A systematic review and meta-analysis: probiotics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capillary patterns (CP) observed by magnifying Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) are useful for differentiating non-adenomatous from adenomatous colorectal polyps. However, there are few studies concerning the effectiveness of magnifying NBI for determining the depth of invasion in early colorectal neoplasms. We aim...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ikematsu H,Matsuda T,Emura F,Saito Y,Uraoka T,Fu KI,Kaneko K,Ochiai A,Fujimori T,Sano Y

更新日期：2010-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with advanced cirrhosis of the liver typically display circulatory disturbance. Haemodynamic management may be critical for avoiding and treating functional renal failure in such patients. This study investigated the effects of plasma expansion with hyperoncotic albumin solution and the role of stat...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Umgelter A,Wagner K,Reindl W,Nurtsch N,Huber W,Schmid RM

更新日期：2008-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation and immune activation have repeatedly been suggested as pathogentic factors in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The driving force for immune activation in IBS remains unknown. The aim of our study was to find out if the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia could be involved in the pathogenes...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Dlugosz A,Törnblom H,Mohammadian G,Morgan G,Veress B,Edvinsson B,Sandström G,Lindberg G

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the safety, efficacy and outcomes of fast-track rehabilitation applied to gastric cancer proximal, distal and total gastrectomy. METHODS:Eighty consecutive patients undergoing gastric cancer resection performed by a single surgeon, received perioperative multimodal rehabilitation. Demographic an...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Song JX,Tu XH,Wang B,Lin C,Zhang ZZ,Lin LY,Wang L

更新日期：2014-08-18 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: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:Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is an immune-complex mediated vasculitis characterized by neutrophilic inflammation and nuclear debris in post capillary venules. LCV is a rare dermatologic manifestation of Crohn's disease (CD) and may occur with the onset of the disease or any time after the diagnosis incl...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Buck M,Dumic I,McDermott W,Nordstrom C,Dawan S,Virata A,Martin S,Hudson A,Milovanovic T,Nordin T

更新日期：2020-07-29 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 rate of H. pylori infection in Vietnam is reportedly high, but the spectrum of H. pylori-associated gastroduodenal diseases has not been systematically investigated. Moreover, despite the similarities of ethnicity and diet, the age-standardized incidence rate of gastric cancer in the northern city of Han...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Nguyen TL,Uchida T,Tsukamoto Y,Trinh DT,Ta L,Mai BH,Le SH,Thai KD,Ho DD,Hoang HH,Matsuhisa T,Okimoto T,Kodama M,Murakami K,Fujioka T,Yamaoka Y,Moriyama M

更新日期：2010-09-30 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:Infliximab is usually administered by two monthly intravenous (iv) infusions, therefore requiring visits to hospital. Adalimumab is administered by self subcutaneous (sc) injections every other week. Both of these anti-TNF drugs appear to be equally efficacious in the treatment of Crohn's Disease and therefo...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Allen PB,Lindsay H,Tham TC

更新日期：2010-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A validated histopathological tool to precisely evaluate bowel fibrosis in patients with Crohn's disease is lacking. We attempted to establish a new index to quantify the severity of bowel fibrosis in patients with Crohn's disease-associated fibrostenosis. METHODS:We analyzed the histopathological data of 3...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Li XH,Fang ZN,Guan TM,Lin JJ,Sun CH,Huang SY,Mao R,Lu BL,Cao QH,Feng ST,Li ZP

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:There is a discrepancy between west and east on the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study aimed to find out the possible reason for this and to clarify the association between NAFLD and CKD by analyzing two population-based datasets from ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhang M,Lin S,Wang MF,Huang JF,Liu SY,Wu SM,Zhang HY,Wu ZM,Liu WY,Zhang DC,Hao CM,Zhu YY,Zheng MH,Wang XZ

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoprotein 2 (GP2) was discovered as the major autoantigen of Crohn's disease (CD)-specific pancreatic autoantibodies (PAB). We investigated anti-GP2 IgA and IgG antibodies as novel serological parameters in CD and assessed their association with distinct disease phenotypes. METHODS:Anti-GP2 and anti-Sacc...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Bogdanos DP,Roggenbuck D,Reinhold D,Wex T,Pavlidis P,von Arnim U,Malfertheiner P,Forbes A,Conrad K,Laass MW

更新日期：2012-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is an often-used and safe diagnostic method in gastroenterology. Transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy is now an established addition to the endoscopic instrumentarium. Although the two examination methods can be used alongside each other, there is a lack of studies on the comparab...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Aymaz S,Krakamp B,Kirschberg O,Lefering R

更新日期：2010-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disturbances are increasingly recognized as a common problem for children and adolescents with chronic pain conditions, but little is known about the prevalence, type, and impact of sleep problems in pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). The objectives of the current study were two-f...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Schurman JV,Friesen CA,Dai H,Danda CE,Hyman PE,Cocjin JT

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vedolizumab has become a standard treatment for the inflammatory bowel diseases ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). However, there is an ongoing debate on the ideal individual treatment algorithms and means to predict treatment response are not routinely established. AIMS:We aimed to describe ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Mühl L,Becker E,Müller TM,Atreya R,Atreya I,Neurath MF,Zundler S

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute pancreatitis (AP) is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Current severity scores include multiple variables and some of them are only complete within 48 h of admission. Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a simple and routine parameter that seems to be related to inflammatory status....

