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Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper GI ... Upper #GIBleed #UGIB ... #diagnosis #endoscopy ... #gastroenterology ... #egd
Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
Management Algorithm ... ± EGD Causes ... Disease • Variceal Bleeding ... #Bleed #UGIB #GIBleed ... gastrointestinal #gastroenterology
Acute Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding
Pre-Endoscopy Management:
 • Hemodynamic resuscitation
 • No routine NG tube
 • Risk
Non-Variceal Upper GI ... Bleeding Pre-Endoscopy ... , test and treat ... #gastroenterology ... #UGIB
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
Gastroenterology ... mucosa Stricture Management ... sections of the GI ... for palliative treatment ... EUS procedures GI
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
for Workup of GI ... Bleed (Other than EGD ... bleed may obscure bleeding ... Bleed #GIBleed #management ... #gastroenterology
ABCs of Endoscopic Perforation Management
A - Air by itself, not an adverse event. Control insufflation, ALWAYS
Perforation Management ... IR drains) F - Feeding ... Follow with CT/UGI ... #management #treatment ... #gastroenterology
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Diagnosis: • Endoscopic ... Ag, Urea Breath Test ... or repeat EGD ... #Treatment #quadruple ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Prophylaxis for Endoscopy ... bleeding - EUS-FNA ... #EGD #Indications ... #Gastroenterology ... #Management
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
melena - Other GI ... Diagnosis: - EGD ... : - Treatment of ... Necrosis #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
Diagnosis and Management ... What test to order ... • Endoscopy to look ... puckering of the EGJ ... ACG #Guidelines #gastroenterology