algorithm ... GI bleeding (LGIB ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... gastrointestinal #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 ... #EM #GI #Dysphagia
Stool / Poop Color - What it may mean
 • Brown: In general, healthy stool is
Green: Food may be moving ... in the upper gastrointestinal ... in the lower intestinal ... #Poop #Color #Differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Endoscopy in Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
Pre-Endoscopic Care:
 • Adequate resuscitation: Restrictive> Liberal strategy
in Non-Variceal Upper ... GI Bleeding - Scoping ... Summary Pre-Endoscopic ... • Start with EGD ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Occult and Lower ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Occult UGI bleeding ... RULE OUT BRISK Upper ... GI bleed, Diverticular
Endoscopy - Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 
What to Band?
 - Always find the varix that
in the mid or upper ... banded if the lower ... EGD and the Banding ... varix upon scoping ... Tricks #management #gastroenterology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
bleeding - EUS-FNA ... solid lesions (upper ... or lower GI tract ... Prophylaxis #Endoscopy #EGD ... #Indications #Gastroenterology