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Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
Management Algorithm ... • Peptic Ulcer Disease ... idiopathic, liver, CTD, renal ... UGIB #GIBleed #Differential ... gastrointestinal #gastroenterology
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... suggest intrinsic renal ... disease - Timing ... prostatic) #Diagnosis #EM ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... • 1ml blood/liter ... of glomerular disease ... Pseudohematuria: • GI ... #urine #blood
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiac, liver, renal ... disease), drug ... history #Diagnosis #EM ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
workup: CXR, UA, urine ... and blood cultures ... antibodies #Diagnosis #EM ... #Algorithm #Drugs ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Diagnosis Algorithm ... stimulus to ADH • Pain ... • Bleeding • GI ... losses • Renal ... Hypo-osmolar urine
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Diagnosis Algorithm ... stimulus to ADH • Pain ... • Bleeding • GI ... losses • Renal ... Hypo-osmolar urine
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Low Serum Mg: GI ... losses, Renal losses ... , infiltrative disease ... Large volumes of blood
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... the patient • Blood ... mesenteric ischemia • GI ... Chronic #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... to the differential ... content [85].2>5 red blood ... lymphadenopathy, pleuritic pain ... #Algorithm #differential