Update in medical therapy of ulcerative colitis: a practical approach.

abstract：GOALS:To understand the degree to which psychosocial factors were preventing veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus from being eligible for antiviral treatment. BACKGROUND:Nearly 2% of the US population is infected with hepatitis C. Antiviral treatment requires substantial adherence despite challenging side effects. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Rowan PJ,Tabasi S,Abdul-Latif M,Kunik ME,El-Serag HB

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old white woman developed diabetes mellitus, migratory erythema, and anemia, clinical features suggesting the presence of a "glucagonoma." Ten years earlier, after laparotomy and pancreatic biopsy, she had been told that she had an inoperable pancreatic carcinoma. Review of that biopsy together with current ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Pitchumoni CS,Thelmo W,Ahmed KS,Kumar A,Davidian M,Einhorn R,Adler J,McCarthy J

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few alternative treatments are available for those patients with autoimmune chronic active hepatitis who fail to respond to the conventional treatment of corticosteroids. Such patients have a poor prognosis and frequently require liver transplantation. We report a patient with autoimmune hepatitis who failed treatment...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Person JL,McHutchison JG,Fong TL,Redeker AG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of probiotics in diarrheal diseases of children is increasing. Probiotics, mostly lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, but also the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii, have been tried in many double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled studies, and several well-conducted meta-analyses ar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Guandalini S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aortoesophageal fistula is a rare cause of severe and often fatal gastrointestinal bleeding. The classic diagnostic triad consists of midthoracic pain and sentinel hemorrhage, followed by fatal exsanguination. A prompt, definitive diagnosis at the time of the initial bleeding episode is essential for timely, l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Khawaja FI,Varindani MK

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We highlight one medical center's experiences with primary malignancies of the small bowel. During a 27-year period, 79 patients were treated for small bowel tumors. Of these, 15 (20%) were lost to follow-up; thus, 64 patients were reviewed retrospectively with emphasis on histological distribution and their topograph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ojha A,Zacherl J,Scheuba C,Jakesz R,Wenzl E

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of meningitis is unknown in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. GOALS:We aimed to determine the incidence of and risk factors for meningitis in IBD patients. STUDY:We conducted a retrospective cohort and nested case-control study in the Quintiles IMS Legacy PharMetrics Adjudicated C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kochar B,Jiang Y,Long MD

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) is a mitochondrial-matrix enzyme that catalyzes conversion of ornithine and carbamyl phosphate to citrulline, the second step in the urea cycle. The urea cycle is the most important pathway to detoxification of ammonia in human beings. Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Trivedi M,Zafar S,Spalding MJ,Jonnalagadda S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To determine whether the presence of dupA Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) influences the cure rate of primary eradication therapy. BACKGROUND:Several virulence factors of H. pylori have been reported to affect the efficacy of the eradication rate. However, no study has investigated whether the presence of dupA a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shiota S,Nguyen LT,Murakami K,Kuroda A,Mizukami K,Okimoto T,Kodama M,Fujioka T,Yamaoka Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOAL:To study the rate at which Helicobacter pylori infection is treated in an immigrant cohort after diagnosis by esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and is especially prevalent in East Asia; immigrants from this part of the world remain a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Cho A,Chaudhry A,Minsky-Primus L,Tso A,Perez-Perez G,Diehl DL,Marcus SG,Gany FM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) frequently report chronic pelvic pain, however, it is still unanswered whether these are truly separate entities. IBS negatively impacts on quality of life, but the impact of IBS on sexual function is not clear. GOALS:We aimed to (1) describe the impact of IBS on se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Choung RS,Herrick LM,Locke GR 3rd,Zinsmeister AR,Talley NJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOAL:Our aim was to investigate fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) efficacy in patients with severe and/or complicated Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). BACKGROUND:FMT is successful for recurrent CDI, although its benefit in severe or complicated CDI has not specifically been evaluated. STUDY METHODS:A multi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Aroniadis OC,Brandt LJ,Greenberg A,Borody T,Kelly CR,Mellow M,Surawicz C,Cagle L,Neshatian L,Stollman N,Giovanelli A,Ray A,Smith R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between diverticular disease of the colon and the colorectal cancer has been studied for >60 years. Observational, cross-sectional, and case-control studies as well as large population-based studies gave conflicting results and association was not fully proven. Obtaining the proof was difficult because bo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Regula J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional abdominal bloating is a condition dominated by a feeling of abdominal fullness or bloating and without sufficient criteria for another functional gastrointestinal disorder. The currently used therapeutic approaches aim to reduce the volume of intestinal gas, thus increasing intestinal gas elimination or red...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Di Stefano M,Miceli E,Armellini E,Missanelli A,Corazza GR

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection has proven to be extraordinarily difficult to eradicate. Antimicrobial monotherapies have been particularly disappointing, with most eradication rates in the range of 0-15%. Clarithromycin has potential advantages over other macrolides to which H. pylori is susceptible because of its acid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Graham DY,Opekun AR,Klein PD

