Contrast-enhanced power Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis and follow-up of inflammatory abdominal masses in Crohn's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In western and northern but not southern Europe, the prevalence of coeliac disease among patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is higher than in the general population. We analysed the prevalence of coeliac disease among patients with PBC in Poland, a central European country. METHODS:In 115 patient...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Habior A,Lewartowska A,Orłowska J,Zych W,Sankowska M,Bauer A,Butruk E

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported to be a risk marker of morbidity and mortality for cardiovascular diseases in various study populations. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is also a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. However, the relationship between RDW and NAFLD is...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Yang W,Huang H,Wang Y,Yu X,Yang Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To audit whether our patients with Barrett's oesophagus (BO) enter into our endoscopic surveillance programme and whether they continue with it after entry. We have determined the incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma among our surveyed patients. DESIGN:We retrospectively audited prospectively collected da...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gladman L,Chapman W,Iqbal TH,Gearty JC,Cooper BT

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Currently, the (13)C-urea breath test is the reference method for non-invasive diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection and therapy control. Therefore, new technologies have been developed to measure the ratio of (13)CO(2)/(12)CO(2) in breath. The laser-assisted ratio analyser (LARA) device is based on opt...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Braden B,Gelbmann C,Dietrich CF,Caspary WF,Schölmerich J,Lock G

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:An inadequate disinfection of endoscopes and associated accessories can result in the transmission of infections to patients. The aim of this study was to access reprocessing practice in the endoscopy units of Portuguese district general hospitals. METHODS:An anonymous questionnaire on cleaning and ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Soares JB,Gonçalves R,Banhudo A,Pedrosa J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with liver cirrhosis have a high prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms. The use of antiacid therapy (AAT) in these patients is unexplored. We aimed to assess the use of AAT in cirrhotic patients. METHODS:A total of 128 consecutive cirrhotic patients were evaluated for the use of and indications f...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kalaitzakis E,Björnsson E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Few data exist on the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in paediatrics. The objective of this study was to examine treatment patterns of GERD in paediatrics in the primary care. METHODS:Incident GERD cases among paediatric patients were identified using The Health Improvement Network UK pri...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ruigómez A,Hungin AP,Lundborg P,Johansson S,Wallander MA,García Rodríguez LA

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Only a small proportion of patients with abdominal discomfort have organic disease, but a correct diagnosis can seldom be made by simple clinical examination. Additional diagnostic procedures must be employed, but these are expensive and demanding and carry a certain risk. Assessment of faecal concentrations of the ne...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Aadland E,Fagerhol MK

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman was hospitalized with a 5-week history of abdominal discomfort, change in bowel habits, and weight loss. Colonoscopy showed a protruded tumor of the sigmoid colon first diagnosed as undifferentiated carcinoma. Surgical resection of the sigmoid colon was performed. Histological examination of the su...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gurzu S,Szentirmay Z,Bara T,Bara T Jr,Iurcsuk O,Jung I

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a well known complication of interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but resolution of interferon-induced DM was rarely reported. In HIV and HCV co-infected patients, only two cases of incident DM during interferon therapy were reported and both cases required perman...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lo YC,Chang SY,Sheng WH,Hung CC,Chang SC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Crohn's disease with infliximab is an important drug therapy for patients with refractory and fistulating disease. There are concerns over its use in a proportion of Crohn's patients with concurrent hepatitis C infection, since there are theoretical risks of accelerated hepatic decompensation due to the i...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Campbell S,Ghosh S

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant infections represent an increasing problem in the management of hospitalized patients worldwide. With respect to Gram-negative infections, carbapenems are an important antimicrobial class for the treatment of infections caused by extended-spectrum beta lactamase producers enterobacteriaceae. Howeve...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Piano S,Romano A,Rosi S,Gatta A,Angeli P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies have suggested that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appears to be more serious in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. This meta-analysis was conducted to explore the relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and the severity of COVID-19. METHODS:We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Scien...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Zeng W,Qi K,Ye M,Zheng L,Liu X,Hu S,Zhang W,Tang W,Xu J,Yu D,Wei Y

