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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 ... Consult GI ± EGD ... Disease • Variceal Bleeding ... #Algorithm #gastrointestinal ... #gastroenterology
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - ... Management Algorithm ... GI bleeding (LGIB ... #GIBleed #management ... #gastroenterology
Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Management Algorithm - British Society of Gastroenterology

#Lower #GIBleed #LGIB #algorithm #management
Bleeding - Management ... Algorithm - British ... #Lower #GIBleed ... #LGIB #algorithm ... #management #gastroenterology
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Scoping Summary
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (VARICEAL-B):
V - Vasoconstrictor therapy: (Octreotide 50mcg bolus
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding ... PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ... - W/in 12 hrs of ... Regarding Variceal Bleed ... #algorithm #VARICEALB
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
(Other than EGD ... double-balloon endoscopy ... may obscure bleeding ... #GIBleed #management ... #gastroenterology
Endoscopy in Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
Pre-Endoscopic Care:
 • Adequate resuscitation: Restrictive> Liberal strategy
Upper GI Bleeding ... GBS, high sens. >12 ... • Start with EGD ... #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm
Endoscopy - Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 
What to Band?
 - Always find the varix that
Endoscopy - Management ... banded if the lower ... EGD and the Banding ... #gastroenterology ... #egd #banding
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Cirrhosis & GI bleeding ... lesions (upper or lower ... #EGD #Indications ... #Gastroenterology ... #Management
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
and incomplete lower ... • Failure of lower ... sphincter to relax EGD ... Achalasia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #gastroenterology