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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Acute Upper
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Prognosis, When to Refer, When to Admit, References,
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Topics Discussed: gastrointestinal bleeding; gastrointestinal bleeding, upper, acute.
Excerpt: | |  Hematemesis (bright red blood or "coffee grounds")
Melena in most cases; hematochezia in massive upper GI bleeding Use volume (hemodynamic) status to determine severity of blood loss; hematocrit is a poor early indicator of blood loss Endoscopy is diagnostic and may be therapeutic |
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