🩺 Symptom Guide
Rectal Bleeding
Assess urgently for haemodynamic instability, significant lower GI bleeding, upper GI bleed masquerading as PR bleeding, abdominal sepsis, and colorectal pathology.
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Red flags
- Shock or haemodynamic instability
- syncope or presyncope
- ongoing large-volume bleeding
- melaena or mixed upper GI bleed features
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first
- determine whether the patient is unstable and needs immediate resuscitation
- record full vitals and assess perfusion and mental status
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- History, examination, and investigations
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