Congrats to our very own #GIFellow @carycottongi for being named as one of the @AmerGastroAssn 16 fellows making great progress in GI patient care!! @LGlovesSicily
GI on-call is never complete without a case of food bolus impaction. Here is a collection of crowdsourced tips/tricks from #gitwitter beautifully put together by @enrrikke#GIRecap please share with colleagues and fellows and share any new tips that we missed out! 🥩🍖 🍗!
In light of face-to-face meetings being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made the ANMS Clinical Course video's from our 2019 meeting available at no charge for you to access. For access please visit https://t.co/N7v8nqjnf0
A significant proportion of patients with #covid-19 have GI symptoms and presenting more severely due to lack of early recognition. Should @CDCgov be updating their guidelines to reflect this @AmerGastroAssn @AmCollegeGastro https://t.co/HUnOYZLqNy
Thank you @RepDavidEPrice for cosponsoring #HR3107, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act, which would improve the time-consuming prior authorization processes that limit #Medicare Advantage patients' #timelyaccess to medically necessary care. #FixPriorAuth
Terminal ileal intubation. Don’t do it just because you can. In screening colonoscopies, that time is much better spent inspecting the colon on withdrawal!
Congrats to Dr. Edward Barnes in our division of @UNCGastro, who received "outstanding presenter award" at the recent @AmCollegeGastro meeting, along with a designated "presidential poster" https://t.co/XIEVY6l64C #IBD 👏👏
This is important:
Gastric ulcers require an endoscopy 6-8 weeks to ensure healing (NICE guideline).
Gastric erosions don't.
Both require testing for H pylori +/- eradication.