Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common and potentially life-threatening condition that requires prompt and accurate ...

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy ... Initial Endoscopy - Blood clots, food residue, or inadequate bowel preparation can obscure lesions. Incomplete Initial Examination - If the first procedure does ...

Conclusion: The optimal sequence for same-day bidirectional endoscopy is EGD followed by colonoscopy. In this order, the procedure is better tolerated, and patients require a lower overall dose of ...

Thienopyridines should be stopped (clopidogrel for 5 days and prasugrel for 7 days) prior to procedure ... thienopyridines. EGD: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; EMR: Endoscopic mucosal resection ...

Dr. Shaker has developed the technique of transnasal unsedated upper GI endoscopy for concurrent evaluation of the aerodigestive and upper GI tracts. He is the founder of the Dysphagia Research ...

Endoscopy procedures for the digestive ... are used for understanding digestive conditions include upper endoscopy (also ...

Their results are similar and show that capsule endoscopy has good performance characteristics, although it is somewhat inferior to esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is the ...

Study confirms clinical utility of EsoGuard as a non-invasive triage tool to significantly increase positive yield of invasive upper endoscopy NEW YORK, March 18 ...