ICU Vivas · GI & nutrition
Clinical viva — your approach to the GI and the nutritional ICU patient
A clinical viva on the GI approach — the upper GI bleeding (the peptic ulcer and the varices), the pancreatitis (the severe, the infected necrosis), the ALF (the NAC, the King's College), and the nutrition (the early enteral, the refeeding).
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A clinical viva on the GI approach — the upper GI bleeding (the peptic ulcer and the varices), the pancreatitis (the severe, the infected necrosis), the ALF (the NAC, the King's College), and the nutrition (the early enteral, the refeeding).
The question
"Take me through your approach to a patient who presents with a massive upper GI bleed."[1]
References2ShowHide
- [1]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.
- [2]Marino PL The ICU Book. 4th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014.