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Bleeding
Presented by:
Ahmed T. Al-Suwaidi
Mohamed S. Al-Hoqani
G.I. Bleeding Case
50 yrs, Pakistani, male
C/O: Bleeding/rectum & Abd. pain
Painless bleeding, 1 yr excess bleeding, 1
month
Black, 4-5 times/day, little quant.
Abd. pain
Vomiting, 1 week
G.I. Bleeding Case
M.H:
* no peptic ulcer disease
* no medications (NSAIDs)
* no urinary symptoms
* not known DM, HPTN, IHD
** weight loss
G.I. Bleeding Case
O/E:
* Afebrile
* no pallor
* not dyspneaic
* no lymphoadenopathies
* no S.C.L.N
G.I. Bleeding Case
Vital Signs:
* Pulse: 78 bts/min
* BP: 130/80
* RR: 18 br/min
Heart: NAD
Lung: NAD
G.I. Bleeding Case
Abd.:
* not distended
* no epigast. tenderness
* tender, firm, partly mobile mass at Rt
lumbar region.
* spleen not palpable
* Lt lobe liver palpable, mildly tender
* bowel sounds present
G.I. Bleeding Case
PR:
* no enlarged piles
* no active bleeding
* no palpable mass
* no blood on finger
ECG, CBC, Sr Amylase, Bleeding profile,
Abd X-ray, fecal loading ascending colon
G.I. Bleeding Case
Lab Results:
* Hb: 14.1 g/dl * Plt: 252 * 103
* Hypochromic, microcytic
* PT: 17.3 sec * aPTT: 35.4 sec
* Sr Amy: 129 U/l 106 U/l
* Na+: 140 mmol/l * K+: 4.1 mmol/l
* BUN: 17 mg/dl
G.I. Bleeding
Acute Vs Chronic
Haematemesis
Melaena
5. factors include:
age (60 +)
amount of bld lost
continuing visible bld loss.
signs of chronic liver disease
classical clinical features of shock
Acute U.G.I. Bleeding
Clinical approach:
ABC
Diverticular disease
Angiodysplasia
Inflammatory bowel disease
Ischaemic colitis
Infective colitis
Colorectal carcinoma
Investigation
Most patients are stable and can be investigated once bleeding has
stopped
In the actively bleeding patient consider