Abdominal Key

1. Upper abdominal symptoms that persist despite an appropriate trial of therapy 2. Upper abdominal symptoms associated with other symptoms or signs suggesting structural disease (e.g., anorexia and weight loss)…

This chapter discusses quality indicators (QIs) that have been identified by the various GI societies in the USA (the ASGE, ACG, and the AGA) as they pertain to the practice…

Fig. 13.1 Sonde enteroscope [12] In the 1990s, push enteroscopy (PE) was introduced as an alternative using a specifically designed enteroscope with or without an overtube, or a colonoscope without an…

  Further bleeding (average) (%) Prevalence (%) Spurting bleeding 80 9 Nonbleeding visible vessel 44 10 Adherent clot 20 12 Active oozing 10 6 Flat pigmented spot 10 8 Clean-based…

Fig. 4.1 Esophageal stricture located distal to an esophageal food impaction that was endoscopically removed Diagnosis History and Physical History is the most important element in diagnosing a gastrointestinal foreign body….

  Bleeding Perforation Gastric polypectomy 6–7.2% [95–97] 0–0.45% [9, 98] EMR: Esophagus 1.2% [101] 0.5–5% [102, 106] Gastric 0–11.5% [102–105] 1% [108] ESD: Esophageal 4.5–15.6% [108, 115] 2.3% [108, 118,…

Fig. 12.1 Splenic artery. Endoscopy shows a pulsatile prominence in the posterior gastric wall. Varying views on EUS shows a tubular, also round anechoic structure. Doppler examination shows pulsatile flow Incidence…

Fig. 9.1 a NET placement: clipping suture attached to nasoenteric feeding tube to small bowel. b NET placement: Nasoenteric feeding tube clipped to small bowel Percutaneous Enterostomy Tubes Enterostomy tubes are…

Fig. 5.1 a, b Endoscopic image of short-segment Barrett’s esophagus Fig. 5.2 a Endoscopic image of long-segment Barrett’s esophagus. b Close-up image of same patient as (a), with narrow band imaging (NBI)…