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

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
detection. 8. ... feedback on adenoma detection ... Goal adenoma detection ... serrated lesion detection ... for endoscopic resection
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
The following graph was prepared based on the latest information on Testing for the Diagnosis of
information on Testing ... HIV infection (aka ... Generation tests (aka ... InfectiousDiseases #HIVAIDS #Testing ... Screening #Antibody #Detection
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
- Cotton blue (aka ... as sensitive as Ag ... detection for cryptococcal ... ; some strains are ... fungus #comparison #table
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
Colonoscopy: 100% detection ... specificity for polyps ... Tests #comparison #table ... #management #gastroenterology ... #CRC #Testing
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... chains, which are ... and specific for detection ... ANA - Screen for ... #glomerular #testing
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
Colonoscopy: 100% detection ... specificity for polyps ... Tests #comparison #table ... #management #gastroenterology ... #CRC #Testing #
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... chains, which are ... and specific for detection ... glomerular disease. 8) ANA ... diagnosis #initial #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
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
at autopsy • Age ... resistance, impaired fasting ... - First, a non-selective ... laparoscopic tumor resection ... Open surgical resection