Episode 38: GI bleeding with Elliot Tapper
Critical Care Scenarios
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The Key Cookbook for Optimal Management of Bleeding in a Patient With Cirrhosis
The underlying cause of bleeding in someone with cirrhosis is Varisese portal hypertension. Turlopressin can reduce that portal hypertension in the next hour or minute as soon as you start infusing it. PPI's and arctryotide, will raise the pH of the stomach to the same degree within the first day of the infusion.
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