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Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
± EGD Causes ... Disease • Variceal Bleeding ... #Bleed #UGIB #GIBleed ... management #Algorithm #gastrointestinal ... #gastroenterology
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper GI ... Bleeding Acute ... Classification #Upper #GIBleed ... diagnosis #endoscopy #gastroenterology ... #egd
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
excretory pathway (GI ... = gastrointestinal ... AML - Large GI ... Reye syndrome (Peds ... #Pathophysiology
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... bleeding (LGIB) ... #Bleed #LGIB #GIBleed ... management #Algorithm #gastrointestinal ... #gastroenterology
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
 • Endoscopy
 • Colonoscopy
 • CT Angiogram
 • Catheter
Diagnosis of Acute Gastrointestinal ... Bleeding • Endoscopy ... Algorithm #Acute #Gastrointestinal ... #Bleeding #GIBleed ... #GI #bleed #gastroenterology
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
galactose-deficient IgA1 (GD-IgA1 ... vasculitis (100%) - Gastrointestinal ... nausea, vomiting, GI ... bleeding (hematemesis ... HenochScholeinPurpura #Pathophysiology
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
for Workup of GI ... Bleed (Other than EGD ... bleed may obscure bleeding ... #Bleed #GIBleed ... #management #gastroenterology