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Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Private practice setting ... 1) Redundant Colon ... ScopingSundays #Incomplete ... Colonoscopy #Summary #Endoscopy ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinis", determined heating ... Following includes the complete ... Visual exam • Color ... • Urinary casts ... leucocyte-esterase #urine #UNa #casts
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... or mediastinal cysts ... cholangitis: ERCP incomplete ... liver transplant getting ... #Prophylaxis #Endoscopy
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Performance thorough ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... risk (<1%): - Endoscopic ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age • 22 and 45 cases ... • Granulocyte colony ... Workup: • Complete ... Treatment: Goals: Treating
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Epidemiology: 10 cases ... Achalasia: Testing ... esophagus and incomplete ... evaluated with CT, endoscopy ... , or endoscopic