Endoscopy

As a result, those patients will undergo unnecessary endoscopies which are invasive, discomfort, and could limit patients’ compliance. Thus, selecting patients with large esophageal varices that are at high risk of bleeding has recently gained more attention. Moreover, considerable attempts have been made either to propose a non-invasive method or to narrow the practice of using endoscopy only to high-risk patients. The non-invasive methods include: platelet count, spleen…

which no other test can see, helping to determine the location & extent of the disease. White blood cells hang around sites of inflammation, & a leukocyte scintigraphy (white blood cell scan) is done to see how much inflammation is in the GI tract. Endoscopy is a good test so the doctor can explore different parts of the GI tract. Sigmoidoscopy allows examination of the sigmoid, the rectum & sigmoid colon. Colonoscopy shows the entire colon and can determine if you have Crohn’s or UC. There is a…

Oesophageal achalasia is a motility disorder of the oesophagus as a result of disturbed peristalsis and incomplete relaxation of the LES manifested by difficulty in swallowing, regurgitation, and chest pain (O’Neill, Johnston, & Coleman 2013). In this regard, diagnostic evaluation is of great value as it is a challenge for clinicians to diagnose achalasia due to clinical manifestations being equivocal of the disease which can be attributed to other diseases, such as GERD or scleroderma (O’Neill,…

it is also known as endoscopy. Endoscopy are used for doctors to confirm of disease, disorder or problem that cannot be shown with other medical instrument such X-rays and CT scan shown in figure 4. The reason that endoscopy is preferred treatment when it comes to the digestive system areas, because there is no need of major surgeries to observe the inside of the patient (Medical News Today, 2014; Better Health Channel B, 2015; Webmd.com B, 2015; Johnson A, 2012). Endoscopy has help cure…

Did you know Crohn’s Disease is one of the fastest growing intestinal disease in the US? My paper is going to be about Crohn’s disease. I chose this because over the past years I have had the time to really learn on my own what is like to live with someone who has Crohn’s. I will be going over some of the symptoms, treatments and other home remedies and facts about Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is an Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Symptoms can vary depending on the person. The most common…

It has been suggested that such pigmentation may cause problems with intestinal absorption of nutrients.(6-7) Although the diagnosis of PDG is clear on endoscopy nevertheless differential diagnosis includes necrosis, metastatic melanoma, and ingestion of charcoal (8) and alkalis.(9) PGD is mostly asymptomatic but cases have been reported in the literature in which patients presented with dyspeptic symptoms…

We believe that the technique we present is a novel one and not described previously. Our technique for prevention of stenosis after LSG, utilizes routine intra operative endoscopy to visualize the gastric lumen after the staple line has been over-sewn. After insufflation, we try to evaluate the tube for any excessive curve at the level of the incisura angularis. Any visualized excessive curve is corrected by fixing the lesser…

Introduction severe upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage is not unusual, expensive, and potentially lifestyles-threatening and need spark off evaluation and aggressive scientific control.(van leerdam.2008) in spite of changes in control, mortality has not appreciably progressed over the last 50 years. aged sufferers and people with continual scientific diseases survive acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding much fewer well than more youthful, healthier sufferers, and have a higher risk of loss of…

among others. Larger medical device distributors like Sinopharm have more in-house resources than smaller ones.(4) Medical device distributors are also bucketed in terms of the device category in the market. For example, in vitro diagnostics, endoscopy, ophthalmic, cardiology, wound management, drug delivery, orthopedics, and diagnostic…

. Ongoing monitoring will require input from the health care team. It is important to monitor the success of the nutrition process to make sure it is working. This entails monitoring progress, measuring outcomes and evaluating outcomes. Outcome measures that are used are: food and nutrition related history outcomes; anthropometric outcomes; medical tests and procedure outcomes. Would also use nutrition focused and physical data as the outcome. Food and nutrition related history…