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fructose is absorbed by GLUT transporters in the small intestine. If this process is inadequate, abdominal symptoms because of fructose intolerance may arise. The effect of a tailored fructose-restricted diet on gastrointestinal complaints was assessed in patients with fructose intolerance. MATERIALS AND MET...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Bonfrate L,Krawczyk M,Lembo A,Grattagliano I,Lammert F,Portincasa P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sorafenib is the standard of care for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but data on its use in the elderly are inconclusive. METHODS:All consecutive HCC patients who were treated in our institution with sorafenib since its licensing were included in the analysis. Patients were divided in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ziogas DC,Papadatos-Pastos D,Thillai K,Korantzis I,Chowdhury R,Suddle A,O'Grady J,Al-Khadimi G,Allen N,Heaton N,Ross PJ,Sarker D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intestinal metaplasia is a well-established risk factor in the development of stomach cancer. However, since the specificity is low it would be of great practical value to find a marker to separate cases of intestinal metaplasia into low and high risk for progression to dysplasia/carcinoma. So far this has no...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gulmann C,Grace A,Leader M,Butler D,Patchett S,Kay E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, the postoperative Model for End stage Liver Disease score (POPMELD) was suggested as a definition of postoperative graft dysfunction and a predictor of outcome after liver transplantation (LT). AIM:The aim of the present study was to validate this concept in the context of extended criteria donor ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Benko T,Gallinat A,Minor T,Saner FH,Sotiropoulos GC,Paul A,Hoyer DP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most serious health problems worldwide and thus it is important to assess health and economic impacts of preventative CRC screening strategies. METHODS:For this reason, a theoretical model based on Markov chains is proposed to compare these strategies: fecal occult bl...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Wohl P,Bednařík M,Wohl P,Cervenka M,Spičák J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mannose-binding lectin is an immune molecule that can bind to pathogens and initiate the complement cascade. In certain clinical situations, often characterized by immune compromise, mannose-binding lectin deficiency can increase the risk of infectious complications. Helicobacter pylori is one of the most co...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Worthley DL,Mullighan CG,Dean MM,Gordon DL,Phillips P,Heatley S,Young GP,Bardy PG

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening colonoscopy is less effective in preventing proximal colon cancers than distal colon cancers. A repeat examination of the right side of the colon may increase the lesion detection. The study aimed to assess the results of a second examination of the right side of the colon with forward-view or retr...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ai X,Qiao W,Han Z,Tan W,Bai Y,Liu S,Zhi F

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recently, we often encounter hepatocellular carcinoma patients with bone metastases. We therefore examined the changes in the incidence of bone metastases in hepatocellular carcinoma from 1978 to 1997 and tried to identify the characteristic clinical features. We also discuss the reasons for the increased in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fukutomi M,Yokota M,Chuman H,Harada H,Zaitsu Y,Funakoshi A,Wakasugi H,Iguchi H

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant pericardial effusion is an uncommon disorder and is usually caused by far advanced lung cancer, breast cancer, lymphoma and leukaemia. Pericardial effusion in recurrent gastric cancer has been reported in only three patients. We report the case of a 53-year-old male with sudden onset of dyspnoea, pericardial...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fazeny B,Meghdadi S,Dejaco C,Kastner J,Marosi C,Schmidinger H

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primary porcine hepatocytes are commonly, used in bioartificial liver devices and for in vitro studies of hepatocyte function. Although in vivo isolation of porcine hepatocytes can give high yield and viability, such methods are time-consuming and expensive, requiring specialist surgical facilities. AIM:T...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Nelson LJ,Newsome PN,Howie AF,Hadoke PW,Dabos KJ,Walker SW,Hayes PC,Plevris JN

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:A significant proportion of patients presenting with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) have negative small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) examinations, and yet remain at risk of rebleeding. We aimed to evaluate whether a second-look review of SBCE images using flexible spectral color enhanceme...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Dias de Castro F,Magalhães J,Boal Carvalho P,Cúrdia Gonçalves T,Rosa B,Moreira MJ,Cotter J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is currently being established as a second-line treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. FMT is further being considered for other infectious and inflammatory conditions. Safe and reproducible methods for donor screening, laboratory processing and clini...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Jørgensen SMD,Hansen MM,Erikstrup C,Dahlerup JF,Hvas CL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of eradication of Helicobacter pylori using combination therapy with low-dose omeprazole and clarithromycin on the healing and recurrence of peptide ulcers. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We studied 60 patients with active duodenal ulcers and 60 with gastric ulcers who were H. pylori-positive by th...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Uemura N,Okamoto S,Mukai T,Yamaguchi S,Kaji M,Hrruma K,Sumii K,Kajiyama G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A combination of omeprazole plus amoxycillin (Amo) and clarithromycin (CIa) for 7 days has been studied extensively. However, the role of other proton pump inhibitors, such as pantoprazole (Pan), in this therapy is not well known. On the other hand, ranitidine bismuth citrate (RBC) also seems to be effective when c...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gisbert JP,Carpio D,Marcos S,Gisbert JL,García Grávalos R,Pajares JM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of supplemental calcium carbonate on faecal water, calcium, bile acid and lipid concentration and output in intestinal bypass subjects with diarrhoea. DESIGN:Prospective, single-arm treatment trial of oral calcium carbonate, 2400 or 3600 mg Ca2+ per day, given for 12 weeks. METHODS:Faeca...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Steinbach G,Lupton J,Reddy BS,Lee JJ,Kral JG,Holt PR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in clinical routine is based either on the direct visualization of the bacterium in gastric biopsies by histology or microbiology or on the demonstration of urease activity in gastric biopsies and by the labelled-urea breath test (UBT). Omeprazole has a strong inhib...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Stoschus B,Domínguez-Muñoz JE,Kalhori N,Sauerbruch T,Malfertheiner P

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00