Comparison of surrogate serum markers and transient elastography (Fibroscan) for assessing cirrhosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.

abstract：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) decreases lower esophageal sphincter pressure (LESP) in man. Cholestyramine, a nonabsorbable bile salt binding resin, stimulates endogenous CCK secretion. We have investigated the effect of oral ingestion of 16 g cholestyramine without and with infusion of the CCK receptor antagonist CR1505 (loxi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Masclee AA,Jansen JB,Rovati LC,Lamers CB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hepatitis has a variable clinical phenotype, and the absence of conventional autoantibodies does not preclude its diagnosis or need for treatment. The goals of this review are to describe the frequency and nature of autoantibody-negative autoimmune hepatitis, indicate its outcome after corticosteroid treatm...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Czaja AJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentration and voltage dependence of unidirectional Mg fluxes across the rat colon ascendens were measured in a modified Ussing chamber. Mucosa (M) to serosa (S) Mg flux exhibits a cellular component, whereas SM flux is totally diffusive. At all the concentrations between 0.125 and 8 mmol/liter MS Mg transport is h...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Karbach U

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effects of ranitidine on intragastric pH and upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding in severe head injury patients. Within 24 hr of the precipitating trauma, 34 adults with Glasgow coma scale scores < or = 10 were randomized to a 6.25 mg/hr ranitidin...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Burgess P,Larson GM,Davidson P,Brown J,Metz CA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioids, both endogenous and exogenous, have been shown to exert a modulating influence on many gastrointestinal functions. Animal studies suggest an inhibitory role for opioids in the control of pancreatic secretion, which may be exerted through their inhibitory effect on acetylcholine release from intramural neurons...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Dooley CP,Saad C,Valenzuela JE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistant starch is by definition that part of starch that escapes digestion in the small bowel. Cecal fermentation of resistant starch into short-chain fatty acids will result subsequently in a decrease in pH. Thus, resistant starch may have the same effect on colonic luminal contents and mucosa as some fiber compone...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： van Munster IP,Tangerman A,Nagengast FM

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:We previously reported that preoperative chemolipiodolization of the whole liver is effective for reducing the incidence of postoperative recurrence and prolonging survival in patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present randomized controlled trial was performed to evaluate the influe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kaibori M,Tanigawa N,Kariya S,Ikeda H,Nakahashi Y,Hirohara J,Koreeda C,Seki T,Sawada S,Okazaki K,Kwon AH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine and human exocrine pancreatic secretion into the duodenum during fasting is cyclical and related to intestinal motility. To characterize the composition of pure pancreatic juice during the cyclically recurring sequence of propagated motor events (interdigestive motor complex) and to establish whether pancreatic...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Keane FB,Dozois RR,Go VL,Dimagno EP

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) criteria are histologically categorized by early gastric cancer (EGC) with differentiated- and undifferentiated-type histology. However, EGC is histologically heterogenous and there have been no separate criteria for EGC with mixed-type histology [EGC-MH; differentiated...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Bang CS,Yang YJ,Lee JJ,Baik GH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient delayed gastric emptying is reported as a frequent complication following pancreas-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPW). We placed serosal electrodes on the stomach of a patient undergoing PPW. Myoelectric recordings were obtained postoperatively and correlated with simultaneous radionuclide liquid gastr...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hocking MP,Harrison WD,Sninsky CA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of intracellular proteins are important steps in the regulation of cell growth. Okadaic acid, an inhibitor of the serine/threonine protein phosphatases 1 and 2A, is a potent tumor promoter. This effect may be through the inhibition of dephosphorylation (termed "hyperphosphorylation") ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hirai A,Bold RJ,Ishizuka J,Hirai M,Townsend CM Jr,Thompson JC

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：:The purpose of the present study is to show anomalies of the plasma cAMP response of patients with hepatic disorders to a single injection of a low dose of glucagon (1 microgram/kg body wt). The response was markedly blunted in patients with liver cirrhosis and potentiated in patients with acute or chronic hepatitis. ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Maekubo H,Matsushima T,Okada F,Honma M,Ui M

