Question 148 · LEK · Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
A Sengstaken-Blakemore tube is used to:
- A. measure of pulmonary wedge pressure.
- B. remove varices in the lower limbs.
- C. perform colonoscopy.
- D. temporally stop the bleeding from esophageal varices.
- E. remove gallstones during ERCP.
Hint
The device uses inflatable balloons in the stomach and esophagus as a temporary measure in a GI emergency.
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