GI Endoscopy Flashcards
Indications for EGD
- GERD/Barrett’s
- Dysphagia
- Upper abdominal pain
- Celiac Dx
When are barium studies indicated first before EGD?
Motility disorders like Achalasia
Dyspepsia
Abdominal discomfort w/ no alarming S/S. normal include:
- Belching
- bloating
- gurgling
- gas
Management of GI hemorrhage
- Volume resuscitation
- Acid suppression
- Endoscopy
Diagnostic Conditions via endoscopy
- Esophagitis
- Mallory-Weiss tears
- PUD
- Varices
- Malignancies
EUS indications
- Cancer staging
- GIST
- Pancreatic
Cystic Neoplasms - Choledocholithiasis
- Liver/spleen masses
Which two organs are major limitations for WCE camera?
Stomach + Colon
Indications for WCE (camera pill)
- Occult’s GIB
- Abnormal small bowel imaging
- Crohns eval
ERCP indications
- Choledocholithiasis
- Obstructive jaundice
- Chronic pancreatitis
- abnormal liver tests
- therapeutics
Which is true of ERCP?
A. It is the easiest of all GI procedures to
perform
B. It has the ability to image the liver
parenchyma
C. Rarely fatal pancreatitis is a feared
complication
D. A forward viewing camera is used to better see the ampulla
C
Colonoscopy Indications
- Screening
- Rectal bleeding
- Diahrrea/Bowel habits
- IBS Diagnosis/management
Limitations of: CT Colon Barium enema Flexible sigmoidoscopy FIT/DNA
CT Colon: Not therapeutic
Barium Enema: No fun + Not therapeutic
Sigmoid: limited extent
FIT:sensitive w/ only advanced lesions
First teir colon screening
Colonoscopy + FIT
2nd tier colon testing
CT Colonography
FIT-fecal DNA test
Sigmoidoscopy
3rd tier Colon screening
Capsule Colonoscopy