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction with ophthalmoplegia has been reported previously in visceral myopathies. We report a case of this association in which muscle mitochondria had a crystalline appearance, a dense core, and decreased cytochrome c oxidase and succinate cytochrome c reductase activit...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Li V,Hostein J,Romero NB,Marsac C,Mezin P,Bost R,Degoul F,Fardeau M,Fournet J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical observations reveal that alcohol intake is associated with an increase in upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage requiring hospitalization and that nitroglycerin or long-acting nitrates lower this risk. Nitroglycerin, a gastric vasodilator that can increase gastric fluid volume, protects the rodent stomach against...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Leung FW,Chan CC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-year prospective study was conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of transjugular liver biopsy with a Trucut-type needle employing an automated device. Fifty-two consecutive patients (39 women and 13 men), ages 46.3+/-14.6 years, in whom percutaneous liver biopsy was contraindicated were included in the s...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： De Hoyos A,Loredo ML,Martínez-Ríos MA,Gil MR,Kuri J,Cárdenas M

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Approximately 10-28 % of patients experience adverse drug reactions related to treatment with thiopurines. The most serious reaction is myelosuppression, typically manifested as leucopenia, which occurs in approximately 2-5 % of patients. Other adverse drug reactions that often accompany thiopurine therapy a...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wroblova K,Kolorz M,Batovsky M,Zboril V,Suchankova J,Bartos M,Ulicny B,Pav I,Bartosova L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case with prolonged survival of 2 years in a female patient with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who, at diagnosis, already had liver spread and eventually succumbed to brain metastases which scanned positive with [(111)In-DTPA] octreotide scintiscan (OctreoScan). Subsequently, the patient underwent a c...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Marepaily R,Micheals D,Sloan A,Hatfield J,Adsay V,Joyrich R,Ullah N,Tobi M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications for surgery on cavernous hemangiomas, the most common benign tumors of the liver, remain unclear. This study reviewed 43 patients with cavernous hemangioma of the liver who underwent hepatic resection from 1984 to 2000. Patients were divided into three groups based on the reasons for surgery. Group I c...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tsai HP,Jeng LB,Lee WC,Chen MF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A classification of gastrointestinal motility disorders is offered based upon the type of disorder in transit (delay or acceleration), and the region of the gastrointestinal tract affected. Specific abnormalities of myoelectrical patterns are identified when possible and related to disturbances in transit in the stoma...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Vantrappen G,Janssens J,Coremans G,Jian R

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of our studies has been to optimize the effects of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and other immunosuppressive reagents to enhance organ graft survival. One such agent is OKT3, a MAb that is directed against the CD3 component of the human T-cell receptor (TCR) complex. Treatment of a rejection episode ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Alegre ML,Lenschow DJ,Bluestone JA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystectomy is one of the commonest surgical procedures in the Western world, with more than half a million procedures performed annually in the United States alone. In recent years, studies of gallstone pathogenesis and gallbladder disease have increasingly focused on abnormal gallbladder motility in the pathogen...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Patankar R,Ozmen MM,Bailey IS,Johnson CD

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether alcohol drinking is a risk factor for fatty liver as shown by ultrasonography was investigated by both cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches in Japanese undergoing a health checkup. In this cross-sectional study, 32,438 males (49.0 +/- 11.9 years old) and 31,009 females (48.2 +/- 11.6 yea...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Yamada T,Fukatsu M,Suzuki S,Yoshida T,Tokudome S,Joh T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to use simultaneous anal manometry and high-frequency endoluminal ultrasonography (EUS) to determine the relationship between resting anal pressure and cross-sectional area of the internal and external anal sphincters. Eleven normal subjects underwent simultaneous anal EUS and manometry u...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wong RF,Bonapace ES Jr,Chung CY,Liu JB,Parkman HP,Miller LS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed the role of ursodeoxycholic acid in infants having nonsurgical cholestasis attending the Hepatology Clinic, New Children Hospital, Cairo University, Egypt, from 1985 until 2005. Files of 496 infants with neonatal hepatitis and 97 with intrahepatic bile duct paucity were included; of them 24...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kotb MA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the overall incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has declined since the introduction of universal vaccine guidelines, the incidence remains elevated in high risk groups. Recent guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have underscored the importance of vaccination against HBV in high ri...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Foster T,Hon H,Kanwal F,Han S,Spiegel B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma is a major type of liver cancer with poor prognosis. AIM:The aim of the study was to determine the prognostic significance of plasma interleukin-35 level in hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS:A total of 153 hepatocellular carcinoma patients and 153 healthy controls were enrolled. Bl...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Qiu X,Wang X,Song Y,Chen L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven subjects were given one day's treatment with full doses of either aspirin, ibuprofen, or placebo, and then their stomachs were washed out three times at intervals of 10 min, for five successive days. The blood in the recoveries was estimated chemically. After compensating for gastric emptying, the rate of bleedi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hunt JN

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00