Name
Challenging GI Bleeds
Description
Lectures:
- Upper GI Bleeds - Best Practices / Jan-Erick Nilsson
- Evaluation and Treatment of Small Bowel GI Bleeds - Endoscopic & Medical / Sergio Zepeda-Gomez
- Perianal Bleeding / Jessica Hopkins
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:
- Differentiate when to involve IR as initial vs rescue therapy in upper GI bleeding
- Summarize newer technologies for use in treatment of non variceal upper GI bleeding
- Explain the timing and utility of different small bowel imaging modalities to look for sources of small bowel bleeding
- List key updates in treatment options in small bowel bleeding, medical and surgical
- Identify indications for referral to surgery in hemorrhoid disease and fissure disease.
- Assess the impact of IBD history on treatment for perianal bleeding