Usefulness and validity of diagnostic nasogastric aspiration in patients without hematemesis

Witting, Michael D.; Magder, Laurence S.; Heins, Alan; Mattu, Amal; Granja, Carlos Andres; Baumgarten, Mona

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.09.002

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“…An aspiration without blood does not exclude the possibility of recent gastric bleeding that ceased a few hours earlier, due to the previous gastric emptying or duodenal bleeding, whose content did not flow back through the pylorous [19]. One bilious aspiration, without blood, practically excludes this alternative; however, it does suggest that the bleeding is distal to the Treitz ligament or that it had ceased many hours earlier.…”

Section: Nasogastric Cathetermentioning

confidence: 83%

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Oncological Patients

Alberti

Santos

Àlex

et al. 2016

GHOA

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Bleeding is a relatively common phenomenon in patients with solid neoplasms, occurring in up to 10% of all patients in advanced stages of cancer. Therefore, this study aims to discuss clinical support management, endoscopic strategies, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, as well as endovascular and surgical interventions. AbstractBleeding is a relatively common phenomenon in patients with solid neoplasms, occurring in up to 10% of all patients in advanced stages of cancer. The objective of this article is to review the etiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cancer patients, understanding that chronic and occult blood losses are not within the scope of this text. To achieve better outcomes in the management of this entity, a multidisciplinary approach is mandatory. Therefore, this study aims to discuss clinical support management, endoscopic strategies, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, as well as endovascular and surgical interventions.

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Section: Nasogastric Cathetermentioning

confidence: 83%

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Oncological Patients

Alberti

Santos

Àlex

et al. 2016

GHOA

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“…After the exclusions, we based our review on three studies. 15,17,18 We did not find any systematic reviews or meta-analyses on this subject. All three studies included in our review had retrospective designs.…”

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“…We identified four observational studies that met our selection criteria. [15][16][17][18] We excluded one study 16 because the results of the reference standard test (EGD) was not reported in patients with negative nasogastric aspirates. Also, 18% of patients with positive nasogastric aspirates did not receive EGD.…”

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Nasogastric Aspiration and Lavage in Emergency Department Patients with Hematochezia or Melena Without Hematemesis

Palamidessi

Sinert

Falzon

et al. 2010

Academic Emergency Medicine

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Objectives: The utility of nasogastric aspiration and lavage in the emergency management of patients with melena or hematochezia without hematemesis is controversial. This evidence-based emergency medicine review evaluates the following question: does nasogastric aspiration and lavage in patients with melena or hematochezia and no hematemesis differentiate an upper from lower source of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and other databases were searched. Studies were selected for inclusion in the review if the authors had performed nasogastric aspiration (with or without lavage) in all patients with hematochezia or melena and performed esophagogastroduodenal endoscopy (EGD) in all patients. Studies were excluded if they enrolled patients with history of esophageal varices or included patients with hematemesis or coffee ground emesis (unless the data for patients without hematemesis or coffee ground emesis could be separated out). The outcome was identifying upper GI hemorrhage (active bleeding or high-risk lesions potentially responsible for hemorrhage) and the rate of complications associated with the nasogastric tube insertion. Quality of the included studies was assessed using standard criteria for diagnostic accuracy studies.Results: Three retrospective studies met our inclusion and exclusion criteria. The prevalence of an upper GI source for patients with melena or hematochezia without hematemesis was 32% to 74%. According to the included studies, the diagnostic performance of the nasogastric aspiration and lavage for predicting upper GI bleeding is poor. The sensitivity of this test ranged from 42% to 84%, the specificity from 54% to 91%, and negative likelihood ratios from 0.62 to 0.20. Only one study reported the rate complications associated with nasogastric aspiration and lavage (1.6%).Conclusions: Nasogastric aspiration, with or without lavage, has a low sensitivity and poor negative likelihood ratio, which limits its utility in ruling out an upper GI source of bleeding in patients with melena or hematochezia without hematemesis. ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2010; 17:126-132 ª 2010 by the Society for Academic Emergency MedicineKey words: gastrointestinal hemorrhage, melena, hematochezia, nasogastric aspiration CLINICAL SCENARIOA 75-year-old African American male with the chief complaint of bright red blood per rectum is brought to your emergency department (ED) via ambulance. The paramedics state that they observed a toilet bowl filled with red blood without clots. The patient appeared to the paramedics in no acute distress, with initial vital signs of blood pressure (BP) 160 ⁄ 95 mm Hg, pulse rate (PR) 90 beats ⁄ min, and respiratory rate (RR) 18 breaths ⁄ min. At triage the patient is alert and oriented and appears in no acute distress. The blood appears mixed with stool during three episodes. The patient denies hematemesis or any associated abdominal pain. He denies previous episodes of similar bleeding and has no history of esophageal varices, chr...

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“…4,14 nasogastric tube placement had a sensitivity of 0.45 and a specificity of 0.72. [15][16][17] Risk stratification for all patients using a Glasgow-Blatchford score had a sensitivity of 0.99 and a specificity of 0.30. 10,13 For the admit-all strategy, while not a diagnostic test, we assumed that the process of admitting a patient was a surrogate for a test and those appropriately admitted (those with a hemorrhage) had the same probability as those requiring intervention for their hemorrhage.…”

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confidence: 99%