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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Day #138 - Massive Upper GI Bleed

Today was a great case of massive upper GI bleeding. I have previously blogged about GI bleeding here and here.

The initial approach is usually endoscopic therapy. If this isn't an option, you are left with interventional radiology (angioembolization) or emergent surgery. In this case, angioembolization localized and stopped the bleeding.


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