Upper GI Bleeds
A-rupture of dilated veins in the esophagus or stomach.
What is a Variceal Bleed
Dieulafoy Lesion
What is banding and clipping
An upper GI bleed is ____ times more likely than a lower GI bleed.
What is 5.
Vomiting bright red blood or clots?
What is Hematemesis.
Upper GI Bleeds fall into one of 2 classes.
What is Variceal and Non-Variceal.
A blood source originating from any GI source above the Ligament of Treitz
What is an Upper GI Bleed?
What is Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
APC
Nearly 70% of Dieulafoy lesions are found in the ______of the stomach.
What is the lesser curvature.
Vomiting blood mixed with gastric content.
What is Coffee Ground Emesis.
Pain immediately following a meal may indicate.
What is a Gastric Ulcer.
This is the most common cause of a non-variceal upper GI tract bleed.
What is peptic ulcer disease?
Esophageal Varices
What is banding
Rare, but severe cause of upper GI bleeding and occurs when the aortic wall erodes into the GI system.
What is an Aortoenteric Fistula?
Passage of fresh blood from the colon.
What is Hematochezia.
What was the height of the tallest man ever recorded?
Robert Wadlow stood 8 ft 11 in. as a result of an enlarged pituitary gland.
These H. Pylori infection and ___________ account for 80% of upper GI PUD bleeds.
What are nonsteroidal? Or NSAIDs
Bleeding Ulcer
What is clipping, epi injection, thermal coagulation.
If malignancy is suspected, EGD with biopsy is indicated for PUD.
What is true.
Acquired vascular defects that result in the development of abnormal, tortuous, dilated blood vessels in the mucosal and sub mucosal layers.
What is Angiodysplasia?
Cirrhosis and portal hypertension are significant risk factors for which GI Bleed?
What is Variceal Bleed.
This is a vascular malformation in the GI tract of a tortuous submucosal blood vessel-non caused by ulcer or erosion. Rare, but life threatening.
What is a Dieulafoy Lesion?
Median retention rate for the resolution 360 clip?
What is 8 weeks
Infection with this bacterium is a strong factor in the development of gastric cancer.
What is H. Pylori.
Also called Watermelon stomach.
What is Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE).
The Resolution ULTRA clip has a longer and thicker jaw?
What is true. The jaw is 50% longer and 40% thicker.