The Unstable Patient with a Gastrointestinal Bleed
A minute-by-minute Jack-Bauer-24-type walkthrough for approaching the unstable upper GI bleed
Tintinalli’s – Upper GI Bleed link
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Power Review: Transplant Patient Management
The transplant patient is always sicker than they appear. It is important to be aggressive in these patients since they are severely immunocompromised which not only puts them at greater risk of infection but also blunts their normal signs to infection. Always contact the transplant team to help with management as many centers have specific protocols for treatment of rejection and infection. Often it is very difficult to differentiate between rejection and infection. In these cases, treat on the side of infection as it would be the greatest immediate threat to life in the patient. […]
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