Edward Cay

How should we approach gastric varices? 🤔 ✍️ document classification, size & high-risk stigmata 🩻 obtain contrast-enhanced imaging with portal venous phase 👥 multidisciplinary discussion with hepatology, IR and advanced endoscopy

Option: EUS-guided coil injection therapy  👀 real-time assessment with doppler 💉🧵 hemostatic coils that act as scaffold for injected adjunct  Check it out 👇 “Endoscopic Management of Gastric Varices”  #LFNpearls @Edward_Cay

#LiverFellowNetwork #Hepatology #GI #MedTwitter #Portalhypertension #AdvancedEndoscopy #EndoHepatology #EUS 🔗 aasld.org/liver-fellow-n…

📷🩻Close call ‼️This pic of a toothpick would make anyone worried sick 😦 👀 Check it out: “Pancreas Injury and Abdominal Pain as a Result of Duodenal Perforation by an Ingested Toothpick” @ACGCRJ journals.lww.com/acgcr/fulltext…

😦 Wonder what can transmit these pits ⁉️ 🦠”A Rare Case of Esophageal Pseudodiverticulosis Associated With Cytomegalovirus Esophagitis Presenting With Severe Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding” @ACGCRJ 👉Read more: journals.lww.com/acgcr/fulltext…

💉Caution for GLP-1 / GIP Agonists ❗ 🔥”Tirzepatide-Induced Liver Injury: A Rare Medication Side Effect” @ACGCRJ 👀👉 Check it out: journals.lww.com/acgcr/pages/ar…