Steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis treated with corticosteroids, metronidazole and vancomycin: a case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cancer in Europe with a mortality rate of almost 50%. The prognosis of patients is largely determined by the clinical and pathological stage at the time of diagnosis. Population screening has been shown to reduce CRC-related mortality rate. Most screening programs w...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Stegeman I,de Wijkerslooth TR,Mallant-Hent RC,de Groot K,Stroobants AK,Fockens P,Mundt M,Bossuyt PM,Dekker E

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Real-time tissue sonoelastography (EG) is a new non-invasive technique that visualizes differences in tissue strain. We evaluated the usefulness of EG in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) by investigating the association between EG and colonoscopic findings and disease activity. METHODS:Thirty-seven UC ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ishikawa D,Ando T,Watanabe O,Ishiguro K,Maeda O,Miyake N,Nakamura M,Miyahara R,Ohmiya N,Hirooka Y,El-Omar EM,Goto H

更新日期：2011-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the outcomes of caustic ingestion differ between children and adults, it is unclear whether such outcomes differ among adults as a function of their age. This retrospective study was performed to ascertain whether the clinical outcomes of caustic ingestion differ significantly between elderly and no...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Chang JM,Liu NJ,Pai BC,Liu YH,Tsai MH,Lee CS,Chu YY,Lin CC,Chiu CT,Cheng HT

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low 25-Hydroxy-vitamin-D; "25(OH)-D3" serum and vitamin D receptor (VDR) levels were recently correlated to advanced fibrosis. However, VDR mechanism in liver fibrosis modulations is not well understood. In this study, we aimed to evaluate changes in liver NK cells cytotoxicity due to modulations in VDR in C...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Salhab A,Amer J,Yinying L,Safadi R

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes are frequently placed in patients to provide enteral nutrition. We report a case of a complete rupture of a PEG tube intra-abdominally with associated peritonitis after more than a month of PEG placement and utilization. To our knowledge, this is a very...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Al Halabi M,Wakim W,Moukaddam H,Husari A

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is common, with surgery as the main curative treatment. The prevalence of chronic liver disease has increased, but knowledge is limited on postoperative mortality in patients with liver disease who undergo CRC surgery. Hence, we examined 30-day mortality after CRC surgery in patients ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Montomoli J,Erichsen R,Christiansen CF,Ulrichsen SP,Pedersen L,Nilsson T,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive inflammatory disorder of the extrahepatic bile ducts leading to the obliteration of bile flow. The purpose of this study was to determine serum adiponectin in BA patients and to investigate the relationship of adiponectin with clinical parameters and liver stiffness scor...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Honsawek S,Chayanupatkul M,Chongsrisawat V,Theamboonlers A,Praianantathavorn K,Udomsinprasert W,Vejchapipat P,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2011-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little data exists on the factors associated with health care seeking behaviour for primary symptoms of colorectal cancer (CRC). This study aimed to identify individual, provider and psychosocial factors associated with (i) ever seeking medical advice and (ii) seeking early medical advice for primary symptom...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Courtney RJ,Paul CL,Sanson-Fisher RW,Macrae FA,Attia J,McEvoy M

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is mutually and bidirectionally linked with metabolic syndrome (MetS) of which it is both the cause and the consequences. Worldwide, 6.3 to 33% of the general populations are estimated to suffer from the disease with even higher prevalence in the group sharing metabo...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pardhe BD,Shakya S,Bhetwal A,Mathias J,Khanal PR,Pandit R,Shakya J,Joshi HO,Marahatta SB

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The gastric lesions of various lymphomas were observed at the cellular level using endocytoscopy. METHODS:Endocytoscopy and magnifying endoscopy with narrow band imaging (NBI) were performed in 17 patients with lymphomas of the stomach. The lesions consisted of 7 with low-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid ti...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Isomoto H,Matsushima K,Hayashi T,Imaizumi Y,Shiota J,Ishii H,Minami H,Ohnita K,Takeshima F,Shikuwa S,Miyazaki Y,Nakao K

更新日期：2013-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal endoscopy may be associated with pain and anxiety. Predictors for high pain scores after endoscopies in children are not known. The aim of our study was to identify risk factors for prolonged recovery and higher pain scores after gastrointestinal endoscopy in children. METHODS:All the child...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Galai T,Yerushalmy-Feler A,Heller NP,Ben-Tov A,Weintraub Y,Amir A,Moran-Lev H,Zac L,Cohen S

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We prepared an oral W/O microemulsion for the removal of colonic ammonia (ME-RCA). The effect of this microemulsion was influenced by the digestion process in the gastrointestinal tract. In this paper, we aim to show that stability was improved by using a microemulsion-based gel for the removal of colonic am...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wang AH,Duan ZJ,Tian G,Lu D,Zhang WJ,He GH,Fang GH

更新日期：2011-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transitional-CpG sites between weakly methylated genes and densely methylated retroelements are overmethylated in the gastric mucosa infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and they are undermethylated in the gastric cancers depending on the level of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) events. This study ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hong SJ,Oh JH,Jeon EJ,Min KO,Kang MI,Choi SW,Rhyu MG

更新日期：2010-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HCC predominantly develops in the condition of chronic inflammation that has led to liver cirrhosis. A small proportion of patients with HCC is diagnosed in the non-cirrhotic liver (NCL). Data on patients with HCC in NCL in advanced stages are scarce. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed comparing...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Schütte K,Schulz C,Poranzke J,Antweiler K,Bornschein J,Bretschneider T,Arend J,Ricke J,Malfertheiner P

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partial External Biliary Diversion (PEBD) is a surgical intervention to treat children with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) and Alagille syndrome (AGS). PEBD can reduce disease progression, and examining the alterations in biliary lipid composition may be a prognostic factor for outcome....

