1/ Approach to Ascites Thread

▪️3-step approach (PMN, SAAG, protein)
▪️Lab evaluation
▪️Differential by fluid color
▪️Correction for bloody fluid
▪️Ascites DDx square (SAAG x Protein)
▪️Bacterial peritonitis profiles
▪️Runyon’s criteria for secondary infection

#LiverTwitter 👊

🚩Bright red blood in the stool is associated with a 5️⃣-fold ⬆️ in colorectal cancer among young adults in their 20s-40s.

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #coloncancer

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Happy to see this finally out... #gitwitter #medtwitter

Fantastic lecture by Tyler Berzin MD, FASGE for fellows to learn ERCP fluoroscopy interpretation #GItwitter

vumedi.com/channel/univer… via @vumedi

Highly encourage all current and upcoming advanced fellows to register to this course. Thank you to ASGE GI Endoscopy and course directors Mohammad Al-Haddad, FASGE,FACG, AGAF and Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH for the invitation to participate alongside stellar faculty lineup. Looking forward to this!

Looking for a good caption 🧑🏼‍🦲😂

I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend 😎

Till we meet again Clive Miranda, DO, MSc 🤪

Throwback #DDW2024

Another one in the book #DDW2024
Grateful to Mohammad Bilal, MD for all the support and guidance

My first #DDW2024 was great, met old friends, made new ones. Met great mentors and super-🌟in the field. Thanks to everyone who made my experience wonderful!

Join me, Joel Rubenstein, Sachin Wani and Swathi Eluri MD MSCR on June 11 noon EDT to learn about the new American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) guidelines on endoscopic management of Barrett's Esophagus #GastroBites
🔸Treatment vs no treatment for LGD
🔸EMR vs ESD for visible esophageal lesion 🔥

Hear about AGA’s latest practice guideline on June 11 at noon EDT, FREE #GastroBites webinar: Endoscopic Eradication Therapy of Barrett’s Esophagus and Related Neoplasia with Drs. Sachin Wani, Joel H. Rubenstein, Tarek Sawas, MD, MPH, and Swathi Eluri MD MSCR. Register: ow.ly/QzYL50RQPck

Presented the next step in our patient navigator research (on getting patients from positive FIT to colonoscopy) the same day we got the notification our manuscript was accepted for publication!!! #DDW2024 #CRC

Digestive Disease Week Springer Nature

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We are very excited! After much work, the Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School course 'Management of Pancreatic Disorders for the Practicing Clinician' has been approved! 🙏share

Yasmin Hernandez-Barco, MD from MGH Division of Gastroenterology and I co-direct this educational activity
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Safety of Immunosuppression in A Prospective Cohort of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with a HIstoRy of CancEr… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38768673/

Nice collaborative work from NYCCO !

🥹Record breaking #DDW2024 event ❤️we needed a panoramic to capture this moment 😭

We really have an amazing #AGAGastroSquad community & it grows yearly.

Thank you American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) & DHPA for trusting me, & the wonderful faculty who are committed to mentorship 💃🕺🏻

Welcoming Berenson Scholar Asa Eyo Itam-Eyo, MD to Boston

The Berenson Scholarship is intended to support advanced international trainees & junior faculty to join our team BIDMC_GI for 2 months, as visiting scholars and clinical observers in advanced endoscopy

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Thrilled to see an update on our IBD mimics research in print at #DDW2024 this weekend!

Check out the article in the latest Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News and read our full manuscript below ⬇️
bit.ly/ibdmimic

Thankful for all my coauthors and mentors!🙏🏼

Thank you Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News for highlighting our work! Mohammad Al-Haddad, FASGE,FACG, AGAF Nasir Saleem Ite Obaitan Tarek Aboursheid Adel Hajj Ali Mouhand Mohamed, MD, MSc Khaled Elfert Hashem Albunni Indiana University Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Stay tuned for the manuscript soon! Digestive Disease Week #DDW2024 #GItwitter

gastroendonews.com/Pancreatic-Dis…

So proud of Natalie Wilson, MD for winning 🔥🔥 the ASGE GI Endoscopy @VideoGIE ‘Outstanding Manuscript Award’! 🏆 #DDW2024

📹 “Use of the #Endorotor Device for Resection of Scarred #ColonPolyps ” shows step by step device setup and highlights case examples

tinyurl.com/yeew9tbz

Somehow our first time moderating a session together. 😘 Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS
Perfect way to end #DDW2024 .

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Digestive Disease Week ABGH #AGAGastroSquad

Come see my poster today! We found no association between IgA deficiency and small intestinal bacterial (or fungal) overgrowth. 🦠

Keep an 👁️ out for more from us on clarifying #SIBO !

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #microbiome #DDW2024 Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology