Question 120 · LEK · Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
The Sengstaken-Blakemore tube is used in:
- A. evaluation of gunshot wounds to the torso.
- B. enteral nutrition after operative treatments.
- C. rectal evaluation during endoscopic ultrasound.
- D. temporary stoppage of hemorrhage from esophageal varices.
- E. assessment of the biliary tract during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
Hint
The tube carries two balloons, one inflated in the stomach and one in the oesophagus.
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