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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
50mOsm/kg, Consider CT ... A/P, Consider testing ... fat/day diet), Endoscopy ... (EGD +/- ERCP + ... Abdominal imaging (CT
Endoscopy in Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
Pre-Endoscopic Care:
 • Adequate resuscitation: Restrictive> Liberal strategy
Upper GI Bleeding ... Prokinetics dec. repeat EGD ... • Start with EGD ... scope -> keep therapeutic ... scope as a back
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
for Workup of GI ... Bleed (Other than EGD ... Triple-phase CT ... or nephropathy CT ... MatthewHoMD #GI
Helicobacter Pylori Testing  Methods - Sensitivity and Specificity

Serology - 85% - 79% - Does not
Helicobacter Pylori Testing ... other means of testing ... does not need endoscopy ... EGD with biopsy ... dyspepsia, FHx of GI
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
bleeding • OVER-THE-SCOPE ... sections of the GI ... ERCP • CHOLANGIO-SCOPE ... EUS procedures GI ... #accessories #EGD
Reversible Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - A computed tomographic scan showed jejunal dilatation and thinning of the
Endoscopic examination ... underwent repeat endoscopy ... Clinical #Radiology #GI ... Mesenteric #Ischemia #EGD ... #CT #NEJM
Gastric Gyri - Pediatric Ménétrier’s Disease - Computed tomography with contrast material (Panel A shows the
gastrointestinal endoscopy ... Clinical #Peds #GI ... #Radiology #CT ... #EGD #Menetrier
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... - Cirrhosis & GI ... upper or lower GI ... #Prophylaxis #Endoscopy ... #EGD #Indications
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 ... evaluated with CT ... , endoscopy, or ... endoscopic ultrasonography
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Mediated Colitis
Grade of Disease Severity:
 • G1: Increase < 4 BMs/day over baseline; mild
-4 • Consult GI ... • Endoscopy ( ... Sig or Colon +EGD ... Cross-sectional Imaging (MR/CT