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Sep 2023
49m 23s

Rectal Bleeding

EB Medicine
About this episode

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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