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After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Discuss the differential diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal bleeding. Describe the diagnostic and therapeutic maneuvers necessary to identify the cause and control of gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the ICU. Understand the role of endoscopy, surgery, and tube placement in upper and lower GI bleeding. Appreciate the complications of stress ulceration and how it occurs in the critically ill patient. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Licht, H. M., Jaffe, F., & D’Alonzo, G. E. (2010). Gastrointestinal hemorrhage. In Critical Care Study Guide: Text and Review: Second Edition (pp. 375–386). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77452-7_20
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