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Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Scoping Summary
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (VARICEAL-B):
V - Vasoconstrictor therapy: (Octreotide 50mcg bolus
2-5 days) A - Antibiotics ... products E - Endoscopy ... settings - Pre-endoscopic ... Care - Endoscopy ... Bleeding #Summary #Endoscopy
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
for Endoscopy ( ... : - Vascular ... #Prophylaxis #Endoscopy ... #Indications #Gastroenterology ... #Management
Evidence for Treatment of Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding
 • Octreotide (PMID: 11870374) - Endoscopic banding +
Evidence for Treatment ... PMID: 11870374) - Endoscopic ... empirically until endoscopy ... banding • Antibiotics ... Endoscopic Variceal
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
1) Antibiotics ... Complications • Ocular ... week to assess ocular ... or TEE unless clinical ... #candidiasis #treatment
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
of Achalasia - ACG ... Guidelines Who ... • Endoscopy to look ... #ACG #Guidelines ... #gastroenterology
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
evaluated with CT, endoscopy ... , or endoscopic ... myotomy, or peroral endoscopic ... Achalasia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #gastroenterology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... - Peripheral vascular ... risk (<1%): - Endoscopic ... Diabetes regimen ... medical and surgical management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
initiation Clinical ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... meningitis • Guidelines ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management