Gastrointestinal Bleeding

thatthereadercanquicklyreviewaspeci?ccauseofGIbleedingpriortomanaging ofsuchapatient. Weexpectthistextwillbeusedwiththesameimmediacyasthe diseasespresent. Wehopethatthistextprovidesafoundationforlearningformedicalstudents, interns,residents,andpractitionerswhoencounterthesecriticallyillanddif?cultto managepatients. Durham,NC,USA AuroraD. Pryor Durham,NC,USA TheodoreN. Pappas Durham,NC,USA MalcolmStanleyBranch v Acknowledgment TheeditorswouldliketothankMs. VirginiaCashforherhelpinthepreparation andcoordinationofthetext. vii Contents Part I Upper GI Bleeding Stabilization of Patients Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ErrolL. BushandMarkL. Shapiro Urgent Workup for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. . . . . . . . . . . 13 LorettaErhunmwunseeandSandhyaA. Lagoo-Deenadayalan Management of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 KekiBalsaraandLisaPickett Management of Dieulafoy's Lesions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SerainaK. Faes,BrianR. Untch,ClaireEdwards,JohnTurner, MartinPoleski,andDouglasS. Tyler Management of Bleeding Peptic Ulcer Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 JamesC. PadussisandTheodoreN. Pappas Management of Unusual Sources of Upper GI Bleeding. . . . . . . . . 65 ElisabethTracyandJanetTuttle-Newhall Mallory-Weiss Syndrome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 JacobN. SchroderandMalcolmS. Branch Management of Bleeding Small Bowel Tumors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 KeriE. LunsfordandAuroraD. Pryor Management of Bleeding from the Bile Duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 CarlosE. MarroquinandBridgetM. Marroquin Management of Bleeding from the Pancreas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .