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Diagnosis and Management of Barrett's Esophagus

Diagnosis
Screening
Surveillance Algorithm
Medical Treatment
Endoscopic Eradication Therapy (EET)

By Dr. Hima Veeramachaneni @hima_vee @EmoryGastroHep

#Barretts
Diagnosis and Management ... Diagnosis Screening Surveillance ... Algorithm Medical Treatment ... #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Gastroenterology
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Polyp Surveillance Intervals
Colon Cancer Screening - Modality - Interval:
 • Colonoscopy -
Screening and Polyp Surveillance ... years • FIT - q1 year ... q5 years Polyp Surveillance ... #Intervals #management ... #gastroenterology
Management of Low Risk (Mild Severity) Crohns Disease 
Asymptomatic or Incidentally Discovered on Endoscopy 
 •
Management of Low ... continue periodic surveillance ... 6 months for 1 year ... Crohns #Disease #Management ... LowRisk #Mild #Gastroenterology
Colorectal Cancer screening in ulcerative colitis per new UC guidelines
- Colonoscopy is the recommended method for
and subsequent surveillance ... - Repeat surveillance ... colonoscopies at l- to 3-year ... #PrimaryCare #Gastroenterology ... #Management #Colonoscopy
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
inform clinical team ... • Call for ultrasound ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance 
LOW RISK - Follow-up Colonoscopy at 3 years:
 • Quiescent disease , Endoscopic
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance ... Colonoscopy at 1 year ... #Colonoscopy #Surveillance ... #Guidelines #management ... #gastroenterology
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
Gastroenterology ... perforation or tears ... mucosa Stricture Management ... for palliative treatment ... • ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... not possible • Ultrasound ... • Acute gout treatment ... 2 attacks in a year ... Gout #diagnosis #management
Evidence for Treatment of Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding
 • Octreotide (PMID: 11870374) - Endoscopic banding +
Evidence for Treatment ... survival at 1 year ... Bleeding #varices #management ... ebm #evidence #gastroenterology
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
dysphagia (<1 year ... Treatment: Laparoscopic ... Treatment options ... Achalasia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #gastroenterology