The Bristol stool Chart

GASTROENTEROLOGY

The Bristol stool scale, Bristol stool chart (BSC), Bristol stool form scale, or BSF scale The Bristol Stool Scale is a validated tool that correlates stool consistency with colonic transit time. Use it for patient assessment, monitoring, and as a clinical...

Colonoscopy, When to Repeat

GASTROENTEROLOGY

2012 Recommendations for Surveillance and Screening Intervals in Individuals With Baseline Average Risk Baseline colonoscopy: most advanced finding(s) Recommended surveillance interval (y) No polyps 10 Small (<10 mm) hyperplastic polyps in rectum or sigmoid 10 1–2...

Abdominal Pain (acute and chronic), differential diagnosis

DDx, GASTROENTEROLOGY

If you want to be thorough and not forget anything, use both the anatomic framework and the VINDICATED MEN framework. Causes of left upper quadrant (LUQ) abdominal pain The spleen lives there. Lower lobes of the lungs can be referred here. Splenomegaly – Pain or...

Preparing for a Colonoscopy

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Causes of pancreatitis: I GET SMASHED

GASTROENTEROLOGY, MNEMONICS

I: Ischemia (vasculitis, cholesterol emboli, hypovolemic shock, cardiopulmonary bypass), idiopathic G: gallstones E: ethanol (alcohol) T: tumors: panc/ampullary tumors, mets (breast, lung) S: surgery and trauma: Pancreatic/biliary surgery, manipulated sphincter of...

Total Colectomy

GASTROENTEROLOGY

http://mdvideocenter.brighamandwomens.org/specialties/general-surgery/laparoscopic-hand-assisted-total-colectomy https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007379.htm