Perspectives of chromo and magnifying endoscopy: how, how much, when, and whom should we stain?

abstract：:The advent of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for Helicobacter pylori allows any physician to offer curative antibiotic regimens to patients with peptic ulcer disease and gastritis. This article describes new management strategies and discusses the advantages of each. In the old strategy, endoscopy was perfo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Marshall BJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:The aim of this study was to compare celecoxib with loxoprofen for protection of small intestine. BACKGROUND:RCT studies report that COX-2 selective inhibitor celecoxib induces fewer small intestinal injuries than nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Loxoprofen is a prodrug nonselective NS...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Fujimori S,Hanada R,Hayashida M,Sakurai T,Ikushima I,Sakamoto C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects approximately 30% of adults and 20% of children in the United States. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is its most severe histologic form and progresses to cirrhosis in 20% of these patients. Once developed, 30% to 40% of patients with NASH cirrhosis will experience ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： McCullough AJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infliximab is efficacious for refractory Crohn's disease, but delayed hypersensitivity reactions preclude retreatment for patients experiencing this complication. We report the results of four patients offered enrollment in an open label trial of thalidomide as "salvage" therapy for their refractory disease. Two patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kane S,Stone LJ,Ehrenpreis E

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common bacterial infection in women. Most UTIs are acute uncomplicated cystitis caused by Escherichia coli (86%). This study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of an association of a cranberry dry extract, D-mannose, a gelling complex composed of the exopo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Vicariotto F

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) has been characterized as having an autoimmune background. We studied the presence of immune interferon in the sera of a small number of patients with IBD. Antiviral activity was detectable in the sera of our patients with well-controlled IBD but it was mainly weak-positive (50% inhib...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Christodoulopoulou G,Havredaki M,Christodoulopoulos J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) retrospectively by utilizing serum alanine aminotransferase and HBV DNA in 19 men (79% homosexual), with an estimated annual incidence of 7.3%. In 11 patients, spontaneous reactivation occurred as a single episode and in eight patients, reactivation was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Gupta S,Govindarajan S,Fong TL,Redeker AG

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies are nonpathogenic manifestations of immune reactivity, and they may occur in acute and chronic liver diseases. Autoantibodies may be consequences rather than causes of the liver injury, and they should be regarded as diagnostic clues rather than etiologic markers. Conventional autoantibodies used in the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Czaja AJ,Norman GL

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound-guided percutaneous acetic acid injection (PAI) therapy is effective for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Posttreatment fever (>37.5 degrees C) may occur owing to acetic acid-induced tumor necrosis, but its incidence and clinical significance are not clear. METHODS:A total of 402 treatment session...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Huo TI,Huang YH,Huang HC,Wu JC,Lee PC,Chang FY,Lee SD

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOAL:The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety of propofol when used by gastroenterologists in patients who have an inadequate response to standard sedation (narcotics and benzodiazepines). BACKGROUND:Many patients fail to achieve adequate sedation from narcotics and benzodiazepines during colonoscopy. The adm...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Okeke FC,Shaw S,Hunt KK,Korsten MA,Rosman AS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unusual cases of liquid caustic ingestion that resulted in gangrene of the duodenum and adjacent colon, and burns of the esophagus, stomach, and pancreas are presented. The routine evaluation of the oropharynx, esophagus, and stomach after liquid caustic ingestion can seriously underestimate the extent of injury t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Guth AA,Pachter HL,Albanese C,Kim U

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：GOALS:Our objective was to determine whether high serologic IgA tissue transglutaminase antibodies (TTGA) are exclusively associated with celiac disease (CD). BACKGROUND:IgA TTGA are found in the serum of most individuals with CD. This serologic marker is used to screen individuals with suspected CD for duodenal biops...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Donaldson MR,Book LS,Leiferman KM,Zone JJ,Neuhausen SL

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:A potential reduction in symptoms related to atrial fibrillation after treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms with proton pump inhibitor therapy has been previously described. However, illustration of this relationship by combined 24-hour pH and ambulatory Holter monitoring has not been performed. We re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Gerson LB,Friday K,Triadafilopoulos G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four black patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were seen from 1960 to 1987 at the Medical College of Georgia, representing 22% of all patients with IBD: 38 of them had Crohn's disease (CD) and 26 had ulcerative colitis (UC). In those with CD, the small intestine alone was involved in 16% and ileocolit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Simsek H,Schuman BM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind placebo-controlled study, we examined the effect of calcitonin on gastric emptying, and on serum concentrations of gastrin, insulin, glucose, calcium, and phosphorus after a mixed solid-liquid meal in 11 healthy men. Synthetic salmon calcitonin was administered as a 415 pmol i.v. bolus injection foll...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Jonderko K,Jonderko G,Gołab T

