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Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
forceps biopsy (EGD ... - Variceal banding ... - Resections (ESD ... Bleeding #Risks #Gastroenterology ... #EGD #LowRisk #
Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Causes of Small Bowel ... : Inflammatory Bowel ... purpura, Small bowel ... entericus #SmallBowel ... Diagnosis #Causes #gastroenterology
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Phytobezoar, Parasite, Swallowed ... perforate the bowel ... Diagnosis #SBO #bowel ... #Causes #gastroenterology
Endoscopy - Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 
What to Band?
 - Always find the varix that
EGD and the Banding ... scope gently to allow ... Tricks #management #gastroenterology ... fellows #endoscopy #egd ... #banding
Stoma Indications, Output and Complications

Stoma Types:
 • End ileostomy
 • Loop ileostomy
 • End colostomy
 •
Stoma Types: • End ... ileostomy • End ... digestion • Bowel ... Complications #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Types of Bariatric Surgery
Adjustable Gastric Banding:
 • Decreasing in prevalence, 3% of bariatric surgeries performed
 •
Adjustable Gastric Banding ... bypassing small bowel ... internal hernia, bowel ... TypicallySilent via Emory Gastroenterology ... gastric #bypass #gastroenterology
Gastroscopes - Scope Models and Measurements
 - Optical System
 - Bending Section
 - Olympus
 - Fujinon

Virgil
Optical System - Bending ... #Measurements #gastroenterology ... #endoscopy #egd
Small Bowel Obstruction on Abdominal Ultrasound

If you haven't started using ultrasound for SBO, you're missing some
Small Bowel Obstruction ... really easy low-hanging ... jchristianfox #SBO #SmallBowel
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Barium swallow is ... dysphagia • Barium swallow ... structural disorder → EGD ... Diagnosis #Management #gastroenterology
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
Bleed (Other than EGD ... of most small-bowel ... presence of small bowel ... and inflammatory bowel ... GIBleed #management #gastroenterology