Bowel sounds analysis: a novel noninvasive method for diagnosis of small-volume ascites.

abstract：:Antagonists of nitric oxide synthesis inhibit nerve-induced hyperpolarization and relaxation of muscle from the opossum lower esophageal sphincter. These studies test the hypothesis that nitric oxide is released during stimulation of intrinsic esophageal nerves. The intrinsic nerves were stimulated with an electrical ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Murray J,Bates JN,Conklin JL

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was performed in 17 patients with achalasia of the esophagus determining the manometric characteristics of the gastroesophageal sphincter, correlating it with histological analysis by biopsies taken during surgery at the distal narrowed segment of the esophagus, at the location of the sphincter. Th...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Csendes A,Smok G,Braghetto I,Ramirez C,Velasco N,Henriquez A

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is characterized by disturbance of mental state and neuromuscular function. To assess the clinical efficacy of acetyl-L: -carnitine (ALC) in the treatment of MHE, we performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study administering ALC in cirrhotic patients with this dis...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Malaguarnera M,Gargante MP,Cristaldi E,Vacante M,Risino C,Cammalleri L,Pennisi G,Rampello L

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported impressive results in using a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog, leuprolide acetate (Lupron), in the treatment of moderate to severe symptoms (especially abdominal pain and nausea) in patients with functional bowel disease (FBD). Pain is the hallmark of patients with FBD, and there is n...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Mathias JR,Clench MH,Abell TL,Koch KL,Lehman G,Robinson M,Rothstein R,Snape WJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the alveolar-arterial oxygen difference (deltaA-a) and the ratio between PaO2 and the fractional concentration of inspired oxygen (P/F) in acute pancreatitis. Eleven patients had mild uncomplicated disease, six showed acute abdominal fluid collections, six had acute abdominal collections and asymptomatic ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Salomone T,Tosi P,Di Battista N,Binetti N,Raiti C,Tomassetti P,Migliori M,Gullo L

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding from esophagogastric varices is a potentially deadly complication in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. The aim of this study is to establish indicators of variceal bleeding. We studied 40 patients with compensated hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and varices, analyzing four endoscopic (variceal size, ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Martins RD,Szejnfeld J,Lima FG,Ferrari AP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients treated with the herbal medicine syo-saiko-to (xiao-chai-hu-tang) exhibited acute drug-induced liver injury. The latent period was one and a half to three months. All of the patients showed a rise in aminotransferases after readministration or challenge test. The liver histology revealed centrilobular co...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Itoh S,Marutani K,Nishijima T,Matsuo S,Itabashi M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) has been shown to be released postprandially in several species. In this study we tested the efficacy of an amino acid solution (905 mOsM), 0.1 N HCl (300 mOsM), 905 mOsM NaCl, 300 mOsM glucose, corn oil, and balloon distention within the stomach, duodenum, or ileum in stimulating release o...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Duke GE,Kimmel JR,Durham K,Pollock HG,Bertoy R,Rains-Epstein D

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of smoking on interdigestive gastrointestinal motility is little studied but may play a role in gastrointestinal morbidity. We studied gastroduodenal motility in 10 volunteers (five smokers and five nonsmokers) using a water-perfused pressure catheter. A pH probe was placed in the duodenal bulb. Baseline mo...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： McDonnell WM,Owyang C

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography is a popular noninvasive test of fibrosis. Traditional LSM cutoffs dichotomize patients and do not clearly indicate the confidence of diagnosis. AIM:We derived and validated probability functions of fibrosis and cirrhosis based on LSM and determine...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wong VW,Lampertico P,de Lédinghen V,Chang PE,Kim SU,Chen Y,Chan HL,Mangia G,Foucher J,Chow WC,Ahn SH,Hou J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The destruction of the integrity of the gastric epithelial barrier underlies the pathology of many gastric diseases, including gastric tumors. The Helicobacter pylori virulence factor CagA is one of the main destroyers of the gastric epithelial barrier. There are differences among CagA proteins that originate from dif...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wu J,Xu S,Zhu Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is characterized by elevated serum IgA concentrations, the presence of circulating immune complexes containing IgA, and IgA deposits along sinusoids in the liver. When combined with the presupposed IgA-clearance function of the liver, a causal association between IgA abnormalities and the...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： van de Wiel A,Valentijn RM,Schuurman HJ,Daha MR,Hené RJ,Kater L

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin analog SMS 201-995 causes a dose-related suppression of the release and/or action of several gastrointestinal hormones and impairs several anterior pituitary functions. Some patients with illness involving abnormal hormonal activity have responded to treatment with SMS 201-995, including resolution of sev...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Greenberg RN

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based series of 246 gastric cancer patients operated for cure and who survived the postoperative phase was reviewed to determine prognostic factors after potentially curative treatment. The overall five-year observed survival rate was 34.8%, and the relative survival rate was 43.9%. Previous history of ga...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Arveux P,Faivre J,Boutron MC,Piard F,Dusserre-Guion L,Monnet E,Hillon P

