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Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
- Diagnostic endoscopy ... ) - Capsule endoscopy ... - EUS with out ... GregoryTBrennan #Endoscopy ... HighRisk #Diagnosis #Management
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
EGD + Colonoscopy ... ) Pill endoscopy ... double-balloon endoscopy ... intraoperative endoscopy ... double-balloon endoscopy
Acute Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding
Pre-Endoscopy Management:
 • Hemodynamic resuscitation
 • No routine NG tube
 • Risk
Bleeding Pre-Endoscopy ... Blatchford scale • Pre-endoscopy ... • 'Early endoscopy ... 24 hours Post-Endoscopy ... embolization if endoscopy
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
Gastroenterology Endoscopy ... laceration in upper Gl endoscopy ... procedures GI Endoscopes ... accessories • CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY ... Gastroenterology #Endoscopy
Reversible Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - A computed tomographic scan showed jejunal dilatation and thinning of the
Endoscopic examination ... hemorrhage (Panel B, Video ... underwent repeat endoscopy ... Clinical #Radiology #GI ... #CT #NEJM
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... bleeding - EUS-FNA ... #Prophylaxis #Endoscopy ... #EGD #Indications ... Gastroenterology #Management
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
evaluated with CT ... , endoscopy, or ... endoscopic ultrasonography ... myotomy, or peroral endoscopic ... #diagnosis #management
Algorithmic Approach to Severe Hematochezia
 - Hematochezia is due to a lower GI bleed ~85% of
due to a lower GI ... with an upper endoscopy ... delay appropriate management ... NG lavage, and CT ... #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Mediated Colitis
Grade of Disease Severity:
 • G1: Increase < 4 BMs/day over baseline; mild
-4 • Consult GI ... • Endoscopy ( ... Sig or Colon +EGD ... Cross-sectional Imaging (MR/CT ... Colitis #diagnosis #management