6 results
Thiopurine De-escalation and IBD - Management Algorithm
IBD Patient on Thiopurine Interested in Discontinuing Thiopurine
Assess Disease Activity:
- Management Algorithm ... +/- EGD, Small ... Bowel Imaging/VCE ... #algorithm #management ... #gastroenterology
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
Bleed (Other than EGD ... + Colonoscopy) ... Pill endoscopy ... Bleed #GIBleed #management ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Small Bowel Ulceration
The diagnosis of IBD can’t be made or excluded by biopsies alone
requires clinical and endoscopic ... Eosinophilic, CVID, Hyper IgD ... ) • Vascular: Ischaemia ... Ulceration #diagnosis #differential ... #gastroenterology
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Algorithm in Transplant ... Colonoscopy +/- ... EGD *Especially ... PTLD, GVHD or IBD ... #diagnosis #differential
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Diagnosis and Management ... Diagnosis: • Endoscopic ... (IgG) - cannot differentiate ... Test or repeat EGD ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Peritoneal dialysis & colonoscopy ... cardiac devices (ICD ... #EGD #Indications ... #Gastroenterology ... #Management