RT Book, Section
A1 Haché, Manon
A2 Houck, Philipp J.
A2 Haché, Manon
A2 Sun, Lena S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105553712
T1 CONTROL OF UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
T2 Handbook of Pediatric Anesthesia
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176935-8
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105553712
RD 2024/04/19
AB A  10-year-old  presented  to  the  emergency  room  after  having  emesis  of  bright  red  blood  3  times.  Hematocrit  on  admission  was  15.  The  patient  received  20  mL/kg  of  packed  red  blood  cells  and  was  booked  for  an  emergency  diagnostic  esophagogastroduodenoscopy  with  banding  of  varices.  Pertinent  past  medical  history  reveals  that  he  was  diagnosed  at  age  6  months  with  cystic  fibrosis  (CF).  He  has  had  banding  of  esophageal  varices  3  times  in  the  past.  He  also  has  chronic  lung  disease  requiring  chest  physical  therapy  (PT),  a  cough  assist  vest,  inhaled  tobramycin,  and  DNase,  fluticasone,  and  albuterol  inhalers.  He  just  finished  a  course  of  IV  antibiotics  last  week  for  increased  pulmonary  secretions  and  presumed  pneumonia.