High-Yield Concepts in Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Gastrointestinal Diseases)

Question 1

Most common cause of UGIB

Answer 1

Peptic ulcers

Question 2

Most common cause of LGIB overall

Answer 2

Hemorrhoids

Question 3

Most common cause of Rectal Bleeding in infancy

Answer 3

Anal fissure

Question 4

Most common cause of significant LGIB in children

Answer 4

Meckel’s diverticulum

Question 5

Most common colonic causes of significant GIB in children and adolescents

Answer 5

IBD and juvenile polyps

Question 6

Most common cause of hematochezia in the elderly

Answer 6

Hemorrhage from a colonic diverticulum

Question 7

Majority of obscure GIB

Answer 7

Small intestinal sources of bleeding

Question 8

Boerhaave Syndrome

Answer 8

Full-thickness esophageal tear (rupture)

Question 9

Mallory-Weiss Tear

Answer 9

Partial-thickness esophageal tear

Question 10

Classic history of Mallory-Weiss Tear

Answer 10

Vomiting, retching, coughing, hematemesis in an alcoholic/bulimic patient

Question 11

Most important causes of Hemorrhagic and Erosive Gastropathy (Gastritis)

Answer 11

NSAIDs, alcohol and stress

Question 12

Best way to initially assess a patient with GIB

Answer 12

Heart rate and BP

Question 13

Procedure of choice in UGIB

Answer 13

Upper endoscopy

Question 14

Procedure of choice in LGIB

Answer 14

Colonoscopy after an oral lavage solution

Question 15

Initial test for massive obscure GIB

Answer 15

Angiography