Capsule endoscopy for obscure GI bleeding: therapeutic yield of follow-up procedures.

abstract：:A controlled trial has been carried out in order to compare the efficacy of enemas containing a high dosage of 5-ASA (4 g) versus enemas containing hydrocortisone 100 mg. The trial was conducted on 86 patients, 44 of whom received 5-ASA and 42 received hydrocortisone. The results were favorable in terms of clinical, s...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Campieri M,Gionchetti P,Belluzzi A,Brignola C,Migaldi M,Tabanelli GM,Bazzocchi G,Miglioli M,Barbara L

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of obtaining oral desensitization in patients with food allergy is still a matter of debate. We decided to evaluate the safety and efficacy of standardized protocols for oral desensitization with the most common food allergens. Forty-two children (ages up to 16 years) diagnosed as affected by food alle...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Patriarca G,Nucera E,Pollastrini E,Roncallo C,De Pasquale T,Lombardo C,Pedone C,Gasbarrini G,Buonomo A,Schiavino D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibiotic prophylaxis can reduce the incidence of the first episode and recurrent episodes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in high-risk cirrhotic patients. However, recent data suggest that SBP prophylaxis may be underused. It is unclear how many cases of cirrhosis that develop SBP might actually...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ngamruengphong S,Nugent K,Rakvit A,Parupudi S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:miR-30a expression is down-regulated and regulates tumor suppressors in various cancers. AIM:We investigated the mechanisms underlying the biological role of miR-30a in CRC. METHODS:MicroRNA, mRNA, and protein expression were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot. The migration and invasi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Liu YC,Park YR,Kim SL,Lee ST,Kim SW

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Defective autophagic machinery, such as that in Crohn's disease patients homozygous for ATG16L1 risk allele, is associated with alteration of resident gut bacterial communities. However, whether or not host autophagy responds to changes in the resident gut microbial community is not known. Here, we investiga...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Singh SB,Wilson M,Ritz N,Lin HC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to review the impact of infliximab therapy on children with treatment-resistant Crohn's disease. Treatment resistance was defined as clinically active disease despite >4 months of immunosuppressive therapy. The outcome variables were time to first remission, duration of remission and the need...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Afzal NA,Ozzard A,Keady S,Thomson M,Murch S,Heuschkel R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) is usually performed for up to 2 hr to measure the gastric emptying (GE) of solids. Symptomatic patients, however, may have borderline results at 2 hr, making it difficult to determine whether a gastric motor disorder is present. The aim of this study was to assess whether extending...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Guo JP,Maurer AH,Fisher RS,Parkman HP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic vomiting syndrome is a disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting with complete resolution of symptoms between attacks. Nitric oxide plays a critical role in regulating several components of gastrointestinal mucosal defense and injury. Interleukin-6 has a wide variety of actions in the ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Zicari A,Corrado G,Pacchiarotti C,Lucarelli S,Frediani T,Cavaliere M,Porcelli M,Cardi E

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 56 cases who presented to Kanto-Teishin Hospital complaining of bloody diarrhea or considerable hematochezia of acute onset, 8 cases (14.3%) were considered due to colitis associated with oral ampicillin therapy. The bloody diarrhea, often with abdominal cramps, began 2-7 days after starting the treatment. The d...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sakurai Y,Tsuchiya H,Ikegami F,Funatomi T,Takasu S,Uchikoshi T

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is present in up to 75% of patients with chronic refractory ear, nose, and throat (ENT) symptoms, and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy induces symptom relief in the majority of these patients. It has been suggested that endoscopic findings and quantification of esophageal acid...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Poelmans J,Feenstra L,Tack J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophageal stricture is one of the serious adverse events following endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). However, optimum preventive techniques are still lacking. AIMS:Our primary objective was to evaluate the incidence of post-ESD esophageal stricture with the application of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lua GW,Tang J,Liu F,Li ZS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-alpha therapy for chronic hepatitis C in special patient populations raises a number of issues. Patients with hemophilia, kidney disease requiring hemodialysis, mixed cryoglobulinemia, HIV infection, and those receiving an allograft share some characteristics that complicate the treatment of hepatitis C vir...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Marcellin P,Boyer N,Behamou JP,Erlinger S

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of chronic normovolemic anemia on gastric microcirculation and gastric mucosal susceptibility to ethanol-induced gastric damage were investigated in anesthetized rats. Blood exchange by a plasma expander during four consecutive days rendered the animals anemic with a 34% decrease in the baseline hematocrit...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Marroni N,Casadevall M,Panés J,Piera C,Jou JM,Pique JM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For evaluation of the prognostic relevance of p53 expression in gastric cancer, the immunohistochemical tissue status of 133 primary gastric cancer patients was investigated for p53 expression and the association between p53 tissue status and clinicopathological parameters was analyzed. P53 immunoreactivity was detect...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Mönig SP,Eidt S,Zirbes TK,Stippel D,Baldus SE,Pichlmaier H

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), glucagon, and secretin on lower esophageal sphincter pressure were investigated in awake baboons. The three hormones were compared with respect to effect on (1) resting lower esophageal sphincter pressure and (2) maximal stimulatory response to pentagastrin. VIP ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Siegel SR,Brown FC,Castell DO,Johnson LF,Said SI

