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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 ... Consult GI ± EGD ... Ulcer Disease ... • Variceal Bleeding
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper ... - Flat Spot in Ulcer ... Clean-Based Ulcer ... diagnosis #endoscopy #gastroenterology ... #egd
Upper GI Bleed - Stigmata of recent hemorrhage - Prevalence and Risk of Rebleeding.
The stigmata of
Upper GI Bleed - ... risk of further bleeding ... #Diagnosis #Gastroenterology ... #Gastric #Ulcers ... Prevalence #Stigmata #EGD
Endoscopy - Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 
What to Band?
 - Always find the varix that
the varix that bled ... in the mid or upper ... EGD and the Banding ... Deep ulcers form ... Tricks #management #gastroenterology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Cirrhosis & GI bleeding ... solid lesions (upper ... the setting of active ... Prophylaxis #Endoscopy #EGD ... #Indications #Gastroenterology