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Chief Army GI Fellow @SAUSHEC_GI | Husband | Girl Dad x2 | @ACG_EBGI Ambassador | Interests: QI, Pickleball, & #MedEd | via @IUMedSchool & @WheatonCollege
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Aug 18, 2023 15 tweets 6 min read
1/ Diverticular disease thread

▪️Asymptomatic diverticulosis
▪️Acute diverticulitis
▪️Recurrent diverticulitis
▪️Smoldering diverticulitis
▪️Complicated diverticulitis
▪️SUDD
▪️SCAD
▪️Diverticular hemorrhage

🔸Epidemiology
🔸Anatomy
🔸Lifestyle modifications
🔸Management Image 2/ Epidemiology

▪️Diverticulosis is common
▪️“60% by age 60”
▪️Acute diverticulitis is “uncommon”
▪️Costly disease
▪️Uncomplicated tics rarely evolve
▪️Recurrent disease is likely
▪️Complications occur at 1st episode Image
May 1, 2023 10 tweets 11 min read
1/ Collated thread for new GI fellows

⭐️GI Fellow Resources ⭐️

▪️Websites
▪️Guidelines
▪️Apps
▪️Podcasts
▪️Textbooks
▪️Board study
▪️Social media

📲 bit.ly/3KwqCVG (hyperlinked 📄)

#GITwitter Image 2/ Advice for First Year Fellows

▪️Build management algorithms
▪️Read on 🔦, 🔬, 🩻
▪️Use 📚 study resources
▪️Register for ASGE first yr course
▪️Review basic anatomy
▪️Invest in GI endoscopy atlas
▪️Develop system of 🔬 tracking
▪️Mentor & network

🔗 giejournal.org/article/S0016-… Image