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FOBT Testing in Hospitalized Patients with Upper GI Bleed 
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FOBT Testing in ... Patients with Upper ... GI Bleed Choosing ... fecal-occult-blood-testing-hospitalized-patients-upper ... UGIBleed #LGIBleed #TWDFNR
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 ... EGD Causes of Upper ... MatthewHoMD #Upper ... #GI #Bleed #UGIB
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... Management Algorithm ... bleeding (LGIB) ... Unstable (Rule out upper ... GI bleed) vs Stable
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
epistaxis, gingival bleeding ... Denatured from upper ... to unnecessary testing ... Massachusetts GI ... FalseNegatives #TWDFNR
Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Upper Gastronintestinal ... Bleed - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Exclude bleeding ... - Stress (ICU Setting
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Occult UGI bleeding ... asymptomatic IBD Overt Bleeding ... RULE OUT BRISK Upper ... GI bleed, Diverticular
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... - what is the bleeding ... undergoing AAA or upper ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing