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GASTROINTESTINAL
BLEEDING (UGIB)
AINIL FATIMA BINTI ZAINODIN
AHMAD ZHAFIR BIN ZULKIFLI
UGIB : (Proximal to Ligament of Treitz)
Clive R, Joanna B, Simon J.F, Essential surgery,5th Edition; Peptic Ulceration and related disorder, Churchill Livingstone; 294-307
UGIB : CLINICAL
PRESENTATION
Aim – to get diagnosis, to find causes, to elicit complications
Hematemesis :Red Blood, “Cofee- ground”
Malena : Black, Tarry, Foul smelling stool
Sx of Anemia
Abdominal pain
Causes
PMh(x) : CLD, Hep B/C , H. Pylori infection,
previous PUD, Dyspepsia
Drug history : NSAIDS, aspirin, steroid
Alcohol, smoking
Trauma
NON
VARICEAL
VARICEAL
Gastroesophageal variceal
INTRODUCTION
Intrahepatic Fibrosis
Hardening of tissue +
Nodule formation
BLOCKAGE
Return blood to
systemic circulation
Gastroesophageal Varices
1) Pharmacological Therapy
( Vasoactive Terlipressin : 2mg bolus & 1mg every 6 hr (for 2-5 days)
Somatostatin : 250mcg bolus followed by 250mcg/
Theraphy) hr infusion (for 5 days)
Octreotide : 50mcg bolus followed by 50mcg/hr
(for 5 days)
• Oesophageal Transection
• Portosystemic shunts
• Liver Transplant
J Am Acad Nurse Pract: Use of B-blocker therapy to prevent primary bleeding of rsophageal varices
Male:Female – 2:1
Incidence of UGIB: 72 per 10,0000
population, peaked around the 4th to 6th
decade. [Med J Mal. 2001]
Mortality rate: 10.2% but increased
substantially with age
Inpatients who developed UGIB has 5x
higher mortality than those came from ED
admission for UGIB.
Clinical presentations
Coffee ground
Maelena Hemetemesis
vomitus
• Haematochezia
• Anemia with or without
evidence of visible blood
loss
Patient assessment
History:
• Bleeding from where? How much patient
has bled?
• Risk factor: NSAID, blood thinning agents,
traditional meds, alcohol, PUD, hepatitis
Physical examination:
• General examination
• PR: “fresh” vs “stale” malena
Resus, resus, resus! (ABC)
Complications (1 in 1000):
Aspiration pneumonia
Bleeding
Perforation
Cardiopulmonary problems
Forrest classification for bleeding peptic ulcer:
Source: Jain V, Agarwal P N, Singh R, Mishra A, Chugh A, Meena M. Management of Upper Gastrointestinal
Bleed. MAMC J Med Sci 2015;1:69-79
Forrest classification for bleeding PU:
Therapeutics
• Mechanical
• Hemoclips
• Injection
• Injection therapy with diluted epinephrine
• Results in local tamponade and vasospasm
• Thermal
• Unipolar diathermy
• Thermal coagulation uses argon plasma coagulation (APC)
References:
Malaysian CPG: Management of Acute Non Variceal Upper GI
Bleeding, 2003.
NICE Clinical Guideline: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding:
management, 2012.
Jain V, Agarwal P N, Singh R, Mishra A, Chugh A, Meena M.
Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed. MAMC J Med Sci
2015;1:69-79
Clive R, Joanna B, Simon J.F, Essential surgery,5th Edition; Peptic
Ulceration and related disorder, ChurchillLivingstone; 294-307
Malaysian CPG: Management of Variceal Upper GI Bleeding, 2003
Kumar & Clark 3rd Edition ; Chapter 18 Oesophagus, Stomach and
Duodenum,Saunders; 280-292
Gray’s Anatomy, 3rd Edition ; Venous Drainage 354-357