Dr. Michael Chew @mchew85
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GrepMed Gastroenterology-Hepatology Editor, Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Yale Gastroenterology Fellow '22
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Upper GI Bleed - Stigmata of recent hemorrhage - Prevalence and Risk of Rebleeding.
The stigmata of
Prevalence and Risk of Rebleeding ... risk of further bleeding ... should receive endoscopic ... #Gastric #Ulcers ... Stigmata #EGD #Endoscopy
Forrest Classification for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding
Rebleeding risks are without endoscopic intervention
1a - Spurting Bleed - 60-100%
Classification for Peptic Ulcer ... risks are without endoscopic ... - Flat Spot in ulcer ... III - Clean Base Ulcer ... Classification #Peptic #Ulcer
Classification of the stigmata of bleeding ulcers, including prevalence and risks of further bleeding; 

A, clean
the stigmata of bleeding ... ulcers, including ... risks of further bleeding ... #Gastric #Ulcers ... Stigmata #EGD #Endoscopy
Endoscopy - Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 
What to Band?
 - Always find the varix that
Endoscopy - Management ... of Bleeding Esophageal ... Deep ulcers form ... rate of post-band ulcers ... gastroenterology #fellows #endoscopy
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... Cirrhosis & GI bleeding ... mediastinal cysts - Biliary ... cardiac devices (ICD/pacers ... GI tract) - Biliary
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... definitive outcomes for users ... include extrahepatic biliary ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm