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Residency Essentials: Upper GI
Upper GI
Upper GI is focused on the clinical management and endovascular treatment of patients with upper gastrointestinal arterial bleeding.
Expected completion time: 4 hours
Learning Objectives
- Describe the most common causes of upper GI bleeding.
- Explain the clinical evaluation and management of patients with upper GI bleeding.
- Contrast the different imaging modalities used in the workup of upper GI bleeding.
- Discuss the techniques of embolization in the setting of upper GI bleeding.
- Review the role of prophylactic embolization for upper GI bleeds.
Course Developers:
- Mark Kleedehn, MD - Assistant Professor/IR Program Director, University of Wisconsin Madison
- Johnathan Kim, MD - University of Wisconsin Madison
- Jacob Lescher, MD - University of Wisconsin Madison