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Emerick KM,Elias MS,Melin-Aldana H,Strautnieks S,Thompson RJ,Bull LN,Knisely As,Whitington PF,Green RM

更新日期：2008-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are many pathological conditions with hepatic iron overload. Classical definite diagnostic methods of these disorders are invasive and based on a direct tissue biopsy material. For the last years the role of MR imaging in liver diagnostics has been increasing. MRI shows changes of liver intensity in pa...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Szurowska E,Sikorska K,Izycka-Swieszewska E,Nowicki T,Romanowski T,Bielawski KP,Studniarek M

更新日期：2010-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of viral subtype on the rate of sustained virological response (SVR) to antiviral therapy in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C genotype 1 subtype 1a and 1b has not been extensively investigated. The aim of this study is to determine whether the HCV genotype 1 subtypes 1a and 1b respon...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pellicelli AM,Romano M,Stroffolini T,Mazzoni E,Mecenate F,Monarca R,Picardi A,Bonaventura ME,Mastropietro C,Vignally P,Andreoli A,Marignani M,D'Ambrosio C,Miglioresi L,Nosotti L,Mitidieri O,Gentilucci UV,Puoti C,Barba

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intussusception (IS) is a form of acute intestinal obstruction that occurs mainly in infants and is usually of unknown cause. An association between IS and the first licensed rotavirus vaccine, a reassortant-tetravalent, rhesus-based rotavirus vaccine (RRV-TV), led to the withdrawal of the vaccine. New rotav...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Sáez-Llorens X,Velázquez FR,Lopez P,Espinoza F,Linhares AC,Abate H,Nuñez E,Venegas G,Vergara R,Jimenez AL,Rivera M,Aranza C,Richardson V,Macias-Parra M,Palacios GR,Rivera L,Ortega-Barria E,Cervantes Y,Rüttimann R,Ru

更新日期：2013-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil, it is estimated that between 2.5 and 4.9% of the general population present anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies, which corresponds to as many as 3.9 to 7.6 million chronic carriers. Chronic liver disease is associated with HCV infection in 20% to 58% of the Brazilian patients. The objective of...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Brandão AB,Fuchs SC

更新日期：2002-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous iron replacement is recommended for iron-deficient patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but may be associated with hypophosphataemia, predisposing to osteomalacia and fractures. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence and risk factors for hypophosphataemia following intravenous ferr...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Fang W,Kenny R,Rizvi QU,McMahon LP,Garg M

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of the crural diaphragm during increased intra-abdominal pressure is not exactly known. We investigated the hypothesis that the crural diaphragm undergoes reflex phasic contraction on elevation of the intra-abdominal pressure with a resulting increase of the lower esophageal pressure and prevention ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shafik A,Shafik AA,El Sibai O,Mostafa RM

更新日期：2004-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:From the morphological appearance, it was impossible to distinguish terminal portal venules from small lymphatic vessels in the portal tract even using histochemical microscopic techniques. Recently, D2-40 was found to be expressed at a high level in lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs). This study was underta...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Yokomori H,Oda M,Kaneko F,Kawachi S,Tanabe M,Yoshimura K,Kitagawa Y,Hibi T

更新日期：2010-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A variety of extra-intestinal manifestations (EIMs), including hepatobiliary complications, are associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been shown to play a potential role in the therapy of IBD. This study was designed to investigate the effect and mechanism of MS...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Niu GC,Liu L,Zheng L,Zhang H,Shih DQ,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is one of the most frequent complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effect of antecolic versus retrocolic reconstruction of gastro/duodenojejunostomy on DGE after PD. METHODS:Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing antec...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhou Y,Lin J,Wu L,Li B,Li H

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic diarrhea in adults is a common symptom with a wide range of underlying etiologies. Although various strategies have been proposed for evaluation, there are still cases with undetermined origins even after extensive workup. Amyloidosis with gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is one of the causes that s...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wang C,Li Y,Jin Y,Zhou W,Zhu Y,Yao F,Qian J

更新日期：2013-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is commonly associated with a disturbance of glucose metabolism. However, there have been conflicting reports on whether the clearance of the HCV may be followed by changes of serum blood glucose and insulin resistance. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Li Y,Wang X,Yu G,Sun H,Lv J,Chi X,Wu R,Gao X,Niu J

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized disorder of unknown etiology affecting the connective tissue of the body. It affects the skin and various internal organs. Gastrointestinal tract involvement is seen in almost 90% of the patients. Esophagus is the most frequently affected part of the gastrointestinal...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Arif T,Masood Q,Singh J,Hassan I

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic gastrointestinal disorder and the evidence for efficacy of most drug therapies in the treatment of IBS is weak. A popular alternative is probiotics, which have been used in several conditions. including IBS. Probiotics are live microbial food supplements.The...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hoveyda N,Heneghan C,Mahtani KR,Perera R,Roberts N,Glasziou P

更新日期：2009-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence on the role of gut microbiota in post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) is convincing. Lactobacillus spp. positively affect IBS symptoms, although the mechanisms through which probiotics exert their beneficial effects are largely unknown. The aim of the study is to evaluate the role o...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Compare D,Rocco A,Coccoli P,Angrisani D,Sgamato C,Iovine B,Salvatore U,Nardone G

更新日期：2017-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare chronic cholestatic liver disease often associated with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Current epidemiological data are limited to studies of predominantly Caucasian populations. Our aim was to define the epidemiology of PSC in a large, ethnically diverse US...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Toy E,Balasubramanian S,Selmi C,Li CS,Bowlus CL

更新日期：2011-07-18 00:00:00