Article Type
Changed
Thu, 05/20/2021 - 12:01

Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses. The following is a preview of a recent popular clinical discussion.  

In the post “Cessation of surveillance colonoscopy,” Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo, MD, asked the following:Wanted to get your thoughts on how you approach stopping surveillance colonoscopy for older adults. Do you use decision support tools, assessing life-expectancy, prior polyp history, etc? Or is it more practical to defer to PCP for goals of care discussion prior to surveillance colonoscopy at certain age (eg 75 or 80)?See how AGA members responded and join the discussion: https://community.gastro.org/posts/24089.

Publications
Topics
Sections

Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses. The following is a preview of a recent popular clinical discussion.  

In the post “Cessation of surveillance colonoscopy,” Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo, MD, asked the following:Wanted to get your thoughts on how you approach stopping surveillance colonoscopy for older adults. Do you use decision support tools, assessing life-expectancy, prior polyp history, etc? Or is it more practical to defer to PCP for goals of care discussion prior to surveillance colonoscopy at certain age (eg 75 or 80)?See how AGA members responded and join the discussion: https://community.gastro.org/posts/24089.

Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses. The following is a preview of a recent popular clinical discussion.  

In the post “Cessation of surveillance colonoscopy,” Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo, MD, asked the following:Wanted to get your thoughts on how you approach stopping surveillance colonoscopy for older adults. Do you use decision support tools, assessing life-expectancy, prior polyp history, etc? Or is it more practical to defer to PCP for goals of care discussion prior to surveillance colonoscopy at certain age (eg 75 or 80)?See how AGA members responded and join the discussion: https://community.gastro.org/posts/24089.

Publications
Publications
Topics
Article Type
Sections
Disallow All Ads
Content Gating
No Gating (article Unlocked/Free)
Alternative CME
Disqus Comments
Default
Use ProPublica
Hide sidebar & use full width
render the right sidebar.
Conference Recap Checkbox
Not Conference Recap
Clinical Edge
Display the Slideshow in this Article
Medscape Article
Display survey writer
Reuters content
Disable Inline Native ads
WebMD Article