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Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
Risk - Summary ... guideline Low Risk ... sphincterotomy High Risk ... #Risks #Gastroenterology ... #EGD #LowRisk #
Upper GI Bleed - Stigmata of recent hemorrhage - Prevalence and Risk of Rebleeding.
The stigmata of
Prevalence and Risk ... value for the risk ... #Diagnosis #Gastroenterology ... Prevalence #Stigmata #EGD ... #Endoscopy
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk ... Oozing, Re-bleeding Risk ... GIBleed #UGIB #diagnosis ... #endoscopy #gastroenterology ... #egd
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
admission for further workup ... calculating the risk ... identifying low risk ... as well as high risk ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria

In the United States, the workup rate for PE is astonishingly high, with
United States, the workup ... recommend the use of risk ... patients who are low risk ... PE, despite the risk ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Endoscopy in Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
Pre-Endoscopic Care:
 • Adequate resuscitation: Restrictive> Liberal strategy
sens. >12 inc. risk ... Prokinetics dec. repeat EGD ... • Start with EGD ... scope as a back ... #diagnosis #management
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
and Workup Summary ... Rome IV Criteria ... those at high risk ... TinaPhamHang via Emory Gastroenterology ... #workup #gastroenterology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
malignancy Risk ... disorder URGENT WORKUP ... structural disorder → EGD ... #Management #gastroenterology ... #workup
Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS), Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (JPS), Cowden Syndrome (CS), Cronkhite-Canada (CC),
TGF-ß family - Criteria ... smooth muscle core ... colon → Likely risk ... Polyposis #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
discharge, dysphagia, sore ... patients with EMD ... plasmacytoma carries a risk ... involvement - higher risk ... #Workup #Hematology