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Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
forceps biopsy (EGD ... placement (low if ASA ... Bleeding #Risks #Gastroenterology ... HighRisk #Diagnosis #Management ... #Guidelines
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
cough GERD: Testing ... Impedance testing ... • Male sex • Age ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #Gastroenterology
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Diagnosis and Management ... , Urea Breath Testing ... hold 2w before testing ... Test or repeat EGD ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
Strategies to Improve Quality of Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy - AGA Guidelines

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
- AGA Guidelines ... Follow current guidelines ... Screening #quality #AGA ... #Guidelines #management ... #gastroenterology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
liver transplant getting ... Peritoneal dialysis & colonoscopy ... Prophylaxis #Endoscopy #EGD ... #Indications #Gastroenterology ... #Management
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Diagnosis and Management ... at autopsy • Age ... diagnostic procedures (eg ... , colonoscopy), ... resistance, impaired fasting
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
Screening Guidelines ... visualization: • Colonoscopy ... comparison #table #management ... #gastroenterology ... #CRC #Testing #
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Achalasia: Testing ... sphincter to relax EGD ... loss (>6.8 kg) • Age ... Achalasia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #gastroenterology