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Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Diagnosis and Management Summary
PRE-ENDOSCOPY
Vasoactive agents - Octreotide: 
 • 50mcg bolus →
Diagnosis and Management ... variceal ligation - EGD ... Surveillance EGD ... Bleeding #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #endoscopy
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Drugs Used for the Treatment ... More precisely "macular ... Even with macular ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Table #Management
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment ... Ulcers: • Treatment ... refractory lesions Ocular ... disease #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
Treatment of Obstructive ... through increased end-expiratory ... drug-induced sleep endoscopy ... Obstructive #SleepApnea #Treatment ... #management #pulmonary
ED Opioid Stewardship Algorithm

Opioid Naive vs Opioid Tolerant

1. Patient Specific, Pain Syndrome-Targeted Approach
2. Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic
ED Opioid Stewardship ... Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic ... Medication Assisted Treatment ... Stewardship #Algorithm #Management ... #Pain #ED
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Worse towards the end ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... Myasthenia Gravis Treatment ... - Symptomatic Treatment ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Treatment Options for Helicobacter Pylori and Peptic Ulcer Disease

Active Helicobacter pylori—associated ulcer
1. Treat with anti—H pylori
Treatment Options ... Treatment options ... antigen test, or endoscopy ... Treatment options ... #Management #Pharmacology
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
Gastroenterology Endoscopy ... mucosa Stricture Management ... for palliative treatment ... Gastroenterology #Endoscopy ... #accessories #EGD
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
Diagnosis and Management ... • Endoscopy to look ... puckering of the EGJ ... Botulinum toxin • Pharmacologic ... Achalasia #Diagnosis #Management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
gland) biopsy • Ocular ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management