Acute pancreatitis in peritoneal dialysis: a case report with literature review.

abstract：:Biological agents such as inhibitors of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha ) are associated with the development of opportunistic infections. Although there are no international recommendations for the management of opportunistic infections, their prevention is a key safety issue for patients with inflammatory bo...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Checchin D,Buda A,Sgarabotto D,Sturniolo GC,D' Incà R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In western and northern but not southern Europe, the prevalence of coeliac disease among patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is higher than in the general population. We analysed the prevalence of coeliac disease among patients with PBC in Poland, a central European country. METHODS:In 115 patient...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Habior A,Lewartowska A,Orłowska J,Zych W,Sankowska M,Bauer A,Butruk E

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant infections represent an increasing problem in the management of hospitalized patients worldwide. With respect to Gram-negative infections, carbapenems are an important antimicrobial class for the treatment of infections caused by extended-spectrum beta lactamase producers enterobacteriaceae. Howeve...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Piano S,Romano A,Rosi S,Gatta A,Angeli P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last few decades many endoscopic interventions have been developed as an alternative for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). In many countries, these interventions are thus being performed in the general clinical setting. The aim of this study is to systematically review the evidence ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fry LC,Mönkemüller K,Malfertheiner P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although sorafenib is the first systemic therapy to show survival benefit for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), its survival benefit is variable for HCC. Systemic inflammation may be associated with survival in HCC. We investigated the use of systemic inflammation markers, including neutrophil...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hong YM,Yoon KT,Hwang TH,Heo J,Woo HY,Cho M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies have suggested that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appears to be more serious in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. This meta-analysis was conducted to explore the relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and the severity of COVID-19. METHODS:We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Scien...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Zeng W,Qi K,Ye M,Zheng L,Liu X,Hu S,Zhang W,Tang W,Xu J,Yu D,Wei Y

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease is a T-cell-mediated enteropathy induced by gluten. A minority of patients who fail to respond to a gluten-free diet may require intervention with immunomodulating drugs. We report a case of refractory coeliac disease where remission was induced by the anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha antibody inflixi...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Turner SM,Moorghen M,Probert CS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, the role of chemotherapy in the palliative treatment of advanced gastrointestinal cancer is discussed. Emphasis is placed on chemotherapy-related problems, current chemo-therapy options, and new developments. ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： van Riel JM,van Groeningen CJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is controversial. We aimed to confirm the negative association between H. pylori infection and endoscopic GORD and further determine whether eradication of the infection is associated with the development o...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Xie T,Cui X,Zheng H,Chen D,He L,Jiang B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old woman was admitted to our department with symptoms of nausea, anorexia and asthenia. Serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels were increased; all serological tests for viral hepatitis and autoimmune disorders were negative. She had taken Lycopodium similiaplex solution as seda...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Conti E,De Checchi G,Mencarelli R,Pinato S,Rovere P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:In many countries, current treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C involves a combination of peginterferon and ribavirin, associated with a protease inhibitor for hepatitis C virus genotype 1. More recent and efficient less toxic antiviral treatments are now available for some patients. Thus...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Feillant M,Jézéquel C,Lison H,Delluc A,Tanné F,Le Gruyer A,Ben Ali Z,Renard I,Latournerie M,Deugnier Y,Garioud A,Cadranel JF,Guyader D,Robaszkiewicz M,Nousbaum JB

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Time trend studies in the USA have shown that the incidences of adenocarcinomas of the oesophagus and gastric cardia have risen strongly since the 1970s, whereas the incidence of squamous cell carcinomas of the oesophagus has declined. Earlier, we found that the incidence of these adenocarcinomas also rose in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Steevens J,Botterweck AA,Dirx MJ,van den Brandt PA,Schouten LJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In advanced stages of Hodgkin's disease, liver involvement is common. However, Hodgkin's disease mimicking cholestatic hepatitis at presentation is rare. We describe a patient with Hodgkin's disease who was initially considered to have acute cholestatic hepatitis. Liver biopsy demonstrated prominent bile duct injury a...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Liangpunsakul S,Kwo P,Koukoulis GK

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoids are rare compared to other tumours of the gastrointestinal tract, but present a significant portion of tumours of the small intestine. The case of a 50-year-old man who suffered perforation of a small-bowel carcinoid after failed diagnostic trials is reported here. Since intestinal perforation is rarely the...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Duvnjak M,Pavic T,Goranovic T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary gastric lymphomas (PGL) are rare and represent only 5% of gastric malignancies, but are apparently increasing in incidence worldwide. Optimal treatment of PGL remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinicopathological characteristics, prognostic factors, survival rates, and trea...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Belaid I,Chabchoub I,Mejri N,Zaghouani H,Chafai R,Ezairi F,Hochlaf M,Gharbi O,Fatma LB,Ahmed SB

