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Forrest Classification for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding
Rebleeding risks are without endoscopic intervention
1a - Spurting Bleed - 60-100%
Rebleeding risks ... are without endoscopic ... Ib - Oozing Bleed ... #gastroenterology ... #EGD #clinical
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Ib - Active Oozing ... , Re-bleeding Risk ... UGIB #diagnosis #endoscopy ... #gastroenterology ... #egd
Thiopurine De-escalation and IBD - Management Algorithm
IBD Patient on Thiopurine Interested in Discontinuing Thiopurine
Assess Disease Activity:
Thiopurine Assess Disease ... Activity: Colonoscopy ... +/- EGD, Small ... ESR • Active Disease ... #gastroenterology
Endoscopy in Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding - Scoping Summary
Pre-Endoscopic Care:
 • Adequate resuscitation: Restrictive> Liberal strategy
Upper GI Bleeding ... GBS, high sens. >12 ... inc. risk for poor ... Infusion = 40mg IV BID ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Management of Low Risk (Mild Severity) Crohns Disease 
Asymptomatic or Incidentally Discovered on Endoscopy 
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Management of Low Risk ... Discovered on Endoscopy ... thereafter • Repeat colonoscopy ... in 6 —12 months ... LowRisk #Mild #Gastroenterology
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Algorithm • 40- ... fatigue despite clinical ... remission • Risk ... (B12, MMA) for ... fatigue despite disease
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance 
LOW RISK - Follow-up Colonoscopy at 3 years:
 • Quiescent disease , Endoscopic
IBD Colonoscopy ... : • Quiescent disease ... , Endoscopic and ... degree relative #IBD ... Guidelines #management #gastroenterology
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Cirrhosis & GI bleeding ... infection and high risk ... congenital heart disease ... #EGD #Indications ... #Gastroenterology
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
Bleed (Other than EGD ... + Colonoscopy) ... most small-bowel diseases ... bleed may obscure bleeding ... GIBleed #management #gastroenterology
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
ducts, commonly leading ... have concomitant IBD ... COLITIS - PSC-IBD ... are at increased risk ... remain subject to clinical