Yuval Patel(@yuvalpatelMD) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many ignore rectal bleeding… and assume it’s from an internal hemorrhoid

Rectal bleeding has the highest positive predictive value for cancer or large polyps 😳

There’s only one way to be sure 🔦

And that’s an endoscopic evaluation

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Yuval Patel(@yuvalpatelMD) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Referral for ⬆️ liver tests, male ~40

Labs: iron% low, low nl ferritin, mildly low hgb. No bleeding.

Offer egd/colon (liver inflam ⬆️ ferritin)

3.5 cm bleeding sigmoid polyp, EMR neg margins, tva w/ hgd!

Don’t put blinders at the reason for referral!

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Douglas G. Adler MD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF(@DouglasAdlerMD) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Severe vasculopath with cholecystitis. Not a surgical candidate today, but felt to be one in the future. 7fr x 15 cm double pigtail stent placed through cystic duct at ERCP.

Severe vasculopath with cholecystitis. Not a surgical candidate today, but felt to be one in the future. 7fr x 15 cm double pigtail stent placed through cystic duct at ERCP. #gitwitter #medtwitter #surgery
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Saqr Alsakarneh, MD, MSc(@AlsakarnehSaqr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Publication alert 🚨

Pancreatic stents🔑
📌Stent deformation: 12.4%
📌Migration: 10.4%
📌Breakage: 9.4%
📌Inflammation: 13.4%

Always thankful to the mentorship of Mohammad Bilal, MD Douglas G. Adler MD, FASGE, FACG, AGAF Ala Abdel Jalil

📖 here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Publication alert 🚨 

Pancreatic stents🔑
📌Stent deformation: 12.4%
📌Migration: 10.4%
📌Breakage: 9.4% 
📌Inflammation: 13.4% 

Always thankful to the mentorship of @BilalMohammadMD @DouglasAdlerMD @Jalil_Ala 

📖 here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#GITwitter #MedTwitter
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NYC Transplant Hepatology(@NYC_Tx_Hep) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When it's @donate_4_Life month, the Columbia Medicine Liver Transplantation team shows up IN FORCE! 💪💪💪

Custom @donate_4_life Instagram cutout designed by @NYPhospital 's very own Alyson N. Fox, MD, MSCE!

When it's @donate_4_Life month, the @ColumbiaMed Liver Transplantation team shows up IN FORCE! 💪💪💪

Custom @donate_4_life Instagram cutout designed by @NYPhospital 's very own @Dr_Aly_Fox!

#LiverTwitter #GiTwitter #donate4life
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