Student Guidelines Ticket to Enter for Virtual Simulation IHuman - Otto Smithers GI Bleed

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1. Discuss the pathophysiology of this disease process/condition. Include signs, symptoms, and risk factors. Gastrointestinal bleeding is a manifestation of a disorder in the digestive tract. When a... person exhibits bleeding it often appears in stool or vomit. The level of bleeding can vary from mild to severe, which can be life-threatening. Signs and symptoms of GI bleeding can either be overt or occult. This means the signs can be obvious or hard to notice. Signs and symptoms also vary depending on the location of the bleed. A common cause of upper GI bleeding is due to peptic ulcers. Lower GI bleeding causes are due to infection, parasites, and even food poisoning. Some of the obvious signs of bleeding include vomiting blood, black tarry stools, and rectal bleeding. Some of the hidden signs of GI bleeding include lightheadedness, SOB, fainting, and abdominal pain. Patients experiencing GI bleeding should seek medical attention as soon as possible to avoid shock. 2. Name and describe a possible test, lab, or diagnostic study that may be ordered for a patient with this condition. Vane When investigating a GI bleed a doctor may order an endoscopy and/or a colonoscopy. Imaging that may be ordered for acute overt GI bleeding are angiography and radionuclide imaging. A capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy also have a role in the diagnosis of obscure GI bleeding that is usually located in the small bowel. Labs that a doctor would order are CBC, aPTT, PTINR, and stool tests. It is important to assure that the patient has enough platelets to clot so that they do no bleed out. [Show More]

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