Breath hydrogen test in the diagnosis of environmental enteropathy in children living in an urban slum.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Determining the risk stratification of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) plays a vital role in treating upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). Traditional scores like Glasgow-Blatchford score (GBS), Rockall score (RS), and AIMS65 score have been widely utilized in UGIB practice, however e...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Yue W,Liu Y,Jiang W,Huang J,Liu J

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study set out to evaluate the effects of dietary fiber on cancer development in the large bowel under in vivo experimental conditions as similar as possible to those under which this cancer develops in vivo in humans. Forty-eight Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups that were fed either a nonfiber d...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Iwane S,Nakaji S,Ohta M,Tamura K,Sakamoto J,Munakata A,Sugawara K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in colonic motility were compared in dogs undergoing autonomic denervation of the paraaortic and presacral (group A), paraaortic (group B), or mesocolonic region (group C), and sham operation (group D). Five bipolar recording electrodes were placed into the seromuscular layer of the colon and rectum. The numbe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ishikawa M,Mibu R,Iwamoto T,Konomi H,Oohata Y,Tanaka M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the sequence diversity of the hypervariable region 1 (HVR1) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in HCV-infected patients in whom the mode of transmission is unknown. The sequence diversity of HVR1 in 26 Japanese patients with chronic HCV infection of unknown mode of transmission (UT) was compared with 17 patients ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Toyoda H,Fukuda Y,Hayakawa T,Kumada T,Nakano S,Takamatsu J,Saito H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chronic ethanol ingestion on the ability of the small intestine to absorb zinc was examined in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Six rats were fed the Lieber-Decarli liquid rat diet for 1 month during which 36% of their total calories were provided as ethanol, while their pair fed controls received these calorie...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Antonson DL,Vanderhoof JA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the possible effects of omeprazole on human natural killer cells. Peripheral venous blood samples were taken from 20 peptic ulcer patients before and at the 14th and the 28th days of omeprazole treatment. Mononuclear cells were removed from blood and their capability of making conj...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Alkim H,Unal S,Okur H,Imir T

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied three patients with chronic HBV infection who had a superimposed bout of type A hepatitis. The patients recovered uneventfully without observing a change in their clinical course afterwards. In one patient we observed transient disappearance of DNA polymerase during type A hepatitis; we have postulated...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Conteas C,Kao H,Rakela J,Weliky B

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this state-of-the-art narrative review is to evaluate the current evidence about the effectiveness of yoga as therapy for IBS and explore its potential mechanisms of action. The current literature suggests yoga is effective and safe and may target multiple mechanisms involved in treatment of IBS. Evidence f...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： D'Silva A,MacQueen G,Nasser Y,Taylor LM,Vallance JK,Raman M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) has enabled in vivo histopathology by obtaining high resolution images of the mucosal layers of the gastrointestinal tract. For indeterminate bile duct strictures, biopsy, cytologic brushing and needle aspiration have low levels of diagnostic accuracy. AIM:Th...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Talreja JP,Sethi A,Jamidar PA,Singh SK,Kwon RS,Siddiqui UD,Sawhney M,Bakhru MR,Gaidhane M,Kline P,Sauer BG,Kahaleh M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No study has evaluated current scoring systems for their accuracy in predicting short and long-term outcome of alcoholic hepatitis in a US population. METHODS:We reviewed electronic records for patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) admitted to Parkland Memorial Hospital between January 2002 and August...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cuthbert JA,Arslanlar S,Yepuri J,Montrose M,Ahn CW,Shah JP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early 1970s an increased prevalence of gallstones was reported in adults and children with immunoglobulin deficiency. As the advent of ultrasonography has largely changed the diagnostic approach to gallstones, we have reevaluated the prevalence of cholelithiasis in a group including 37 patients with common vari...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： De Santis A,Paganelli R,Stefanoni R,Di Sabatino A,Angelico M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in both gastric emptying (GE) and small bowel motility have been reported in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); the relationship, however, between these different measures of upper gut motor function in IBS has not been assessed. The aims of this study were therefore: (1) to compare the prevalence and charact...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Evans PR,Bak YT,Shuter B,Hoschl R,Kellow JE

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Not much is known about the relationship between portal hemodynamics and the grades of cirrhosis. Using pulsed Doppler ultrasonography, we studied portal vein diameter, portal flow velocity, and portal blood flow rate in 37 patients with liver cirrhosis (11 Child's A, 13 Child's B, and 13 Child's C) and 10 healthy con...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chawla Y,Santa N,Dhiman RK,Dilawari JB

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the short-term benefits of exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) for induction of remission in children with Crohn's disease (CD) are well documented, the longer-term outcomes are less clear. AIM:This retrospective study aimed to ascertain the outcomes for up to 24 months following EEN in a group of child...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lambert B,Lemberg DA,Leach ST,Day AS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PGs) are products of polyunsaturated acid metabolism, particularly arachidonic acid (AA) released from membrane phospholipids by the action of phospholipase A2 in response to a variety of physical, chemical, and neurohormonal factors. AA is rapidly metabolized to oxygenated products by two distinct enz...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Konturek SJ,Pawlik W

