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Search Results for Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Abstract Number: H9
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Epidemiology of Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (NVUGIB) such as peptic ulcer bleeding, Mallory-Weiss tear, erosive gastritis/duodenitis, oesophagitis/oesophageal ulcer is well known among general population. However, data is lacking about its trend among Cirrhotic population in literature. No large database study is available to compare prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of NVUGIB among Cirrhotic patients. We […]
Abstract Number: 122
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Over the last two decades concerns have been raised about the potential risk of blood transfusion over the benefits. General restrictive red blood cell (RBC) transfusion approach for anemic hospitalized patients (thresh hold of 7 gm %) has been adopted by American hematology society (AHS) in 2012. It is important to recognize that guidelines […]
Abstract Number: 254
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: UGIB is a common cause of inpatient admissions often associated with morbidity and an overall mortality rate approaching 10%. Since therapy is different, it is important to differentiate between variceal and non-variceal GI bleeding. While both will often need volume resuscitation, proton pump inhibitors (PPI), judicious transfusion and early endoscopy, patients with variceal bleeding […]
Abstract Number: 565
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 72 year-old male patient with recent deceased donor renal transplant was on combined immune suppression with prednisone, tacrolimus and MMF. He Had multiple comorbidities but no previous history of IBD or autoimmune disease. He presented with normocytic anemia (hemoglobin 6.5 g/dL), weakness, anorexia and diarrhea. He was found to have ulcerated hemorrhoids […]
Abstract Number: 597
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 76 year-old male with a history of diverticulitis, T2DM, HTN, persistent atrial fibrillation and compensated alcoholic cirrhosis presented for recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). He initially presented to an outside hospital six months prior for shortness of breath and found to be anemic requiring 4 units of packed red blood cells (PRBCs). Since […]
Abstract Number: 718
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: 57-year-old male patient with past medical history of major depression, essential hypertension and coronary artery disease status post drug-eluting stent placement who presented to the Genitourinary Medical Oncology Clinic due to marked swelling of his left scrotum. Ultrasound showed a hypoechoic solid mass with large left hydrocele. Tumor markers were negative. Computed tomography […]
Abstract Number: 812
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 59-year old male with a history of hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and Stanford Type A aortic dissection (treated six years prior by open followed by endovascular repair) presented with a four-day history of hematemesis associated with midsternal chest pain. He reported taking a nifedipine tablet, which felt like it was “stuck in […]
Abstract Number: 826
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old Bulgarian man, recently diagnosed with non ischemic cardiomyopathy was transferred to our hospital due to upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The patient reports seven months of intermittent hematemesis that worsened after two significant episodes of vomiting bright red blood. The patient became hemodynamically unstable in spite of aggressive fluid resuscitation and blood transfusion, […]
Abstract Number: A48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old patient with a history of esophageal cancer status post esophagectomy six years prior with neo-esophagus creation and chemotherapy currently in remission, was admitted for upper tract gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) demonstrated several non-bleeding gastric ulcers. Given stability and resolution of the bleeding, the patient was discharged home. Later that […]