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Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
for Colorectal Cancer ... mortality 26% • CT ... #Colorectal #Cancer ... comparison #table #management ... #gastroenterology
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
ACA Colorectal Cancer ... for Colorectal Cancer ... mortality 26% • CT ... comparison #table #management ... #gastroenterology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... seen • Chest CT ... Management: • ... foreign body, cancer
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Diagnosis and Management ... Infectious, Ischemia, Cancer ... , gallstones), CT ... early; late to assess ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
Triple-phase CT ... or nephropathy CT ... unable to identify pathology ... Bleed #GIBleed #management ... #gastroenterology
Colorectal Cancer screening in ulcerative colitis per new UC guidelines
- Colonoscopy is the recommended method for
Colorectal Cancer ... colonoscopy to assess ... #CRC #Colon #Screening ... #PrimaryCare #Gastroenterology ... #Management #Colonoscopy
Crohn's Disease & New Diagnosis of Colon Cancer Algorithm
 - Define Colonic Disease Extent, Activity &
Diagnosis of Colon Cancer ... Ca Staging - Assess ... Requires long-term ... 39% of pts with CRC ... #algorithm #management