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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 ... Causes of Upper ... Ulcer Disease ... MatthewHoMD #Upper
Upper GI Bleed - Stigmata of recent hemorrhage - Prevalence and Risk of Rebleeding.
The stigmata of
Upper GI Bleed - ... risk of further bleeding ... #UpperGI #Rebleeding ... #Gastric #Ulcers ... Prevalence #Stigmata #EGD
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper ... - Flat Spot in Ulcer ... Classification #Upper ... diagnosis #endoscopy #gastroenterology ... #egd
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Management Algorithm ... Suspected lower GI bleeding ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... GIBleed #management #Algorithm ... gastrointestinal #gastroenterology
Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Upper Gastronintestinal ... Bleed - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Exclude bleeding ... Peptic Ulcer Disease
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Occult UGI bleeding ... (ulcer, esophagitis ... asymptomatic IBD Overt Bleeding ... RULE OUT BRISK Upper
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
Acute Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding
Pre-Endoscopy Management:
 • Hemodynamic resuscitation
 • No routine NG tube
 • Risk
Acute Non-Variceal Upper ... liquids • If peptic ulcer ... • Rescope if bleed ... #NonVariceal #Upper ... GIBleed #management #gastroenterology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Cirrhosis & GI bleeding ... cardiac devices (ICD/pacers ... solid lesions (upper ... Prophylaxis #Endoscopy #EGD ... #Indications #Gastroenterology