1. PRE TEST QUESTIONS
• In acute upper GI bleed a rise in heart rate of >15 bpm indicates severe bleeding
• Most common cause of upper gi bleeding is drug induced
• Endoscopy should not be done before hemodynamic stabilisation in upper GI
bleed
2. • Pharmacological therapy is main stay in variceal bleeding
• It is not important to ascertain cause for GI bleed before planning treatment
• Most patients with Mallory Weiss tear require ICU care and endoscopy
9. SEVERITY OF BLEEDING
Hypotension
. SBP <100
mm of hg
Tachycardi
a PR >100
bpm
Decreased
urine
output
<0.5ml
/kg/hr
Agitation ,
restlessnes
s
drowsines
s
Cold
peripherie
s
12. RESUSCITATION
ESTABLISH 2 LARGE BORE IV LINE OR CENTRAL LINE
OBTAIN BLOOD FOR BLOOD TYPING , CBC, INR, APTT
INFUSE NS, RL OR 5 % HETASTARCH
BLOOD TRANSFUSIOn
OXYGEN BY NASAL CANULA
FACTORS PROPAGATING BLEEDING
STOP OFFENDING DRUGS
TREAT UNDERLYING COAGULATION ABNORMALITY
LEVEL OF BLEEDING/ ETIOLOGY
UPPER OR LOWER GI
HISTORY AND EXAMINATION FOR ETIOLOGY
24. VARICEAL BLEEDING
TAMPONADE (SENGSTAKEN BLAKEMORE TUBE )
IF ENDOSCOPY THERAPY DELAYED OR NOT AVAILABLE
PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY
ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY
TIPS
SURGERY
SPLEENECTOMY OR SHUNTS