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Episode 38: GI bleeding with Elliot Tapper

Critical Care Scenarios

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How to Deal With an Emergency Endoscopy

In many centers, the chance of getting endoscopy done urgently or emergently overnight unless you are absolutely pressed to it is pretty slim. A lot of these people end up getting scoped in the morning, if not later. An early endoscopy will likely shorten her length of stay. It will probably reduce the amount of blood units that she needs over the course of this hospitalization by one or two with a small range. You can only do what you are resourced to do.

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