GI Bleed Flashcards
Causes of UGIB in adults
Varices
Ulcer
Gastritis
Cancer
Causes of GI bleed in peds
Cow’s milk allergy
Polyps
Meckel’s diverticulum
IBD
Anal disease
Sx of variceal bleed
Massive bleed, painless
Jaundice
Hepatomegaly
Rx for variceal bleed
Variceal ligation
Transjugalar intrahepatic portossystemic shunt (TIPS)
Balloon tamponade
Sx/ hx of ulcer bleed
NSAID use
Dyspepsia, bloating, heart burn
Gastric: pain after meals
Duodenal: pain 2-3 hrs after meals, wakes at night
Sx of mallory weiss bleed
Hematemesis + melena
Hx of alcohol use
Hepatomegaly
Rx of mallory weiss bleed
NG PRN
Endoscopy + injection/ clips
What score to risk stratify pts
Glasgow Blatchford score
management
fluid + blood resus, pantoprazole 80mg bolus + 8mg/hrIV infusion over 72 hrs, stop anticoagulants, reverse anticoagulants (PPC – Octeplex), endoscopy ASAP, abx - ceftriaxone
management of GI bleed in alcoholic
octreotide 50mcg bolus then 50mcg/hr infusion
grading of internal hemorrhoids
Grade 1 - no prolapse
Grade 2 - prolapse with spontaneous reduction
Grade 3 - prolapse with manual reduction
Grade 4 - permanently prolapsed with no manual reduction possible
Causes of LGIB
Fissure/ hemorrhoids
IBD
Angiodysplasia
Cancer
Diverticular
Melena type stool - what else could it be?
Pepto bismol, beets, iron
How to deprescribe PPI
review annually, stop/ taper, step down to ranitidine, reduce to on demand, intermittent, lower dose
Rx for hepatic encephalopathy
lactulose, rifampin