Gastrointestinal bleeding (peds)

This page is for pediatric patients. For adult patients, see: gastrointestinal bleeding

Background

4 Questions
1. Is this really blood?
2. Is blood really coming from the GI tract?
3. Is it a small or large amount
4. Has this happened before?

Upper GI Bleeding
<2 Mo	2 Mo–2 Y	>2 Y
Swallowed maternal blood Stress ulcer Vascular malformation Hemorrhagic disease of newborn (vitamin K deficiency) Coagulopathy/bleeding diathesis	Gastroenteritis Toxic ingestion Mallory-Weiss tear Vascular malformation Esophagitis Stress ulcer Bleeding diathesis GI duplication Foreign body	Gastroenteritis Mallory-Weiss tear Peptic ulcer disease Toxic ingestion Vascular malformation Gastritis Varices Hematobilia Foreign body
Lower GI Bleeding
<2 Mo	2 Mo–2 Y	>2 Y
Swallowed maternal blood Milk allergy Infectious colitis Intussusception Volvulus Meckel diverticulum Necrotizing enterocolitis Vascular malformation Hemorrhagic disease of newborn Hirschsprung disease Congenital duplications	Anal fissure Gastroenteritis Milk allergy Intussusception Volvulus Meckel diverticulum Hemolytic uremic syndrome Henoch-Schönlein purpura Polyps; benign, familial Inflammatory bowel disease GI duplication Dieulafoy lesion	Anal fissure Gastroenteritis Hemorrhoids Polyps Colitis (infectious, ischemic) Meckel diverticulum Intussusception Hemolytic uremic syndrome Henoch-Schönlein purpura Inflammatory bowel disease Angiodysplasia Celiac disease Dieulafoy lesion Rectal ulcer syndrome Peptic ulcer disease

CBC
NG lavage
- Consider for suspectedsig. GI blood loss
- Small child: 12F NG tube; instill 50cc saline
- Older child: 14-16F NG tube; instill 100-200cc saline
- Aspirate after 2-3min

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