GI Bleeds
Acute GI bleeds are a common admission to the ICU. The patient’s prognosis depends on early resuscitation and management appropriate to the location of the bleed.
Requisite Reading
To learn more about GI bleeds in the ICU, refer to Acute gastrointestinal bleeding in the intensive care unit.
What should you be able to answer after reviewing GI bleeds?
- Preliminarily identify most likely location of bleed.
- Discuss differences between variceal bleeds and other upper GI bleeds
- Resuscitation
References
Kupfer Y1, Cappell MS, Tessler S. Acute gastrointestinal bleeding in the intensive care unit. The intensivist's perspective. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2000 Jun;29(2):275-307, v.
