Esophageal Varices
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Care of Patients With Disorders of the Gallbladder, Liver, and Pancreas — Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice▶ 50:47These are the truly terrifying elements of end stage liver diseaseWe are talking about hepatic encephalopathy, asterixis, vertehepaticus, and the rupture of esophageal varicesUnpack the physiology of encephalopathy firstGastrointestinal Alterations — Introduction to Critical Care Nursing▶ 9:15It's usually caused by the sheer mechanical sharing force of prolonged violent retchingAnd finally, esophageal varices, which are these swollen,incredibly fragile veins in the esophagusAlterations of Digestive Function — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 17:33An upper GI bleed is anything occurring in the esophagus, the stomach, or the duodenumWe are talking about bleeding from esophageal varices, which we will definitely get to later, or a violently bleeding peptic ulcer, or…Right, and a lower GI bleed is anything below that, from the duodenum all the way down through the ileum, the colon,…