Successful food elimination therapy in adult eosinophilic esophagitis: not all patients are the same.

abstract：:We report the development of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) Health Status Scales that improve on existing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) activity measures by their added association with health status. We surveyed 991 members of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and analyzed the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Drossman DA,Li Z,Leserman J,Patrick DL

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA positivity among hemodialysis patients varies between 10 and 70%. Few previous surveys revealed high frequency of seroconversion of HCV-RNA-negative patients over the years of hemodialysis. Only few studies reported HCV genotype variability. We evaluated all 65 patients on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Zamir D,Storch S,Zonder HB,Zamir C,Weiner P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) is a rare lympho-proliferative disorder of the upper small intestine. It is considered a special form of MALT lymphoma with propensity to malignant transformation. This disorder is rare in pediatric literature. We report a case of IPSID in a 16-year-old boy with low...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Zamir A,Parasher G,Moukarzel AA,Guarini L,Zeien L,Feldman F

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of psychosocial factors in peptic ulcer remains controversial. We have investigated the relationship between socioeconomic status, concrete stressors, and ulcers in a longitudinally followed, population-based cohort, taking confounding risk factors into account. A total of 6,928 adults completed the Alameda C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Levenstein S,Kaplan GA,Smith M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances are common during training and competition, especially among endurance athletes. Historically, little attention has been paid to the psychobiological etiology of GI problems in sport. The aim of this review is to: (1) provide a physiological overview of how psychological stress and a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Wilson PB

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:We intended to identify the factors associated with missed appointments at a gastroenterology (GI) clinic in an academic setting. BACKGROUND:Missed clinic appointments reduce clinic efficiency, waste resources, and increase costs. Limited data exist on subspecialty clinic attendance. STUDY:We performed a case-c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shrestha MP,Hu C,Taleban S

更新日期：2017-05-01 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

abstract：:Lower gastrointestinal bleeding colonic varices is infrequent. We report a patient in whom the diagnosis was made by angiography and in whom portosystemic shunt has been helpful. We believe that the treatment of choice for colonic varices is portosystemic shunt, as attempts at resection, judged by the reports in the l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Katz LB,Shakeed A,Messer J

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we present a patient with chronic hepatitis C-associated cryoglobulinemia who was kept on maintenance interferon treatment because of flare-ups in cryoglobulinemia-associated signs and hepatitis after withdrawal, dose reduction, and increase in dose intervals of interferon. This type of interferon use ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Celik AF,Ozaras R,Ozbay G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic esophagitis is a recently described disease characterized by the presence of upper gastrointestinal tract symptoms in association with a dense esophageal eosinophilic infiltrate. The awareness and interest of physicians and researchers in this disease has been increasing as reflected by the number of publ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Almansa C,Devault KR,Achem SR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bewildering array of medications in the therapy of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often confounds the clinician in the choice of specific agents regarding the balance between safety and efficacy. This review surveys and evaluates currently available IBD therapies as well as those used in clinical trials of ulcer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Katz S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct effects of exogenous and endogenous prostaglandins (PGs) on damage to isolated gastric cells caused by ethanol were assessed in rats. 16,16-Dimethyl-PGE2 (dmPGE2) significantly inhibited cellular damage caused by 15% ethanol in three fractions rich in surface epithelial cells, rich in parietal cells, and ri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Arakawa T,Nakamura A,Fukuda T,Satoh H,Kobayashi K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOAL:To identify patients likely to fail metronidazole as initial treatment of C. difficile infection. BACKGROUND:For moderate to severe Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, metronidazole is the drug of choice for treatment. Oral vancomycin is given to patients who fail metronidazole or have intolerable side eff...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Fernandez A,Anand G,Friedenberg F

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:Our aim was to study the prevalence of dysplasia and progression to high-grade dysplasia (HGD) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) in African Americans (AA) with Barrett's esophagus (BE) and compare it with that of non-Hispanic white (NHW) controls. BACKGROUND:BE, a precursor of EAC, is a disease of predominantl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Thota PN,Zackria S,Sanaka MR,Patil D,Goldblum J,Lopez R,Chak A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To define both risks and costs of optimal care of patients with gastric acid hypersecretion. BACKGROUND:The management of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and other gastric acid hypersecretory disorders remains challenging. The optimal strategy for follow-up including gastric acid analysis, laboratory studies, and end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hirschowitz BI,Fineberg N,Wilcox CM,Mohnen J,Worthington J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans characteristically affects small- and medium-sized vessels of the limbs in young smokers. There is some controversy about the existence of visceral localizations of the disease. The case of a patient with a well-established diagnosis of thromboangiitis obliterans who presented with mesenteri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hassoun Z,Lacrosse M,De Ronde T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We approached the early diagnosis of gastric infiltrating carcinoma, scirrhous cancer, by a retrospective study of 19 patients, together with a prospective study of a single patient, by reexamination and follow-up of gastric roentgenographs and endoscopic films. This study suggests that an early feature of this type o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kohli Y,Takeda S,Kawai K

