Issue Highlights
- Prevalence of missed adenomas in patients with inadequate bowel preparation on screening colonoscopy
- Applying a natural language processing tool to assess performance on colonoscopy quality measures
- History of portal hypertension and endoscopic treatment of esophageal varices
- Reliability measures in managing GI bleeding
At The Focal Point
Advanced endoscopic imaging: from the top of the fold to the single bacterium A 71-year-old man underwent surveillance colonoscopy. He had had Clostridium difficile colitis, which was treated with metronidazole 2 weeks before the current examination. The patient was free of symptoms, and stool samples were negative for C difficile toxin at the time of endoscopy.
April 2012 DDW Abstract Issue
Read the abstracts of this year’s Digestive Disease Week, the world’s largest gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.
Guideline
Read the updated Multi-Society Guideline on Reprocessing Flexible GI Endoscopes 2011, just released by ASGE and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Special Report
A lexicon for endoscopic adverse events: report of an ASGE workshop The overall goal of the workshop was to make recommendations about the data points and menus for AEs and for risk factors that should be incorporated into endoscopy reporting systems.
Sedation Curriculum
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Lethal necrosis and perforation of the stomach and the aorta after multiple EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis procedures in a patient with chronic pancreatitis25 May 2012
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Multisociety sedation curriculum for gastrointestinal endoscopy24 May 2012
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Efficacy of metal and plastic stents in unresectable complex hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a randomized controlled trial17 May 2012
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Equipment for pediatric endoscopy14 May 2012
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Guidelines for endoscopy in pregnant and lactating women14 May 2012
Comparison of EUS-guided rendezvous and precut papillotomy techniques for biliary access (with videos)
High colonoscopic prevalence of proximal colon serrated polyps in average-risk men and women
