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Rectal Bleeding

Sep 01, 202349 min
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Episode description

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

Check out the clinical pathway at https://clinicalpathways.ebmedicine.net

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