2. Obscure GI Bleeding
Bleeding from the small intestine remains a
relatively uncommon event
~5–10% of all patients presenting with GI bleeding
Up to 90% of lesions responsible for GI bleeding
are within the reach EGD and colonoscopy
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4. Obscure GI Bleeding
Overt obscure bleeding refers to the presence of
hematemesis, melena, or hematochezia
Occult obscure bleeding occurs in the patients with
positive fecal occult blood test with or without iron-
deficiency anemia
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5. Common causes of small
bowel bleeding
Under age 40 years
Inflammatory bowel disease
Dieulafoy’s lesions
Neoplasm
Meckel’s diverticulum
Polyposis syndrome
Over age 40 years
Angiodysplasia
Dieulafoy’s lesions
Neoplasm
NSAID ulcers
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6. Rare causes of small bowel
bleeding
Henoch-Schoenlein purpura
Small bowel varices in patient with portal HT
Amyloidosis
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV patient
Hemobilia
Aorto-enteric fistula
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7. Management of OGIB
Initial assessment and resuscitation
Localization of the bleeding point
Definitive treatment
Medication
Endoscopic
Intervention
Surgery
8. Bleeding localization
Second-look endoscopy or Repeated of EGD and
Colonoscopy are recommended
Missing lesion can be found ranging from 2 to 25%
in repeated EGD and 6 to 23% on repeated
colonoscopy
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9. EGD and Colonoscopy
During the colonoscopy, every effort should be
made to intubate the terminal ileum
Instead of repeating EGD, a push enteroscopy may
be performed to examine the distal duodenum and
proximal jejunum
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10. Push enteroscopy
Push enteroscopy : Performed with a long endoscope such as
a pediatric colonoscope or commercial scope
Length of the scope is around 250 cm
Commercial push enteroscope : 70 cm from ligament of treitz
Colonoscopy : 45-60 cm distal to ligament of treitz
Diagnostic yield : 3-70%
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11. Subacute ongoing small bowel bleeding
Massive small bowel bleeding
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14. Video Capsule Endoscopy
(VCE)
First clinical use in US in 2001
Capsule 26x11 mm with frame rate of 2 frames/sec
Evaluation of the entire small bowel in 79-90% of patients
Diagnostic yield in small bowel bleeding : 38-83%
Duration of bleeding, time from bleeding, bleeding amount
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15. VCE limitation
Diagnostic tool
Inability to control its movement
Localization difficulty
Miss duodenal lesion due to rapid transit
False negative rate : 10-36%
Cannot exclude SB lesion if negative
Capsule retention
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18. Deep Enteroscopy
First described in 2001 by Yamamoto
Both diagnostic and therapeutic tool
Diagnostic yield
DBE : 60-80%
SBE : 33%
Complication : ileus, perforation (overall 1.2%)
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In the past, if no source of bleeding was found after an upper and lower endoscopic evaluation, it is called “Obscure GI Bleeding”
Prevalence : Vascular lesion 24% VS Inflammatory (crohn)16-18% VS Mass 11%
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Angiodysplasia 75%
Neoplasm 10%
Meckel in children <30 yr
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intubate the terminal ileum to visualize the ileal mucosa and to inspect for blood coming from a more proximal location