Small mucosal carcinoma of the stomach with para-aortic lymph node metastasis: a case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:Prophylactic antibiotics have been recommended in patients with a previous history of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). Recently, there has been interest in the use of rifaximin for the prevention of SBP and hepatorenal syndrome (HRS). We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate this association of rifaximin. We s...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kamal F,Khan MA,Khan Z,Cholankeril G,Hammad TA,Lee WM,Ahmed A,Waters B,Howden CW,Nair S,Satapathy SK

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the differences in mortality between terlipressin and somatostatin treatments in cirrhotic patients with esophageal variceal bleeding (EVB) and renal functional impairment (RFI). METHODS:The National Health Insurance Database, part of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program, was used to enroll ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hung TH,Tsai CC,Tseng CW,Tseng KC,Hsieh YH,Tsai CC

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal variceal bleeding can be serious or life threatening. Drug-induced thrombocytopenia can further complicate such bleeding episodes. Thrombocytopenia because of sandostatin has been reported in the literature only once previously. We describe a case of sandostatin-induced reversible thrombocytopenia with a po...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Chisholm S,Gummadi B,Vega KJ,House J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radiolucent pancreatic lithiasis (RPL) has been identified as a different entity from calcified pancreatic lithiasis. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the frequency, characteristics and evolution of RPL. PATIENTS:Between 1983 and 1995, 278 consecutive patients who presented with pancreatic lithiasis ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Barthet M,Daniel R,Bernard JP,Valantin V,Sahel J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate information provided on pregnancy, personal decision making, disease course, and outcome of pregnancy from a patient's perspective in a population of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) attending two general hospitals. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A questionnaire w...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hoekstra J,van Roon AHC,Bekkering FC,van Tilburg AJP,West RL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The prognostic value of p53 protein accumulation in colonic adenomas is still controversial. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the evaluation of p53 protein accumulation in newly diagnosed colonic adenomas could predict the development of metachronous adenomas. DESIGN/METHODS:Fifty-five ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Triantafyllou K,Paspatis GA,Zizi A,Papatheodoridis GV,Tzouvala M,Chlouverakis GJ,Elemenoglou I,Karamanolis DG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are highly prevalent in the general population, with significant symptom overlap, whereas the interaction between both remains poorly understood. We aim to identify the clinical and psychological factors that contribute toward the over...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hsu CS,Liu TT,Wen SH,Wang CC,Yi CH,Chen JH,Lei WY,Orr WC,Fabio P,Chen CL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The occurrence of hepatic encephalopathy is one of the main factors limiting the development and application of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). Our study aimed to verify the efficacy of the albumin-bilirubin score, an objective and simple scoring system, to predict post-TIPS he...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lin X,Gao F,Wu X,Cai W,Chen X,Huang Z

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperuricemia is a significant risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It may also have an impact on the histologic severity of NAFLD. However, data on this association are limited. We conducted this meta-analysis to investigate the relationship of serum uric acid with liver histologic seve...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Jaruvongvanich V,Ahuja W,Wirunsawanya K,Wijarnpreecha K,Ungprasert P

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the influence of recommended therapeutic doses of pantoprazole and omeprazole on meal-stimulated acid secretion. METHODS:In this double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-period crossover study, 12 healthy male volunteers received 40 mg pantoprazole od, 20 mg omeprazole od or placebo at 08:00 h for 5 d...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Dammann HG,Burkhardt F

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through surveillance programmes allows potentially curative therapies such as resection, liver transplantation and percutaneous ablation to be applied in 40% of the patients. In non-surgical candidates, percutaneous treatments are the best therapeutic approach, and may...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Llovet JM,Sala M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the exception of fungi, microbial infections are rare in the oesophagus. Herein, we aimed to systematically assess the distribution and quantity of different antimicrobial host factors as well as, for the first time, functional mucosal antimicrobial activity in the upper gastrointestinal tract. METHODS...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hosaka Y,Koslowski M,Nuding S,Wang G,Schlee M,Schäfer C,Saigenji K,Stange EF,Wehkamp J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many individuals previously diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are likely to be lost to medical follow-up and, therefore, remain untreated despite new highly effective drug treatment, direct acting antivirals. We aim to identify and retrieve these chronic HCV-infected individuals to re-...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Heil J,Soufidi K,Stals F,Frantzen H,Robroek-Schaecken A,Bakker CM,van Nunen AB,Dukers-Muijrers NHTM,Hoebe CJPA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study is to present the contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography findings of hepatic venous outflow obstruction in patients in whom surgery had been performed for hepatic hydatidosis. No patient history of parasitic hepatic venous invasion or earlier hepatic venous outflow obstructi...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Haliloglu N,Erden A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is currently no reliable tool for providing a global measurement of the severity of dyspepsia in patients with a variety of upper gastrointestinal disorders. We have designed a questionnaire which records frequency of symptoms, effect on routine activities, time off work, frequency of medical consultati...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： el-Omar EM,Banerjee S,Wirz A,McColl KE