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Gravito-Soares M,Gravito-Soares E,Gomes D,Almeida N,Tomé L

更新日期：2018-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells (UC-OGC) is an extremely uncommon pancreatic neoplasm that comprises less than 1% of all exocrine pancreatic tumors. To date, cases and data from whole-exome sequencing (WES) analysis have been reported by specific studies. We report a case of pancr...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Yang G,Yin J,Ou K,Du Q,Ren W,Jin Y,Peng L,Yang L

更新日期：2020-06-26 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:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) rarely metastasizes to the brain; therefore, the features of brain metastasis of PDAC are still unknown. We encountered simultaneous metastases to the brain and lung in a PDAC patient after curative surgery. Case presentation A 68-year-old man with PDAC in the tail of ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Oka Y,Takano S,Kouchi Y,Furukawa K,Takayashiki T,Kuboki S,Suzuki D,Sakai N,Kagawa S,Hosokawa I,Mishima T,Konishi T,Kishimoto T,Ohtsuka M

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare multisystem non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis that is characterized histologically by xanthogranulomatous infiltrates and radiologically by symmetrical sclerosis of long bones. The xanthomatous process is characterized by prominent foamy histiocytes staining positive f...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pan A,Doyle T,Schlup M,Lubcke R,Schultz M

更新日期：2011-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a risk factor for colorectal neoplasms. Our goal is to explore the relationship between NAFLD and colorectal cancer (CRC) and to analyze potential indicators for screening CRC in NAFLD based on clinical big data. METHODS:Demographic information and routine clinica...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Yang R,Chen Y,Chen X

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calprotectin is a stable neutrophil protein, which can be measured in faecal samples. The faecal level of calprotectin increases during disease activity in ulcerative colitis (UC). Nonetheless, the relevance of faecal calprotectin (FC) measurement during granulomonocytapheresis (GMA) for UC has not yet been ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shimoyama T,Yamamoto T,Umegae S,Matsumoto K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gallstone disease (GSD) is a common gastrointestinal disorder throughout the world. The authors explored the incidence of GSD in Taiwan and its condition-associated predictive factors. METHODS:The initial study cohort comprised 2386 healthy adult participants, who were voluntarily admitted to a teaching hos...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Chen JY,Hsu CT,Liu JH,Tung TH

更新日期：2014-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a rare neoplasm that originates from follicular dendritic cells in lymphoid tissue while paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is an autoimmune blistering disease associated with neoplasms. Pancreatic FDCS associated with PNP and myasthenia gravis (MG) is even rarer and h...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lu T,Song B,Pu H,Li X,Chen Q,Yang C

更新日期：2019-06-14 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:Perianal fistula surgery can damage the anal sphincters which may cause faecal incontinence. By measuring regional pressures, 3D-HRAM potentially provides better guidance for surgical strategy in patients with perianal fistulas. The aim was to measure regional anal pressures with 3D-HRAM and to compare these...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Felt-Bersma RJF,Vlietstra MS,Vollebregt PF,Han-Geurts IJM,Rempe-Sorm V,Vander Mijnsbrugge GJH,Molenaar CBH

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combination of boceprevir or telaprevir with peginterferon-alfa and ribavirin for the treatment of patients infected with HCV genotype 1 has led to significantly increased rates of sustained virological response (SVR) in phase III trials. There is only limited data regarding the safety and efficacy in a ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wehmeyer MH,Eißing F,Jordan S,Röder C,Hennigs A,Degen O,Hüfner A,Hertling S,Schmiedel S,Sterneck M,van Lunzen J,Lohse AW,Schulze zur Wiesch J,Lüth S

更新日期：2014-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is one of the most commonly used methods in the assessment of cognitive mental status. MMSE has been used in hepatology but its usefulness in the evaluation of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) has never been properly assessed. The aim of the study was to investigate the value ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Koziarska D,Wunsch E,Milkiewicz M,Wójcicki M,Nowacki P,Milkiewicz P

更新日期：2013-07-02 00:00:00