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the successful FDA approval of sorafenib as the standard of care therapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), its clinical benefits have been modest. The mortality rate remains high and prognosis poor for patients with advanced-stage HCC. The exact mechanism of sorafenib in the treatment o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lee JK,Abou-Alfa GK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is absent in the antrum of approximately 5, 25, and 35% of patients with duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, and non-ulcer dyspepsia respectively and in the majority of asymptomatic healthy subjects from the West. The absence of H. pylori from the antrum could result from failure of exposure to (Group A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Desai HG,Gill HH

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOAL:The purpose of this study was to characterize outcomes of esophagorespiratory fistulas (ERF) by etiology and initial treatment strategy. BACKGROUND:ERF is a morbid condition for which optimal treatment strategies and outcomes are still in evolution. STUDY:Medical records and images were reviewed for all patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lenz CJ,Bick BL,Katzka D,Nichols FC,Depew ZS,Wong Kee Song LM,Baron TH,Buttar NS,Maldonado F,Enders FT,Harmsen WS,Dierkhising RA,Topazian MD

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single technological advancement that Bravo pH monitoring offers over conventional pH monitoring is the elimination of the transnasal catheter. This was not a trivial advance in terms of technologic achievement. Development of a delivery system that could temporarily place a wireless capsule on the esophageal muco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Pandolfino JE,Kwiatek MA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of hepatitis C virus (HCV) with neoplasia is not completely understood. Hepatitis C virus is hepatolymphotrophic. It is considered an inducing factor of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is associated with various types of lymphomas. We describe a patient with HCV cirrhosis who developed gastric lymph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shapira MY,Muszkat M,Braunstein I,Gotsman I

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoid metastases in the liver are typically solid, hypervascular lesions. We report 3 cases of cystic carcinoid tumors in the liver with radiographic findings. Two were metastatic from primary carcinoid tumors of the small intestine and one was not associated with any extra hepatic lesion at presentation or during...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Salamone L,McCarthy S,Salem RR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fifty-year-old woman with abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss ultimately required exploratory laparotomy. The entire small intestine was extensively infiltrated by poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; mesenteric lymph nodes and surrounding omentum were involved, but no extragastrointestinal tumor was found. A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hansen RM,Lewis JD,Janjan NA,Komorowski RA

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/GOALS:Many patients with a history of injection drug use (IDU) are excluded from hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment. This prospective multicenter study aimed to determine the impact of IDU history on HCV treatment candidacy and outcomes. STUDY:Between 1999 and 2001, 4318 HCV-infected patients seen at 24 VA M...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Seal KH,Currie SL,Shen H,Anand BS,Bini EJ,Brau N,Jeffers L,Wright TL,VA HCV-001 Study Group.

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) is a rare lympho-proliferative disorder of the upper small intestine. It is considered a special form of MALT lymphoma with propensity to malignant transformation. This disorder is rare in pediatric literature. We report a case of IPSID in a 16-year-old boy with low...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Zamir A,Parasher G,Moukarzel AA,Guarini L,Zeien L,Feldman F

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common hepatic malignancy worldwide. The primary risk factor for the development of HCC is cirrhosis. Even patients without cirrhosis who develop HCC are typically found to have some underlying hepatic abnormality, such as steatohepatitis or chronic viral hepatitis. Although ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Nissen NN,Martin P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For patients with Crohn's disease (CD) who have colonoscopy during periods of clinical remission, the utility of taking ileocolonic biopsy specimens to assess disease activity is disputed. GOALS:We explored the clinical implications of histologic disease activity in such patients. STUDY:We reviewed medical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Brennan GT,Melton SD,Spechler SJ,Feagins LA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:We compare bowel cleanliness in patients taking same-day versus split-dose 4-L polyethylene glycol laxative for afternoon colonoscopy. Secondary objectives included patient satisfaction, adverse effects and patient tolerability. BACKGROUND:Afternoon colonoscopies have been associated with inadequate bowel prepar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Castro FJ,Al-Khairi B,Singh H,Mohameden M,Tandon K,Lopez R

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To evaluate clinical, biochemical, and radiologic parameters at admission, which predict the development of acute pseudocyst (AP) after acute pancreatitis. BACKGROUND:There is limited data on factors that predict the development of AP. STUDY:Seventy-five consecutive patients with AP were prospectively enrolled ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Poornachandra KS,Bhasin DK,Nagi B,Sinha SK,Rana SS,Shafiq N,Greer K,Gupta R,Kang M,Malhotra S,Singh K

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a paucity of data on the long-term behavior of dyspepsia, endoscopic findings, and gastroduodenal histology in patients with or without Helicobacter pylori colonization. We evaluated these parameters during a period of 7 to 19 years (average, 12.3 years) by baseline and follow-up studies. In 36 patients studi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： DeLuca VA Jr,West AB,Haque S,Katz DL,Ciarolla D,Goldenberg S,Fette G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial cells of the stomach and duodenum are normally protected from the damaging effects of acid and pepsin by a balancing mechanism of mucosal resistance. If an imbalance occurs, peptic ulcer may result. Traditional teaching has emphasized the importance of acid (and pepsin) as the cause of this imbalance; h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Peterson WL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00