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the era of screening colonoscopy, assessment of operator competence is warranted. AIM:To evaluate feasibility of a computer simulator (CS) use for assessment of competence in colonoscopy by investigating performance of expert endoscopists at CS. SUBJECTS:Twenty expert endoscopists involved in screening ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Cantù P,Grigolon A,Caparello C,Bravi I,Tenca A,Elvevi A,Nicita MT,Duca P,Conte D,Penagini R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical presentation, biochemical (ascites and serum) and laparoscopic findings, and to assess the efficacy of triple antituberculous therapy without rifampicin for 6 months in patients with tuberculous peritonitis. METHODS:Twenty-six tuberculous peritonitis patients (11 male, 15 female) wit...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Demir K,Okten A,Kaymakoglu S,Dincer D,Besisik F,Cevikbas U,Ozdil S,Bostas G,Mungan Z,Cakaloglu Y

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the published data on novel drug treatments for inflammatory bowel disease. Steroids that are topically active or rapidly metabolized have a definite therapeutic role and have fewer long-term side-effects than other steroids. Methotrexate can promote remission in approximately 50% of patients, but i...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Debinski HS,Kamm MA

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In 30% of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) causes full biochemical normalization, while 70% are incomplete responders. The only differences between the two groups are the significantly higher cholestasis indices in the incomplete responders. In these patients we inves...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Leuschner M,Holtmeier J,Ackermann H,Leuschner U

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Recently, the Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Disability Index (IBD-DI) was developed to assess disability in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Our aim was to validate the Portuguese version of IBD-DI according to the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of the health Measurement INstruments (COSMI...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Soares JB,Pereira R,Costa JM,Arroja B,Gonçalves R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis is an uncommon condition in children and adolescents of unknown aetiology. This syndrome has been reported in 36 cases so far. To our knowledge none of these cases was definitively associated with Crohn's disease. In this report we describe a young female patient who developed Crohn's...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Potamianos S,Koutroubakis IE,Chatzicostas C,Rolles K,Burroughs AK,Kouroumalis EA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) using the pull through technique is the most widely used insertion method. An alternative is a per-oral image-guided gastrostomy (PIG), which may be advantageous in high-risk patients. As there are no large studies comparing PEG against PIG, we wished to analyse mort...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Leeds JS,McAlindon ME,Grant J,Robson HE,Lee FK,Sanders DS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of membrane lipid composition on the susceptibility to bile salt damage and protection. DESIGN:Artificial model cholesterol/phospholipid (c/p) membranes (vesicles) with a varying cholesterol (0-15 mM) and phospholipid content (3-30 mM), and with a c/p ratio ranging up to 1.70, were...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： van de Heijning BJ,van den Broek AM,van Berge-Henegouwen GP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between serum levels of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCAs) and intestinal permeability at a given time (hypothesis 1) and the probability of increased ASCA serum levels with increased intestinal permeability (hypothesis 2) in patients with Crohn's disease. METHODS:E...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Harrer M,Reinisch W,Dejaco C,Kratzer V,Gmeiner M,Miehsler W,Norman GL,Gangl A,Vogelsang H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Correa's hypothesis proposes that gastric carcinogenesis is due to atrophic gastritis and hypochlorhydria which permit gastric bacterial colonization, the reduction of dietary nitrates to nitrites and the formation of potentially carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds (NOCs). OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Viani F,Siegrist HH,Pignatelli B,Cederberg C,Idström JP,Verdu EF,Fried M,Blum AL,Armstrong D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure arises from an imbalance between liver cell death and regeneration. The severity of the insult determines whether liver cells die by apoptosis or necrosis, and this in turn affects the magnitude of the inflammatory reaction. Liver cell death occurs through complex cellular interactions and is media...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Thomson RK,Arthur MJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Under-recognition of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is well documented in AATD-lung disease but is rarely reported in patients with liver cirrhosis requiring liver transplantation. This report examines the frequency of newly diagnosed AATD based on pathologic examination of explanted livers following l...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Shah RS,Alsuleiman B,Bena J,Stoller JK,Wakim-Fleming J

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Calprotectin is a promising diagnostic biomarker for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) among cirrhotic patients, but published studies report a wide variation of its diagnostic accuracy. We systematically searched six databases for eligible studies (i.e., all original studies that reported ascitic calprotectin a...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Dibas M,Rajab AM,Zaghloul MS,Atiah MJ,Aljundi S,Amir A,Saquib N

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) represents a spectrum of clinicopathological entities including alpha-chain disease and other types of lymphoplasmacytic proliferations of the lamina propria of the small intestine, presenting with severe malabsorption. IPSID has been described mainly in t...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Economidou I,Manousos ON,Triantafillidis JK,Vaslamatzis MM,Zafiropoulou R,Papadakis T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) can exert both protective and proinflammatory actions in the gastrointestinal tract. NO, formed physiologically by constitutive NO synthases, regulates vascular tone, protects the microvasculature from injury, and modulates adhesion of inflammatory cells. In contrast, expression of an inducible isofo...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Whittle BJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00