Management of the Emergency GI Patient

Gastrointestinal emergencies are some of the most frequently seen cases presented to the emergency room. Vomiting and diarrhea has a plethora of rule outs and some of these may be very benign and simple to manage while others may be life-threatening.

Learning to recognize patient stability by using simple tools in your practice and knowing when and how to quickly intervene, may mean the difference between life and death for some of these patients.

We will discuss the importance of a good history, physical exam and simple diagnostics to find these answers. We will review some of the most frequently seen GI emergencies and why HGE is now called AHDS!

And if you want to get controversial, lets talk metronidazole and famotidine! What’s the evidence and how to I apply that clinically.