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Rectal Bleeding

Rectal Bleeding

EMplify by EB Medicine

September 1, 202349m 23s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the September 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Management of Patients With Rectal Bleeding


Etiology/pathophysiology


Risk factors


Differential diagnosis


Prehospital care


ED history and physical exam


Diagnostic studies

  • Laboratory testing
  • Imaging studies


Treatment

  • Transfusion
  • Coagulation reversal
  • Embolization


Special Populations

  • Pediatrics
  • Pregnant patients
  • Elderly patients


Scoring systems


Disposition


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