Podcast 720: Blakemore & Minnesota Tubes: Part I

<p><strong>Contributor: Dylan Luyten, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Minnesota Tube has an extra port for suctioning otherwise is the same as a Blakemore Tube</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Indicated in MASSIVE upper GI bleeding often due to esophageal varices</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Esophageal varices are dilated, tortuous vessels in the esophagus due to increased portal venous pressure that can bleeding into the upper GI tract</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Patients with massive upper GI bleed should be intubated prior to placing a Blakemore/Minnesota tube</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meseeha M, Attia M. Esophageal Varices. [Updated 2021 Aug 11]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448078/</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Biecker E. Portal hypertension and gastrointestinal bleeding: diagnosis, prevention and management. World J Gastroenterol. 2013;19(31):5035-5050. doi:10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5035</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Powell M, Journey JD. Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube. [Updated 2021 Jul 27]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: <a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK558924/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK558924/</a></span></p> <p><a href= "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sengstaken-Blakemore_scheme_EN.svg"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Photo from Wikimedia Commons</span></a></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Em