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    A 24-year-old male presents to his primary care physician with complaint of bloody diarrhea x 1 week. Preceding this, he had generalized abdominal cramping and increased frequency of stools for two weeks.

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  • Case 14: Burnout

    A 42-year-old female advanced practice provider (APP) presents to her primary physician with a chief complaint of fatigue and feeling “stressed.” She has no chronic medical problems and takes no medication.

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    Your colleagues agreed: the physician-nurse faculty knocked it out of the park for the 2023 GI Unit Leadership course, and we have every intention of keeping it up!

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    91Ƶmembers may submit coding inquiries electronically to codingquestions@asge.org.

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  • Case 13: Eosinophilic Esophagitis

    A 24-year-old male presents to the emergency room with a chief complaint of “I can’t swallow.” He states that while eating dinner, chicken suddenly “got stuck, and I could not swallow.”

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  • Meeting Endoscope Reprocessing Guidelines

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  • Patient Perceptions of Wait Times

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