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Triage of initial management of gastrointestinal bleeding
- alert endoscopist
- Consider ICU if unstable VS or poor end organ perfusion.
- Intubation for: emergent EGD, ongoing hematemesis, shock, poor resp status, Δ MS
OutPt management
if SBP ≥110, HR <100, Hb ≥13 (♂) or ≥12 (♀), BUN <18, Ø melena, syncope, heart failure, liver disease
Manage OutPt if the following criteria are met: SBP ≥110, HR <100, Hb ≥13 for males and ≥12 for females, BUN <18, no melena, no syncope, no heart failure, and no liver disease.