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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
meds, Consider diagnostic ... performed, may show melanosis ... : • Consider diagnostic ... fat/day diet), Endoscopy ... EGD +/- ERCP +/- colonoscopy
Helpful Clues for Distinguishing Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
Upper GI Bleed (proximal to ligament of Treitz):
(proximal to ligament ... distal to ligament ... comparison #versus #diagnosis ... gastroenterology #ugib ... #lgib
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper GI ... Upper #GIBleed #UGIB ... #diagnosis #endoscopy
Helicobacter Pylori Testing  Methods - Sensitivity and Specificity

Serology - 85% - 79% - Does not
Helicobacter Pylori Testing ... does not need endoscopy ... dyspepsia, FHx of GI ... or odynophagia, GIB ... #Laboratory #Diagnosis
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
sections of the GI ... EUS procedures GI ... ESOPHAGO-GASTRO-DUODENOSCOPE - Diagnostic ... ENTEROSCOPE - Diagnostic ... - Diagnostic, therapeutic
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy ... Private practice setting ... Water assisted colonoscopy ... #Summary #Endoscopy ... #diagnosis #management
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
 • Endoscopy
 • Colonoscopy
 • CT Angiogram
 • Catheter
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Gastrointestinal Bleeding • Endoscopy ... • Colonoscopy ... Bleeding #GIBleed #GI
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... - Cirrhosis & GI ... Peritoneal dialysis & colonoscopy ... upper or lower GI ... #Prophylaxis #Endoscopy
Pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis) on Colonoscopy
Veterinarian student with abdominal pain, narcotic seeking, weight loss, early satiety, normal
vermicularis) on Colonoscopy ... Final diagnosis ... GI symptoms didn ... #vermicularis #Colonoscopy ... #endoscopy #clinical