Dr. Michael Chew @mchew85
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GrepMed Gastroenterology-Hepatology Editor, Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Yale Gastroenterology Fellow '22
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Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia (GIM)
 • GIM is a precancerous, histopathologic change characterized by replacement of normal
Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia ... pylori) gastritis Clinical ... algorithm for GIM management ... #GIM #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology
Prague Criteria - For Endoscopically Suspected Esophageal Columnar Metaplasia/Barrett's Esophagus
1) Ensure Hiatus Hernia Is Recognised By
Esophageal Columnar Metaplasia ... Suspected Columnar Metaplasia ... Suspected Columnar Metaplasia ... Barretts #Esophagus #diagnosis ... #endoscopy #EGD
Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
Procedures - Diagnostic ... forceps biopsy (EGD ... Gastroenterology #EGD ... LowRisk #HighRisk #Diagnosis ... #Management #Guidelines
Barrett's Esophagus (BE) Documentation 
1. 1st description as - ESEM (endoscopically suspected esophageal metaplasia), NOT as
suspected esophageal metaplasia ... (histological diagnosis ... Documentation #EGD ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
chest pain, Sepsis Diagnosis ... EGD and Biopsy ... Klebsiella, pneumoniae) Management ... black #esophagus #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs)
 - classified into simple retention cysts, pseudocysts and cystic neoplasms 
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histological and clinical ... characteristics - various diagnostic ... gastroenterology #diagnosis ... #management #differential
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
Peritoneal dialysis & colonoscopy ... Prophylaxis #Endoscopy #EGD ... Gastroenterology #Management