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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed — Patient Cohort — Clinical Pathway: Emergency Department, ICU and Inpatient

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department, ICU and Inpatient

Patient Cohort

This pathway guides the care for children in the ED or inpatient setting with signs and symptoms of UGI bleeding, including:

  • Frank bloody hematemesis
  • Coffee-ground hematemesis
  • Melena
  • Bright red blood per G-tube/enteral tube
  • Symptomatic anemia

Exclusion Criteria

Suspected lower GI bleed

 

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