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to observe the effects of sodium phosphate (NaP) colonoscopy preparation on serum electrolytes, phosphate, and calcium and to identify factors associated with any adverse effects. In an unselected group of 100 consecutive patients attending for out patient colonoscopy, 45% of patients had raised serum ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ainley EJ,Winwood PJ,Begley JP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous recordings of gastric manometry and myoelectrical activity were made in 10 patients with gastroparesis. Intravenous erythromycin (100 mg) was administered in the fasting state for a period of 30 min. Subcutaneous injection of octreotide (100 microg) was administered before one of the four identical test m...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chen JD,Lin ZY,Edmunds MC 3rd,McCallum RW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a variety of potential environmental factors that may alter susceptibility to chronic pancreatitis (CP) through oxidative/xenobiotic stress; however, a direct causal and mechanistic role has not been established. We aimed (1) to determine the prevalence of functional genetic p...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Rahman SH,Nanny C,Ibrahim K,O'Reilly D,Larvin M,Kingsnorth AJ,McMahon MJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein ornithine decarboxylase antizyme (AZ) is inhibitory to both polyamine transport and synthesis. Experiments were performed to examine the distribution and regulation of AZ mRNA in cells of the small intestinal epithelium, a tissue exposed to high concentrations of extracellular polyamines and high levels of...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gill JE,Christian JF,Seidel ER

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the seroprevalence of antibody to CagA antigen, as well as other major H. pylori antigens by Western blot in H. pylori-infected subjects with endoscopically normal mucosa (N = 54) and duodenal ulcer (N = 51). The role of the host and environmental factors was also evaluated. There ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chen TS,Chang FY,Lee SD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clonality of gastric glands remains a controversial topic. Chimeric mouse studies suggested that all gastric glands were monoclonal. However, using the X-linked transgenic mouse model, we have suggested that most glands are polyclonal during development and that the fraction of monoclonal glands increases after bi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Nomura S,Kaminishi M,Takagi N,Esumi H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isosmotic liquid peptone meals adjusted to pH 7, 3, and 1.5 were instilled on separate days into the stomachs of 8 duodenal ulcer patients and 7 healthy controls. Using a marker-dilution method, duodenal acid load (DAL) was measured as the amount of unbuffered hydrogen ions delivered to the duodenum per unit time. Gas...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lam SK,Isenberg JI,Grossman MI,Lane WH,Hogan DL

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied pepsinogen synthesis and secretion in primary monolayer cultures of canine gastric chief cells. Monolayers were formed after approximately 48 hr. Pepsinogen synthesis was studied by adding 14C-labeled amino acids to the culture medium. Basal secretion of de novo synthesized pepsinogen after 4 hr was 4 ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Defize J,Hunt RH

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In toxic liver injury, proliferation of preexisting hepatocytes helps restore liver mass and function. While loss of liver mass per se stimulates hepatocyte proliferation, exogenous mitogens have a potential role in enhancing liver regeneration. The aim of this study was to characterize the effects of the mitogen, tri...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Malik R,Saich R,Rahman T,Hodgson H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite accumulating data on the pathogenesis of eosinophilic esophagitis, not much is known about risk factors for the development of the disease. The role of factors such as smoking, breastfeeding, early antibiotic exposure and other factors that have been associated with other allergic diseases has not be...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Slae M,Persad R,Leung AJ,Gabr R,Brocks D,Huynh HQ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocation of bacteria and endotoxtin has long been documented in obstructive jaundice, and altered intestinal barrier function is considered to be one of the important mechanisms for this phenomenon. The regulation of gastrointestinal mucosal response to injury is thus of important clinical as well as biological r...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sheen-Chen SM,Chen HS,Ho HT,Sheen CC,Chen WJ,Eng HL

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intussusception of the small intestine in association with a long tube usually occurs in the vicinity of the mercury-filled bag and can be visualized radiographically by instilling barium directly into the tube. On rare occasions, an intussusception develops in the proximal jejunum and is difficult to recognize. We...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Peskin SR,Langevin RE Jr,Banks PA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Published clinical trials (N = 56) of antisecretory drugs in the treatment of benign gastric ulcer were reviewed. Composite healing rates for various drug regimens were calculated using a method previously described for duodenal ulcer. Healing rates were compared with data on suppression of intragastric acidity to see...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Howden CW,Jones DB,Peace KE,Burget DW,Hunt RH

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed for the evaluation of infectious esophagitis in 19 consecutive subjects evaluated prospectively before orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx), in a separate group of 27 subjects post-OLTx, and in 21 subjects following orthotopic renal transplantation (ORTx). None of the ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Alexander JA,Brouillette DE,Chien MC,Yoo YK,Tarter RE,Gavaler JS,Van Thiel DH

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There continues to be disagreement regarding the effects of ethanol on gastric emptying. This study was designed to assess different degrees of ethanol exposure on gastric emptying. Scintigraphic gastric emptying studies were performed in healthy adult cats and the half time (t1/2) of gastric emptying was obtained fro...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Willson CA,Bushnell D,Keshavarzian A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although the serum sodium level has been reported to be a prognostic and predictive marker for the therapeutic effects of lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma treated with molecular targeted therapy, the serum sodium level has not been investigated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients treated w...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kegasawa T,Sakamori R,Maesaka K,Yamada R,Tahata Y,Urabe A,Kodama T,Hikita H,Imanaka K,Ohkawa K,Hiramatsu N,Oshita M,Yamada Y,Inada M,Yakushijin T,Imai Y,Tatsumi T,Takehara T

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00