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Orlando Health
Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute
Shyam Varadarajulu is a Gastroenterologist in Orlando, Florida. Varadarajulu has been practicing medicine for over 30 years and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in Endoscopy. He is also highly rated in 31 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hereditary Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Acute Pancreatitis, Endoscopy, and Stent Placement. He is licensed to treat patients in Florida. Varadarajulu is currently accepting new patients.
Medical University of South Carolina Health System
Ashley River Tower
Gregory Cote is a Gastroenterologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Cote has been practicing medicine for over 22 years and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in Endoscopy. He is also highly rated in 27 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction, Endoscopy, and Gallbladder Removal. He is licensed to treat patients in Missouri, South Carolina, Indiana, and Oregon. Cote is currently accepting new patients.
Medical University of South Carolina Health System
Ashley River Tower
Badih Elmunzer is a Gastroenterologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Elmunzer has been practicing medicine for over 21 years and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in Endoscopy. He is also highly rated in 28 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Choledocholithiasis, Endoscopy, and Stent Placement. He is licensed to treat patients in South Carolina and Michigan. Elmunzer is currently accepting new patients.
Background: Some people have a mutation in the CDH1 gene that is known to lead to stomach cancer. They are advised to get regular endoscopies with biopsies even if their stomach appears normal. The endoscopy method currently used is called the 'Cambridge Method.' Researchers want to test a new method called the 'Bethesda Protocol.'
Summary: Frailty is a common clinical syndrome in older adults that may carry an increased risk for poor health outcomes including falls, hospitalisation, and mortality. Having a colonoscopy can be associated with potential adverse outcomes in frail patients. At present, however, frailty is not routinely assessed in gastroenterological clinical practice. In a prospective randomised controlled study consent...