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose is to describe seven cases of disseminated aseptic abscesses with regard to clinical, biological, radiological, and histological information, treatment, and outcome. Data were collected on seven Caucasian patients who had proven sterile deep abscesses diagnosed in French university hospitals. The onset of ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： André M,Aumaître O,Papo T,Kemeny JL,Vital-Durand D,Rousset H,Ninet J,Pointud P,Charlotte F,Godeau B,Schmidt J,Marcheix JC,Piette JC

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) is involved in the modulation of acute liver injury and failure caused by acetaminophen (APAP). Although the biological activity of LBP is concentration dependent, little is known about its levels in acute liver failure. METHODS:Serum and hepatic LBP were me...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Su GL,Fontana RJ,Jinjuvadia K,Bayliss J,Wang SC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of in vitro experiments was performed to test the ability of bovine and human lactoferrin to influence the growth of the gram-positive probiotic bacteria, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium infantis, and Lactobacillus acidophilus, as well as the gram-negative enteric bacteria, E. coli O157:H7 and Salmon...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Griffiths EA,Duffy LC,Schanbacher FL,Dryja D,Leavens A,Neiswander RL,Qiao H,DiRienzo D,Ogra P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is associated with a proinflammatory state. AIM:To determine whether obesity at diagnosis is a risk factor for Crohn's disease vs. ulcerative colitis and also vs. community controls and whether there is a U-shaped relationship between body mass index at diagnosis and risk of Crohn's disease versus u...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Mendall MA,Gunasekera AV,John BJ,Kumar D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected aspects of bile acid metabolism were assessed in six women with primary biliary cirrhosis and varying degrees of cholestasis. Urinary bile acid excretion was markedly increased and correlated highly with serum levels. In three patients in whom urinary bile acids were separated by chromatography, the majority ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Raedsch R,Lauterburg BH,Hofmann AF

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of the recently described deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies was compared with that of the routinely used antigliadin, antiendomysial, and tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the sera of 128 untreated celiac patients and 134 controls. Sensitivity and specificity for celiac disease were 83.6 and 90....

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Volta U,Granito A,Fiorini E,Parisi C,Piscaglia M,Pappas G,Muratori P,Bianchi FB

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motion sickness provides a unique setting for the study of nausea. Studies of illusory self-motion have linked nausea and objective measures of gastric dysrhythmias and the stress hormones vasopressin and epinephrine. Electrogastrographic methods utilize Ag-AgCl electrodes placed on the abdominal surface in the epigas...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Koch KL

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of tiotidine, a new H2-receptor antagonist, in reducing nocturnal acid secretion of duodenal ulcer patients (N = 12, ages 21-60 years) was investigated. Different doses of tiotidine, 25, 50, 100, and 150 mg or placebo, were given as a single oral dose and acid secretion collected overnight. Tiotidine prod...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Valenzuela JE,Strecker RB,Douglas AP

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The preferred method for screening asymptomatic people for colorectal cancer (CRC) is colonoscopy, according to the new American guidelines. The aim of our study was to perform a meta-analysis of the prospective cohorts using total colonoscopy for screening this population for CRC. We looked for the diagnosti...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Niv Y,Hazazi R,Levi Z,Fraser G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to determine the effect of intestinal transection and resection on the prevalence of enteric flora and evaluate whether any such changes alter luminal SCFA and lactic acid content. Dogs underwent either 50% proximal (PR, N = 6) or distal (DR, N = 7) resection, distal resection with bypass of the ileocecal ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Thompson JS,Quigley EM,Adrian TE

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic accuracy of two different methods of sectioning rectal biopsies was evaluated prospectively. The frequency of focal and diffuse findings in more than 80 serial sections from a limited portion of the well-oriented areas of 74 biopsies was compared with that found in three or more step sections distribute...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Surawicz CM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate interdigestive cycling and postprandial release of pancreatic polypeptide (PP) in relation to exocrine pancreatic function in chronic pancreatitis (CP). We investigated nine patients with mild-moderate CP (MCP), eight patients with severe CP and steathorrea (SCP), and 17 he...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Pieramico O,Nelson DK,Glasbrenner B,Malfertheiner P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:There is a wide choice of fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) for colorectal cancer screening. GOAL:To highlight the issues applicable when choosing a FOBT, in particular which FOBT is best suited to the range of screening scenarios. Four scenarios characterize the constraints and expectations of screening pro...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Young GP,Symonds EL,Allison JE,Cole SR,Fraser CG,Halloran SP,Kuipers EJ,Seaman HE

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to investigate the expression of HMGA1 mRNA and protein in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the correlation between its expression and clinical pathological characteristics and prognosis. HMGA1 expression was determined at both the mRNA level and the protein level in 30 HCC tissues and their corres...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chang ZG,Yang LY,Wang W,Peng JX,Huang GW,Tao YM,Ding X

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary liver cancer constitutes an increasingly malignancy in the Western world and one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare long-term outcomes after R0 resections in noncirrhotic livers for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sotiropoulos GC,Bockhorn M,Sgourakis G,Brokalaki EI,Molmenti EP,Neuhäuser M,Radtke A,Wohlschlaeger J,Baba HA,Broelsch CE,Lang H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00