What's The Risk?
Patients over the age of ____ are at a greater risk of experiencing a GI bleed
What is the age of 50
FACT OR FICTION? In the United states, GI Bleeding is the most common cause of hospitalization due to GI Disease:
What is FACT
This device is especially suited for the treatment of post polypectomy bleeding, where mechanical compression of the vessel is achieved without causing injury to the underlying tissue.
What are endoscopic clips
True or False: According to the ASGE, a colonoscopy is effective in the diagnosis and the treatment of LGIB and recommended in the early evaluation of severe acute LGIB
This device does not help to prevent bleeds, only works on active bleeds
What is Hemospray
The placement of a ________ on a mucosal defect following the resection of large colon polyp reduces the risk of post procedure bleeding
Endoscopic clip
FACT OR FICTION? Acute GI bleeding accounts for approximately 300,000+ hospital admissions annually in United States
What is FACT
This device delivers thermal energy by completion of an electrical circuit between 2 electrodes on the tip of a probe, acting as a tamponade. It is a bi polar device so the patient does not need to be grounded.
What is a Multipolar Electrocautery Probe (MPEC)
According to the ASGE, this device provides the greatest decrease in re-bleed rates:
What is the endoscopic clip
This system consists of an applicator cap with a mounted over the scope clip and is deployed using a similar technique as band ligation
What are Over the Scope Clips
The annual mortality rate of upper GI bleeds is ____ in patients under the age of 70.
What is 8%
FACT OR FICTION? It is not possible to die from a lower GI bleed
What is FICTION--Lower GI bleeds have a mortality rate of 4%-10%.
This device is designed to capture a lesion or mount of tissue to accomplish tight compression leading to vascular hemostasis, thrombosis, necrosis and eventual sloughing:
What is a bander or band ligator
According to the ASGE, mortality after the index hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis has been reported to be as high as ___, with a ___ mortality associated with subsequent bleeding episodes
What is 50%, 30%
This device has ongoing clinical data for use in the treatment of gastric/rectal varices
What is EUS-Guided Coil Embolization
Polyps in this location of the colon are most at risk of a delayed bleed
Splenic Flexture
FACT OR FICTION? The estimated annual cost of upper GI Bleeds in the United States is around $750 million
What is TRUE
This is a recently developed device similar to hot biopsy forceps, with flattened rotatable jaws
What is a Hemostatic Grasper
According to the ASGE, variceal bleeding is a common and serious complication of ______ hypertension.
What is Portal hypertension
This device identifies vessels under the tissue that are not visible
What is a Doppler Probe