1/ Approach to Ascites Thread

▪️3-step approach (PMN, SAAG, protein)
▪️Lab evaluation
▪️Differential by fluid color
▪️Correction for bloody fluid
▪️Ascites DDx square (SAAG x Protein)
▪️Bacterial peritonitis profiles
▪️Runyon’s criteria for secondary infection

#LiverTwitter 👊 This is my own approach.

Here are some other really nice resources I have collected. Sharing below in this thread 👇

2/ @EmoryGastroHep Emoroid Digest

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Don’t forget the amazing app
📲 med.emory.edu/departments/me…
apps.apple.com/us/app/emoroid…

1/ Diverticular disease thread

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

🔸Epidemiology
🔸Anatomy
🔸Lifestyle modifications
🔸Management 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

1/ Collated thread for new GI fellows

⭐️GI Fellow Resources ⭐️

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

📲 bit.ly/3KwqCVG (hyperlinked 📄)

#GITwitter 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-…