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Strategies to Improve Quality of Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy - AGA Guidelines

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
Bowel prep instructions ... performed to increase polyp ... rate is ≥ 7% polyps ... be useful for polyps ... Complex polyps that
Cold Snare Polypectomy - Tips and Tricks
 - Before initiating cold snare polypectomy, it is important
and size of the polyp ... borders are defined ... ideal position for resection ... - After resection ... Tricks#management #gastroenterology
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Colonoscopy: 100% detection ... specificity for polyps ... Cancer #colon #Screening ... #CRC #Testing
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
ACA Colorectal Cancer ... Colonoscopy: 100% detection ... specificity for polyps ... table #management #gastroenterology ... #CRC #Testing #
The following graph was prepared based on the latest information on Testing for the Diagnosis of
information on Testing ... HIV infection (aka ... InfectiousDiseases #HIVAIDS #Testing ... #Windows #Screening ... #Antibody #Detection
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... recommended for routine screening ... and specific for detection ... ANA - Screen for ... #glomerular #testing
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
hypertrophy, colon (↑polyps ... mixed GH & PRL) ... • Pituitary testing ... : ↑PRL in mixed ... Transsphenoidal surgical resection
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... recommended for routine screening ... and specific for detection ... glomerular disease. 8) ANA ... diagnosis #initial #testing
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
at autopsy • Age ... incidentaloma/periodic screening ... resistance, impaired fasting ... laparoscopic tumor resection ... Open surgical resection