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Indications for ERCP
1. Biliary Tract Diseases:
 • Biliary obstruction: Choledocholithiasis, Malignant biliary strictures, Benign biliary strictures
(treatment of symptomatic ... stones, strictures ... extraction, Endoscopic ... #Indications #management ... #gastroenterology
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
and bile duct EUS ... Accessories: • EUS ... suspicious lesions • EUS ... dearer views in EUS ... colonoscopy #devices #eus
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
• 2nd line: EUS ... cross-sectional imaging or EUS ... diagnosis with EUS-guided ... #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
) • Imaging: US ... (biliary evaluation ... , stones), CTA if ... gemfibrozil 600 bid ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
ERCP Management Algorithm for Patient with Symptomatic Choledocholithiasis 

Predictors of choledocholithiasis
Very strong
 - CBD stone on
ERCP Management ... stone on transabdominal ... US - Clinical ... gallstone pancreatitis ... Choledocholithiasis #Biliary
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
bleeding - EUS-FNA ... cardiac devices (ICD ... prosthesis - EUS-FNA ... #Indications #Gastroenterology ... #Management