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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 - ... Management Algorithm ... Upper GI bleed ... ± EGD Causes ... of Upper GI Bleed
Evaluation and Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding #Diagnosis #Management #EM #GI #Bleed #UpperGI #LowerGI #Resuscitation #Differential #Algorithm
Diagnosis #Management #EM ... #GI #Bleed #UpperGI ... #Differential #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: • Esophagus ... differential #diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
Algorithm for the ... muscle (release upper ... #Differential #EM ... #GI #Dysphagia ... #Extraluminal #Algorithm
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... RBC’s, RBC/WBC casts ... ), throughout (upper ... prostatic) #Diagnosis #EM ... #Differential #Algorithm
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... Management Algorithm ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD ... GIBleed #management #Algorithm
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Causes of Apparent ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Respiratory: • Anatomical ... • Sepsis • Upper ... #Causes #Peds #
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Abdominal Pain Causes ... Consider tumor • Upper ... genitourinary causes ... disease/AMI • PUD ... mesenteric ischemia • GI
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
have preceding upper ... galactose-deficient IgA1 (GD-IgA1 ... periumbilical region), nausea ... , vomiting, GI bleeding
Upper endoscopy revealed a pigmented mass in the duodenal bulb (Panel A) and two additional masses
Upper endoscopy ... two additional masses ... B) #Clinical #GI ... Melanoma #Duodenum #EGD