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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
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Forrest Classification ... of Upper GI Bleeding ... Risk 60-100% Ib ... - Active Oozing ... diagnosis #endoscopy #gastroenterology
Helpful Clues for Distinguishing Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
Upper GI Bleed (proximal to ligament of Treitz):
Helpful Clues for ... Lower GI Bleeding ... Upper GI Bleed ... hematochezia if the bleeding ... versus #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Causes of GI Bleed ... colitis, UC/Chrons (IBD ... Lower #GIBleed #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
Stool / Poop Color - What it may mean
 • Brown: In general, healthy stool is
healthy stool is ... Green: Food may be moving ... in the upper gastrointestinal ... #Poop #Color #Differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

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

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential ... Consider tumor • Upper ... mesenteric ischemia • GI ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
Weight Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased Intake: • GI ... illness (upper ... #Causes
Pyloric Stenosis
 • Most common b/w 2 wks - 2 months 
 • Projectile, non-bilious vomiting
immediately after feeding ... Peristaltic waves moving ... by ultrasound, upper ... stenosis can cause ... GI series.
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
The correct profile ... causing hypovolemia needing ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management