Overview
How common is pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and how is it treated?
What causes gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in neonates?
What causes upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in infants?
What causes lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in infants?
What causes upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children younger than 2 years?
What causes lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children younger than 2 years?
What causes upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children older than 2 years?
What causes lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children older than 2 years?
What causes pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the prevalence of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
Presentation
Which clinical history findings are characteristic of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
Which clinical history findings are characteristic of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in neonates?
Which clinical history findings are characteristic of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in infants?
Which physical findings are characteristic of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
Which physical findings are characteristic of lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in infants?
DDX
Which conditions are included in the differential diagnoses of pediatric gastrointestinal bleeding?
What are the differential diagnoses for Pediatric Gastrointestinal Bleeding?
Workup
How is the cause of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding diagnosed?
How is the cause of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding diagnosed in neonates?
How is the cause of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding diagnosed in infants?
How is the cause of lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding diagnosed in infants?
How is the cause of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding diagnosed in children younger than 2 years?
How is the cause of lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding diagnosed in children younger than 2 years?
How is the cause of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding diagnosed in children older than 2 years?
How is the cause of lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding diagnosed in children older than 2 years?
What is the role of peroxide-based tests in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of abdominal radiography in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of ultrasonography in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of enema studies in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of Meckel scans in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of arteriography in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of nasogastric tube in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of endoscopy in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of enteroscopy in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
What is the role of colonoscopy in the workup of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
Treatment
How is pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding treated?
How is upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in neonates treated?
How is lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in neonates treated?
How is upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in infants treated?
How is lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in infants treated?
How is upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children younger than 2 years treated?
How is lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children younger than 2 years treated?
How is upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children older than 2 years treated?
How is lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children older than 2 years treated?
What is the role of prophylaxis in the treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
Guidelines
Medications
What is the role of medications in the treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
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Intraoperative view of a bleeding juvenile polyp.
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Radioactive tracer in stomach, bladder, and the Meckel diverticulum in a 5-year-boy brought in for lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Intraoperative view of the bleeding Meckel diverticulum. Note the ulceration at the base.