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Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult ... Colonoscopy - Scoping ... 1) Redundant Colon ... failed/redundant colons ... #Endoscopy #diagnosis
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Workup Osmotic ... fat/day diet), Endoscopy ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Adenoma • Colon ... albumin, ESR, endoscopy ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Gastrodiscoides hominis (Colonic Flukes) on Colonoscopy

This special species was found in the right colon and caecum
Gastrodiscoides hominis (Colonic ... Flukes) on Colonoscopy ... found in the right colon ... Gastrodiscoides #hominis #Colonoscopy ... #clinical #endoscopy
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... occult blood - Colonoscopy ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic ... management #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
distal end of colonoscope ... ESOPHAGEAL/ DUODENAL/COLONIC ... Used to aid in difficult ... #Tools #colonoscopy ... accessories #EGD #colonoscopy
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... C. difficile PCR ... Colonoscopy +/- ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
Abnormal Urine Color ... - Differential ... vesico-enteral fistula, Chronic ... Citrobacter sedlaki /Serratia ... Abnormal #Urine #Color
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
Salmonella • Colon ... : C. difficile, ... Behcet's disease • Colon ... changes without chronic ... mimics #mimickers #differential
Strategies to Improve Quality of Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy - AGA Guidelines

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
and Surveillance Colonoscopy ... look of the right colon ... Goal serrated lesion ... have malignant endoscopic ... should go for endoscopic