GI bleeding: causes

GI bleeding: causes

ABCDEFGHI:

Angiodysplasia
Bowel cancer
Colitis
Diverticulitis/ Duodenal ulcer
Epitaxis/ Esophageal (cancer, esophagitis, varices)
Fistula (anal, aortaenteric)
Gastric (cancer, ulcer, gastritis)
Hemorrhoids
Infectious diarrhoea/ IBD/ Ischemic bowel

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Medical Mnemonics :: Post-operative complications (immediate)

Medical Mnemonics  ::  Post-operative complications (immediate)

"Post-op PROBS":

 Pain
 Primary haemorrhage
 Reactionary haemorrhage
 Oliguria
 Basal atelectasis
 Shock/ Sepsis

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Medical Mnemonics :: The five W's--post-operative fever

The five W's--post-operative fever

Wind--pneumonia, atelectasis
Water--urinary tract infection
Wound--wound infections
Wonderdrugs--especially anesthesia
Walking--walking can help reduce deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolus

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