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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 ... ± EGD Causes ... Disease • Variceal Bleeding ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... • Drugs Oval Macrocytes ... #Algorithm #Causes
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... evaluation of macrocytic ... the most likely cause ... #Diagnosis #Macrocytosis ... #Workup #AAFP
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
 • Endoscopy
 • Colonoscopy
 • CT Angiogram
 • Catheter
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Gastrointestinal Bleeding ... LouLectures #Algorithm ... #GIBleed #GI #bleed ... #gastroenterology
Helpful Clues for Distinguishing Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
Upper GI Bleed (proximal to ligament of Treitz):
Lower GI Bleeding ... Upper GI Bleed ... Lower GI Bleed ( ... #Upper #Lower #GIBleed ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Decreased ... #Microcytic #Anemia ... #Macrocytosis # ... #Algorithm #Causes
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... : • Worsening macrocytic ... skin pallor • GI ... symptoms • P/E - GI ... hypersegmented neutrophils, macrocytosis
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Occult ... • Occult UGI bleeding ... OUT BRISK Upper GI ... #Algorithm #Causes
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... by bleeding (petechiae ... common cytopenia: Macrocytic ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis