Biliary giardiasis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) sites on morbidity and mortality is uncertain. AIM:We investigated the impact of known prior MRSA colonization on the incidence of symptomatic PEG site wound infection and mortality. M...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Mainie I,Loughrey A,Watson J,Tham TC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To assess the effect of unilateral versus bilateral lung transplantation (LTx) on esophageal motility and gastroesophageal reflux, and the association with the development of obstructive chronic lung allograft dysfunction (o-CLAD). BACKGROUND:We have shown that esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction, incom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tangaroonsanti A,Lee AS,Vela MF,Crowell MD,Erasmus D,Keller C,Mallea J,Alvarez F,Almansa C,DeVault KR,Houghton LA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has had a major impact on molecular biology and is beginning to change our perception of certain disease processes and diagnostic tests. PCR allows the identification and amplification of very rare nucleic acid sequences. This is resulting in our identification of previously elusive inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hayashi PH,Zeldis JB

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance is an integral part of the underlying pathophysiology in most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Insulin-sensitizing agents are therefore likely to be of key importance in the treatment of this disorder, especially in the histologically more severe form known as nonalcoholic ste...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Caldwell SH,Argo CK,Al-Osaimi AM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxic hepatitis (HH) occurring after gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhotic patients has been scarcely studied and is reported as a rare occurrence carrying a severe prognosis. The management of bleeding from esophageal varices (BEV) and similarly the prognosis has improved in the last decades. GOALS:To e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Amitrano L,Guardascione MA,Martino R,Manguso F,Menchise A,Balzano A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses gastrointestinal manifestations of parathyroid diseases. Parathyroid hormone is the primary regulator of calcium physiology. Hypoparathyroidism can be idiopathic, hereditary, or secondary to surgery in the neck. Hyperparathyroidism is usually from adenomas or hyperplasia. Hypoparathyroidism is as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ebert EC

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old man had fever, weight loss, malaise, right upper quadrant pain, lymphadenopathy, and a twofold elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase, transaminases, and gamma glutamyl transpeptidase. Granulomas were found on liver biopsy after 2 1/2 months of illness. Treatment with isoniazid and rifampin for 2 months...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Biest S,Schubert TT

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic cavernous hemangioma is the most common benign tumor of the liver. Appropriate management of this tumor remains a controversial topic. We have accumulated a number of cases with successful management of local hepatic tumors. Here we report a case where we performed an ultrasound-guided percutaneous radiofreque...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tak WY,Park SY,Jeon SW,Cho CM,Kweon YO,Kim SK,Choi YH,Chung JM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are rare pancreatic neoplasms comprising only 1% to 2% of all pancreatic tumors. In recent years, the number of incidentally discovered PNETs has greatly increased given the widespread use of axial imaging. However, a significant proportion of PNETs may not be visualized on con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Rustagi T,Farrell JJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 3-year period, arteriovenous malformations (angiodysplasia) were identified at upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in 41 patients. The lesions were multiple in one-third of patients and were predominantly situated in the proximal stomach. We considered angiodysplasia to be the cause of upper gastrointestinal bleed...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Marwick T,Kerlin P

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of digestive tract disorders, such as chronic active gastritis, peptic ulceration, gastric cancer, and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is dependent on many factors, including bacterial genotype, host physiology and gene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Makola D,Peura DA,Crowe SE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the technique and results of vertical banded gastroplasty in 86 morbidly obese patients. At 12 months, the patients had lost a mean of 57% of their excess body weight; 36 months, they had lost 70%. The most severe early complication was perforation of the esophagus. Other complications included disruption of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Bogokowsky H,Slutzki S,Waron M,Abramsohn R,Halpern Z,Negri M,Zaidenstein L

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical effect of probiotics on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is still controversial. AIMS:We aimed to evaluate the effects of a probiotic mixture on IBS symptoms and the composition of fecal microbiota in patients with diarrhea-dominant IBS (D-IBS). METHODS:Fifty patients with D-IBS were randomized ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ki Cha B,Mun Jung S,Hwan Choi C,Song ID,Woong Lee H,Joon Kim H,Hyuk J,Kyung Chang S,Kim K,Chung WS,Seo JG

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ranitidine and cimetidine are competitive antagonists of histamine at H2-receptor sites in the gastric mucosa. Both drugs reduce output of basal and stimulated gastric acid and pepsin secretion in normal healthy subjects and duodenal ulcer patients. Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic differences exist between the dru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Richards DA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several epidemiologic studies of Crohn's Disease (CD) from the northern hemisphere show high rates of the disease among Jews. Israel has absorbed many Jews from those countries and the rates of CD in Israel are lower than in their place of birth. Important, too, among immigrants from the middle east Mediterranean coun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shapira M,Tamir A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome not clinically evident and without esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension are presented. The diagnosis was made by real-time ultrasonography, which showed echographic caput medusae with large afferent umbilical veins and efferent inferio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Caturelli E,Sperandeo G,Squillante MM,Mangia A,Gabbrielli L

