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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup ... intolerance suspected, Colonoscopy ... fat/day diet), Endoscopy ... EGD +/- ERCP +/- colonoscopy ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Workup
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult ... Colonoscopy - Scoping ... Private practice setting ... #Endoscopy #diagnosis ... #management #algorithm
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... C. difficile PCR ... Colonoscopy +/- ... #Diarrhea #Workup
Strategies to Improve Quality of Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy - AGA Guidelines

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
- AGA Guidelines ... Complex polyps that ... have malignant endoscopic ... should go for endoscopic ... Follow current guidelines
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
disease - Test is complex ... treatment - Requires endoscopy ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... Tests #Diagnosis #Workup
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... liver transplant getting ... Peritoneal dialysis & colonoscopy ... cholangitis: ERCP complete ... #Prophylaxis #Endoscopy
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
any mention of a difficult ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... risk (<1%): - Endoscopic ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing