Abstract
• Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common cause of gastrointestinal disorders, but diagnosing it can be very difficult.• Diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding needs participation of different specialists, different imaging techniques and selecting the most appropriate treatment from different options available. Patients with GI bleeding mostly presents to emergency department where a gastroenterologist attends and then radiologic and/or endoscopic imaging. After that interventional radiology and surgical departments are sought.• There’s a wide variety of presentation of gastrointestinal bleeding ranging from asymptomatic individuals to mildly symptomatic needing only conservative treatment to severely ill patients needing immediate intervention. Therefore, it’s very important for medical individuals to understand and recognize the presentation as well as the appropriate management of GI bleeding. • GI bleeding is classified according to its anatomical location into upper or lower bleeding. Upper Gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is defined as bleeding proximal to ligament of Treitz.Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is defined as bleeding distal to ligament of Treitz.
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