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To define whether human colonic mucosa exposure to Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) 53103, may influence intestinal muscle cell contractility. METHODS:Human colon specimens were obtained from disease-free margins of resected segments for cancer. The mucosa and submucosa, af...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Guarino MP,Altomare A,Stasi E,Marignani M,Severi C,Alloni R,Dicuonzo G,Morelli L,Coppola R,Cicala M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image-guided percutaneous local and regional modalities are major treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma. Patients having better liver function and performance are usually eligible and can gain significant survival benefit, especially with more limited tumor burden. The most common local therapies are ethanol and rad...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Pollak JS

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:We examined the effects of lansoprazole and famotidine on gastric basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) levels and ulcer healing in patients with gastric ulcer. Sixteen patients with active gastric ulcer were divided into two groups and received treatment with lansoprazole 30 mg/day or famotidine 40 mg/day. They were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tsuji S,Kawano S,Higashi T,Mukuda T,Imaizumi T,Tatsumi T,Miura N,Miyajima K,Fukuda M,Noguchi M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the development of high-resolution manometry and specific metrics to characterize esophageal motility, the Chicago Classification has become the gold standard for the diagnosis of esophageal motor disorders. Major and significant disorders, that is, never observed in healthy subjects, are achalasia, esophagogastr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Zerbib F,Roman S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:This study aimed to characterize the impact of stool consistency on patient-reported bowel movement (BM) satisfaction in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) or chronic idiopathic constipation, with a focus on linaclotide. BACKGROUND:As new medications for constipation become availabl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Taylor DCA,Abel JL,Doshi JA,Martin C,Goolsby Hunter A,Essoi B,Korrer S,Reasner DS,Carson RT,Chey WD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The occurrence of reflux disease seems to be rising in the United States. The aim of the present study was to follow the time trends of hospitalization for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and other esophageal disease during the past 4 decades. METHODS:US hospital utilization data were availa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sonnenberg A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with hepatorenal syndrome were treated with the orally active angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor captopril (25 or 50 mg 6 hourly) for up to 48 hours. Only one patient showed a significant increase in urinary sodium concentration (from less than 10 to 70 mmol/liter), but without associated diuresis; ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Cobden I,Shore A,Wilkinson R,Record CO

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unbuffered rapid urease test (RUT) is an accurate, rapid, and inexpensive method of detecting Helicobacter pylori. However, it is generally recommended to prepare the reagent daily. This prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the shelf-life of our unbuffered RUT at -20 degrees C. Two sets of antral biopsies (X2)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ng FH,Wong SY,Ng WF,Wong BC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus genotype differences seem to be of considerable clinical significance because they affect responses to antiviral therapy. HCV genotype 4 is rare in the United States and there are few published data regarding response to therapy in patients with HCV genotype 4 infection. OBJECTIVES:To asse...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lyra AC,Ramrakhiani S,Bacon BR,Di Bisceglie AM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial overgrowth is frequent in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and can contribute to symptoms. Motility abnormalities can predispose to bacterial overgrowth. The hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4) breath test is a sensitive and simple tool for the diagnosis of bacterial overgrowth and for the evaluation of orocec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Castiglione F,Del Vecchio Blanco G,Rispo A,Petrelli G,Amalfi G,Cozzolino A,Cuccaro I,Mazzacca G

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four new cases of oral manifestation in Crohn's disease (CD) and evaluate 75 reported cases for morphology and site of oral and intestinal manifestations of CD, clinical manifestation, and treatment. Oral CD was the presenting symptom in 43 of 72 (60%) patients and relapsed in 34 of 60 (57%). Median age at p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Plauth M,Jenss H,Meyle J

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portal hypertension, a consequence of end-stage liver disease and liver cirrhosis can lead to significant morbidity and mortality for patients through abnormal fluid accumulation as well as the formation of portosystemic shunts and varices. Treatment of the sequelae of portal hypertension can be achieved through endov...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shreve L,Lee EW

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00