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How do you decide which patients with upper GI bleeds should be monitored on telemetry?

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General Internal Medicine · University of Chicago

Telemetry use has some standard indications in GI bleeding, specifically for patients with hemodynamic instability and significant cardiac comorbidities. Such situations include unresolved hypotension, >4 units transfused, known arrhythmia, and severe HFrEF. In these cases, I’m worried about someone...

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