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the long-term effect of the addition of long-acting nitrates to beta-blockers on liver blood flow and liver metabolic activity in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. METHODS:Eleven patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension were investigated by using hepatic vein catheterization a...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Merkel C,Sacerdoti D,Bolognesi M,Buonamico P,Sticca A,Amodio P,Angeli P,Micotti L,Gatta A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of two 1-week low-dose triple therapy regimens for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighty patients with H. pylori infection and peptic ulcer disease (n = 64) or functional dyspepsia (n = 16), with similar demographic and clinical charac...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Labenz J,Stolte M,Rühl GH,Becker T,Tillenburg B,Sollböhmer M,Börsch G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ambulatory seton placement followed by superficial fistulotomy as treatment of perianal fistula. METHODS:Retrospective observational analysis of patients with cryptogenic perianal fistula aged 18-90 years, followed in a central hospital proctology consultation between 200...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gamelas V,Simões G,Santos S,Loureiro R,Seves I,Costa Simões J,David Marques A,Bettencourt MJ

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of membrane lipid composition on the susceptibility to bile salt damage and protection. DESIGN:Artificial model cholesterol/phospholipid (c/p) membranes (vesicles) with a varying cholesterol (0-15 mM) and phospholipid content (3-30 mM), and with a c/p ratio ranging up to 1.70, were...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： van de Heijning BJ,van den Broek AM,van Berge-Henegouwen GP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There has been a dramatic increase in recent years in the incidence of Barrett's oesophagus and the oesophageal adenocarcinoma associated with it. Alongside surgical treatment for early Barrett's carcinomas, endoscopic treatment procedures such as photodynamic therapy (PDT), which have much lower complication...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Pech O,Nagy CD,Gossner L,May A,Ell C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought a good indicator cell line to use in detecting the vacuolating toxin produced by Helicobacter pylori and in examining the characteristics of the toxin. DESIGN AND METHODS:Using five cell lines [baby hamster kidney (BHK-21), human amnion (FL), human uterine cancer (HeLa), rabbit kidney (RK-13) and A...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kamiya S,Kai M,Ozawa A,Kobayashi H,Shirai T,Harasawa S,Miwa T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a principal cause of severe liver diseases worldwide and a possible source of significant morbidity and fatality in the long term. Information on the genotype is more significant because it has prognostic value in the response to antiviral therapy. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Waqar M,Khan AU,Rehman HU,Idrees M,Wasim M,Ali A,Niaz Z,Ismail Z,Rehman MU,Tariq M,Shah M,Murtaza BN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult Still's disease is a well-characterized rheumatic disorder of unknown origin, which may affect multiple organs and may have a fatal course. However, liver failure has rarely been described in adult Still's disease. We present the case of a 25-year-old woman who was admitted with acute liver failure 2 years after...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ott SJ,Baron A,Berghaus T,Lamerz R,Beuers U

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the exception of fungi, microbial infections are rare in the oesophagus. Herein, we aimed to systematically assess the distribution and quantity of different antimicrobial host factors as well as, for the first time, functional mucosal antimicrobial activity in the upper gastrointestinal tract. METHODS...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hosaka Y,Koslowski M,Nuding S,Wang G,Schlee M,Schäfer C,Saigenji K,Stange EF,Wehkamp J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classification of sites in tumors of the oral cavity, oropharynx, pharynx, and hypopharynx varies in the literature. More than 90% of these tumors of the mucosal lining are classified as squamous cell carcinoma developed from premalignant lesions such as leukoplakia and erythroleukoplakia. These carcinomas are ass...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lambert R,Sauvaget C,de Camargo Cancela M,Sankaranarayanan R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Liver transplant recipients are often screened for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis during the immediate preoperative evaluation to determine medical fitness to proceed. However, it is unknown whether subclinical spontaneous bacterial peritonitis impacts on post-transplant outcomes. Our aim was to determine...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： McDonald DP,Leithead JA,Gunson BK,Ferguson JW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The immunoreactivity of methionine-enkephalin (Met-enkephalin), one of the endogenous opioid peptides, is expressed in the liver in different types of chronic diseases. This finding suggests that the liver may be a source of endogenous opioids in disease state. In-vitro studies have shown that morphine, whic...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Floreani A,Antoniazzi S,Mescoli C,Bergasa NV

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous transesophageal gastrotubing (PTEG) was developed as an alternative route to access the gastrointestinal tract when percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is contraindicated. PTEG was originally performed without endoscopy. However, endoscopy may enhance safety. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A percutaneou...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Murakami M,Nishino K,Takaoka Y,Murakami S,Mori K,Murakami B,Azuma M,Tanabe S,Kida M,Koizumi W

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:COX-2, the inducible isoenzyme, was found to be overexpressed in approximately 85% of colorectal adenocarcinomas, contributing to key steps in tumor development. COX-2 polymorphisms that might modify the levels of protein expression would be anticipated to have a substantial influence on disease phenotype. Th...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Pereira C,Pimentel-Nunes P,Brandão C,Moreira-Dias L,Medeiros R,Dinis-Ribeiro M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine what percentage of inoperable oesophageal and oesophagogastric malignancies could be successfully intubated for palliation, and to compare Atkinson and Celestin tubes. DESIGN:A consecutive series of 210 patients who had been referred for palliation underwent endoscopy and intubation with the Not...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Wilton A,Smith PM

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00