6 results
Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
Summary points from ASGE ... Gregory Brennan MD ... Bleeding #Risks #Gastroenterology ... #EGD #LowRisk # ... HighRisk #Diagnosis #Management
Management of Low Risk (Mild Severity) Crohns Disease 
Asymptomatic or Incidentally Discovered on Endoscopy 
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Management of Low ... Discovered on Endoscopy ... Gregory Brennan MD ... #LowRisk #Mild ... #Gastroenterology
Endoscopy - Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 
What to Band?
 - Always find the varix that
Endoscopy - Management ... EGD and the Banding ... #Tips #Tricks #management ... #gastroenterology ... #egd #banding
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... (ASGE 2015) ... #EGD #Indications ... #Gastroenterology ... #Management
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
Diagnosis and Management ... with GERD who are ... • Endoscopy to look ... puckering of the EGJ ... ACG #Guidelines #gastroenterology
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
sphincter to relax EGD ... loss (>6.8 kg) • Age ... evaluated with CT, endoscopy ... Achalasia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #gastroenterology