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection may play a role in the development of gastric cancer; however, a quantitative evaluation of the density of H. pylori infection has not been reported previously in relation to the histologic stage and type of cancer. This study was designed to compare the density of H. pylori infection to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tokunaga Y,Shirahase H,Hoppou T,Kitaoka A,Tokuka A,Ohsumi K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To determine the proportion of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease who are on proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) who could reduce their prior dosage by half, and identify predictors of successful step-down. BACKGROUND:Appropriate hypergastrinemia results from gastric acid inhibition. A gender difference in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Helgadóttir H,Metz DC,Lund SH,Gizurarson S,Jacobsen EI,Asgeirsdóttir GA,Yngadóttir Y,Björnsson ES

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) in colonic mucosal cells was investigated in 7 patients and 10 controls. Biopsies obtained from the descending colon were isolated biochemically by a special technique and the suspension of isolated colonic cells was incubated during 45 min. Compared w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Baumeister B,Schmidt C,Helisch A,Kipnowski J

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C RNA testing has been used extensively to assess the efficacy of antiviral therapy and has increasingly become an integral part of clinical management of patients with chronic hepatitis C. A variety of commercially available hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA tests are used to detect HCV RNA qualitatively or quant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hadziyannis E,Hadziyannis A,Yen-Lieberman B,Kiwi ML,Hodnick S,Spanou F,Starkey C,Younossi ZM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:We intended to identify the factors associated with missed appointments at a gastroenterology (GI) clinic in an academic setting. BACKGROUND:Missed clinic appointments reduce clinic efficiency, waste resources, and increase costs. Limited data exist on subspecialty clinic attendance. STUDY:We performed a case-c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shrestha MP,Hu C,Taleban S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:We investigated changes in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) level and its correlation with clinical outcomes in treatment-naive chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients undergoing entecavir therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Among 51 hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive treatment-naive CHB patients receiving ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Jung YK,Kim JH,Lee YS,Lee HJ,Yoon E,Jung ES,Hong SK,Joo MK,Yeon JE,Park JJ,Kim JS,Bak YT,Byun KS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecal incontinence (FI), defined as the involuntary loss of solid or liquid feces through the anus is a prevalent condition with significant effects on quality of life. FI can affect individuals of all ages and in many cases greatly impairs quality of life but, incontinent patients should not accept their debility as ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Guillaume A,Salem AE,Garcia P,Chander Roland B

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Probiotic supplementation seems to provide beneficial effects in the prevention and treatment of radiation-induced diarrhea. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the efficacy of probiotic supplementation for prevention and treatment of radiation-induced diarrhea. METHODS:T...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Fuccio L,Guido A,Eusebi LH,Laterza L,Grilli D,Cennamo V,Ceroni L,Barbieri E,Bazzoli F

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOAL:We hypothesized that sleeping left-side down with the head/torso elevated reduces recumbent gastroesophageal reflux (GER). BACKGROUND:Previous studies show that sleeping with head of bed elevated or on wedge reduces GER and lying left-side down reduces GER versus right-side down and supine. No prior studies have ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Person E,Rife C,Freeman J,Clark A,Castell DO

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an ulcerated gastric wall mass ultimately found to be splenosis is presented in which the index patient had endoscopic and endoscopic ultrasonographic evaluation prior to resection. Although no visual features identified this mass as a splenic implant preoperatively, the lesion appeared to be atypical for le...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Deutsch JC,Sandhu IS,Lawrence SP

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans characteristically affects small- and medium-sized vessels of the limbs in young smokers. There is some controversy about the existence of visceral localizations of the disease. The case of a patient with a well-established diagnosis of thromboangiitis obliterans who presented with mesenteri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hassoun Z,Lacrosse M,De Ronde T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To assess the impact of interferon treatment on celiac disease onset in hepatitis C patients and to clarify its clinical relevance and outcome. BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C is associated with autoimmunity, which can be exacerbated by interferon treatment. Cases of celiac disease activation during interferon treatment ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Durante-Mangoni E,Iardino P,Resse M,Cesaro G,Sica A,Farzati B,Ruggiero G,Adinolfi LE

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty cases of nongangrenous ischemic colitis were studied to find the different clinical features between stricturing form and transient form. Clinical and laboratory findings were compared between two groups, 15 cases of stricturing form and 25 of transient form, which were diagnosed by follow-up barium enema radiog...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Iida M,Matsui T,Fuchigami T,Iwashita A,Yao T,Fujishima M

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertriglyceridemia has been positively associated with the risk of acute pancreatitis (AP), but whether increased triglyceride (TG) levels are associated with the severity of AP remains unknown. To this, a meta-analysis was conducted to assess the effect of elevated serum TG on the prognosis of AP. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Wang Q,Wang G,Qiu Z,He X,Liu C

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00