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the relationship between chronic gastric ulcers and the appearance of connexin 32 or connexin 43. Samples were taken endoscopically and the appearance of connexin 32 or connexin 43 was assessed by Western blotting using anticonnexin 32 or anticonnexin 43 antibodies. Normal gastric mucosa ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Mine T,Yusuda H,Kataoka A,Tajima A,Nagasawa J,Takano T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review acid rebound, the seemingly paradoxical increase in acid secretion resulting from administration of an antacid. Primarily a laboratory observation, the demonstration of the phenomenon was a major contributing factor to the swift, and possibly unjustified, fall from grace of calcium carbonate in the therapy o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hade JE,Spiro HM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of reduced appendectomy rates in patients with ulcerative colitis have not distinguished between primary appendectomy (surgery for appendicitis) and incidental appendectomy (removal of the appendix for other reasons). In the present case control study, we examined the frequency of primary appendectomy i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Smithson JE,Radford-Smith G,Jewell GP

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:The current study presents 1 tertiary endoscopy center's 20-year experience using endoscopic therapy to treat patients with symptomatic primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). BACKGROUND:Endoscopic therapy for patients with PSC and dominant strictures has been used for more than 20 years, but there is concern that...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Gluck M,Cantone NR,Brandabur JJ,Patterson DJ,Bredfeldt JE,Kozarek RA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many lines of research have established a relationship between the gut microbiome and patients with liver disease. For example, patients with cirrhosis have increased bacteremia, increased blood levels of lipopolysaccharide, and increased intestinal permeability. Patients with cirrhosis have bacterial overgrowth in th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Brenner DA,Paik YH,Schnabl B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first fiberoptic instruments, gastrointestinal endoscopy has shaped the field of gastroenterology and is now a key diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Compared with the initial fiberoptic endoscopes state-of-the-art optical chips (or charge-coupled device technology) allowed a quantum leap in image quality. Des...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Holtmann GJ,Huelsen A,Shah A,Hourigan LF,Morrison M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis to examine the efficacy and safety of oral fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) capsules for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI). BACKGROUND:FMT through colonoscopy is established as effective and safe in treating multiple recurrences of CDI, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Du C,Luo Y,Walsh S,Grinspan A

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether autoimmune cholangitis (AC) has specific features that constitute an entity other than primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). We compared clinical, laboratory, and liver biopsy features; response to treatment; and the follow-up of two groups of patients. The first group comprised seven patients with ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sánchez-Pobre P,Castellano G,Colina F,Dominguez P,Rodriguez S,Canga F,Herruzo JA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:JC virus (JCV) is thought to infect approximately 80% of the human population. Antibodies against JCV can be found in the sera of many people with and without colorectal carcinoma (CRC). We hypothesized that JCV antibody titer will be higher in CRC patients than in healthy controls. AIM:To evaluate this hypo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Niv Y,Vilkin A,Levi Z

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed bowel sounds in controls and patients with acute abdominal conditions using a new computer-aided sound analysis system (C.A.S.A.S.). Sixty-three controls and 61 patients with an acute abdomen had 10-min recordings of bowel sounds in a silent environment with computer analysis of the digitized acoustic sign...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sugrue M,Redfern M

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:The clinicopathologic features of 221 patients with intestinal-type (IT) gastric cancer were compared retrospectively with those of 290 diffuse type (DT). Intestinal type was characterized by an older mean age (65.0 +/- 10.8 years vs. 56.2 +/- 13 years), a higher male-female ratio (2.56 vs. 1.06), predominance of bloo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Wu MS,Yang KC,Shun CT,Hsiao TJ,Lin CC,Wang HP,Chuang SM,Lee WJ,Lin JT

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with similar symptoms referred for diagnosis and treatment of hepatic failure subsequently proved to have cardiomyopathy as the cause of their hepatic decompensation. Except for fatigue and edema, symptoms of congestive heart failure were absent and no history of dyspnea, orthopnea, or paroxysmal nocturna...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hoffman BJ,Pate MB,Marsh WH,Lee WM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00