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding the CYP2C-19 enzyme for PPI metabolism have been shown to enhance the chance for a cure in a H. pylori-positive patients using a two-week dual-therapy regimen involving omeprazole and amoxicillin. However, the impact of CYP2C-19 genetic polymorphism on eradication rates of a one-week tri...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Miwa H,Misawa H,Yamada T,Nagahara A,Ohtaka K,Sato N

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella species have recently been shown to involve the colon in a diffuse fashion resembling ulcerative colitis by radiographic and endoscopic appearance. We describe a case of Salmonella colitis in which the radiographic and colonoscopic features were focal ulcerations, mucosal edema, friability, and a loss of no...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Vender RJ,Marignani P

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of luminal 150 mmol saline, 0.05-0.2% (w/v) lysolecithin, and 5-20% (v/v) ethanol was studied on the mucosal morphology of the proximal small intestine in conscious guinea pigs as well as on the mucosal penetration and transfer to portal venous blood of luminal horseradish peroxidase (HRP). No ultrastructur...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Talbot RW,Foster JR,Hermon-Taylor J,Grant DA

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Birth characteristics, including weight and gestational age, may be associated with risk of Barrett's esophagus (BE), the only known precursor for esophageal adenocarcinoma; however, data are limited. AIMS:To examine associations between various birth characteristics and BE, and whether these associations a...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Shiota S,El-Serag HB,Thrift AP

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on the mucosa of sodium nitrite that enters the colon from the ileum or transmucosally from the circulation is unknown. Isolated colonic mucosal cells and Roux-en-Y colostomies were used to test whether high doses of sodium nitrite (5-40 mM) had any harmful histological or inhibitory metabolic actions on th...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Roediger WE,Radcliffe BC,Deakin EJ,Nance SH

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility to sepsis in obstructive jaundice may be related to bacterial translocation (BT) from the gastrointestinal tract. We evaluated BT to visceral organs and morphological changes of the intestinal mucosa in a rat model of obstructive jaundice. Animals were randomly divided into two groups: in group A th...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sileri P,Morini S,Sica GS,Schena S,Rastellini C,Gaspari AL,Benedetti E,Cicalese L

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between hypothermia and gastric ulceration has been reported in rats in cervical cord section and in restraint models. The present study was designed to determine this relationship in cervical and in lumbar cord sectioned Sprague-Dawley rats. Ambient temperatures were varied by placing the sectioned ani...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sigman HH,Gillich A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjects with fatty liver disease (FLD) can show increased hepatic 2-deoxy-2-((18)F)fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) uptake, but the role of hepatic inflammation has not been explored. AIMS:We investigated whether hepatic inflammatory response, as implicated by elevated serum markers, is associated with increased liv...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hong SP,Noh TS,Moon SH,Cho YS,Lee EJ,Choi JY,Kim BT,Lee KH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the technical difficulty during subsequent surgical intervention, adhesion remains the most important predictor of outcome in the staged procedures following emergent colorectal surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term effects of hyaluronan (HA)-based adhesion barriers 3 months following t...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tüzüner A,Kuzu MA,Akin B,Karaca S,Hazinedaroglu S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Natural language processing is a powerful technique of machine learning capable of maximizing data extraction from complex electronic medical records. METHODS:We utilized this technique to develop algorithms capable of "reading" full-text radiology reports to accurately identify the presence of fatty live...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Redman JS,Natarajan Y,Hou JK,Wang J,Hanif M,Feng H,Kramer JR,Desiderio R,Xu H,El-Serag HB,Kanwal F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) requires quantification of esophageal eosinophilia. AIMS:The aims of this study were to assess inter- and intraobserver reliability for measuring esophageal eosinophil counts and to validate a novel method of determining tissue eosinophil density using digitized h...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Dellon ES,Fritchie KJ,Rubinas TC,Woosley JT,Shaheen NJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lichen planus is a common mucocutaneus disorder that rarely involves the esophagus. We report two challenging cases presenting with recurrent dysphagia originally suspected due to gastroesophageal reflux. Subsequent evaluation revealed peculiar endoscopic findings of desquamative esophagitis leading to the diagnosis o...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ukleja A,DeVault KR,Stark ME,Achem SR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone involved in the homeostasis of body composition. An imbalance in leptin regulation has been observed in patients with liver cirrhosis. We aimed to assess serum and ascitic leptin levels in a group of patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and to evaluate the relationship of ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Giannini E,Romagnoli P,Tenconi GL,Botta F,Malfatti F,Chiarbonello B,Mamone M,Barreca T,Testa R

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin or gastrin-releasing peptide prevents gastric injury by an unknown mechanism. Since exogenous gastrin is a gastroprotective agent, this study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that gastroprotection by bombesin involves release of endogenous gastrin. Subcutaneous bombesin (10-100 microg/kg) dose dependentl...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Mercer DW,Cross JM,Chang L,Lichtenberger LM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Topical pharyngeal anesthesia as an adjunct to intravenous sedation to facilitate gastroscopy has been widely acknowledged; however, its efficacy has not been established when it is used in patients under deep sedation with propofol. AIMS:To demonstrate the limited value of topical pharyngeal anesthesia in ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tsai HI,Tsai YF,Liou SC,Su MY,Lin CC,Chang CJ,Yu HP

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00