Hypoxic hepatitis occurring in cirrhosis after variceal bleeding: still a lethal disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND GOALS:Chronic inflammation associated with Helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor of gastric adenocarcinoma. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) plays an important role in gastric mucosal inflammation induced by H. pylori infection. Recently, studies on the association of genetic polymorphisms of various proinf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ye BD,Kim SG,Park JH,Kim JS,Jung HC,Song IS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since endoscopic treatment has been evaluated and become established as treatment for early gastric cancer, metachronous recurrence has become a major problem. In this report, predictive factors for recurrence were studied using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox's proportional hazards regression model in 76 patients who...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Arima N,Adachi K,Katsube T,Amano K,Ishihara S,Watanabe M,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated surgical interventions on the biliary ductal system increase morbidity and mortality, particularly in the geriatric patient. In an attempt to prevent these complications, side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy was performed as the primary operative procedure in 54 patients, age 72 +/- 13 years. This was the pati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Berlatzky Y,Freund HR

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Portal or bridging fibrosis is an indication for antiviral treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). An early marker predictive of liver fibrosis in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative CHB patients can alert clinicians to plan for treatment before disease progression. GOALS:To predict early a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lee IC,Chan CC,Huang YH,Huo TI,Chu CJ,Lai CR,Lee PC,Su CW,Hung HH,Wu JC,Lin HC,Lee SD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crohn's disease can be accompanied by extraintestinal manifestations. The authors report on a 39-year-old patient who presented with cheilitis granulomatosa as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease. Four years later, intestinal Crohn's disease was diagnosed. One year afterward, acute loss of visual acuity from op...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： van de Scheur MR,van der Waal RI,van Bodegraven AA,Völker-Dieben HJ,Starink TM,van der Waal I

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertriglyceridemia has been positively associated with the risk of acute pancreatitis (AP), but whether increased triglyceride (TG) levels are associated with the severity of AP remains unknown. To this, a meta-analysis was conducted to assess the effect of elevated serum TG on the prognosis of AP. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Wang Q,Wang G,Qiu Z,He X,Liu C

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past three decades, important advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of chronic pancreatitis (CP), improved results of major pancreatic resections (including pancreatoduodenectomy), and integration of sophisticated diagnostic methods in clinical practice resulted in significant changes in our ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sakorafas GH,Tsiotou AG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous erythromycin is a potent gastric prokinetic with demonstrated efficacy in the acute therapy of gastroparesis; long-term oral therapy has been limited by tolerance and modest efficacy. Our aim was to review our experience with prolonged administration of intravenous erythromycin in an ambulatory setting as ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： DiBaise JK,Quigley EM

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Duodenal intraepithelial lymphocytosis (D-IEL) is an early marker for celiac disease (CD). However, the majority of cases are due to non-CD-related conditions. GOALS:To identify the predictors of CD when presented with D-IEL. METHODS:A total of 215 adult patients with D-IEL had undergone prospective and sy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Aziz I,Key T,Goodwin JG,Sanders DS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 2,253 consecutive dyspeptic patients referred to our endoscopy service by general practitioners ("open" group) and hospital clinicians ("clinic" group) to study the prevalence of the various endoscopic findings according to patient age and the route of endoscopic referral. The results obtained are represen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Mansi C,Mela GS,Savarino V,Mele MR,Valle F,Celle G

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To evaluate the incidence of extraesophageal malignancies among patients with Barrett esophagus (BE). BACKGROUND:Gastroesophageal reflux disease has been reported to be associated with upper aerodigestive malignancies. BE is considered a consequence of long-standing gastroesophageal reflux disease; however, the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Pines G,Dickman R,Niv Y,Kashtan H,Birkenfeld S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized trial with a blind observer compared the efficacy of an emulsion containing micronized sucralfate (1 g four times daily) and ranitidine (150 mg twice daily) in the short-term healing of peptic ulcer. Patients with a minimum ulcer size of 5 mm located in the duodenal bulb, the pyloric canal, or in the prep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lykkegaard Nielsen MC,Vagn Nielsen O,Moesgaard F

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is prevalent in Latinos. There is some evidence that progression to cirrhosis is more rapid. END POINTS:To calculate time of cirrhosis from time of HCV infection in a large Latino population. Other end points were to assess variables that predict cirrhosis and the effect of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Rodríguez-Torres M,Ríos-Bedoya CF,Rodríguez-Orengo J,Fernández-Carbia A,Marxuach-Cuétara AM,López-Torres A,Salgado-Mercado R,Bräu N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue distribution of a previously identified M(r) 40 K epithelial autoantigen in ulcerative colitis was examined in situ in the fetal tissue by immunocytochemical method, using an immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal antibody (7E12H12). Fetal-autopsy tissue from 9 to 19 weeks of development (11-21 gestational weeks...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Das KM,Squillante L,Chitayet D,Kalousek DK

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a 12-year review of the elective and emergency surgery for duodenal ulcer in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, to ascertain whether the introduction of cimetidine as treatment for duodenal ulcer had led to a reduction in the number of elective and emergency operations being performed for duodenal ulcer. The...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Alagaratnam TT,Wong J

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Informed consent is a vital preprocedural step for endoscopy but there are substantial variations in its delivery. We therefore sought to assess a multifaceted intervention to improve the consent process. METHODS:Gastroenterologists at a tertiary center were educated on the recommended components o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Fudman DI,Papamichael K,Roemi L,Rao V,Falchuk KR,Leffler DA,Feuerstein JD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the preoperative histologic diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma of the duodenum and review the clinical aspects and treatment of this tumor. The endoscopic techniques were critical in obtaining the diagnosis and deciding the treatment plan. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Holst L,Burstein S,Morankar V,Goldberg M

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus species are part of normal gastrointestinal flora and are an uncommon cause of bacteremia. Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus was repeatedly isolated in the blood cultures of a 43-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis. Lactobacillus spp. could be considered a potential opportunistic pathogen whenever ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Farina C,Arosio M,Mangia M,Moioli F

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:We report a case of microcystic (glycogen-rich) adenoma of the whole pancreas with coexistent pancreatic low-grade malignant islet cell tumor in a 29-year-old woman. She complained of nausea, vomiting, and growing abdominal mass. Abdominal computed tomography showed multiple cysts in the whole pancreas and a calcified...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Jung HK,Son HY,Lee HC,Yi SY

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with pernicious anemia developed gastric carcinoid, one 20 years and the other 1 year after diagnosis of pernicious anemia. One of the patients underwent successful resection of the tumor, while the second, with diffuse gastric carcinoid, was managed conservatively. She is well and asymptomatic 32 months ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Stalnikowicz R,Eliakim R,Steiner D,Gross D,Okon E

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 15 cases of poisoning from ingestion of yellow phosphorus-containing fireworks and analyzed its associated acute hepatotoxic effects. Two patients (13%) had no clinical or biochemical evidence of hepatic damage, four (27%) had subclinical hepatic injury, five (33%) manifested varying degrees of hepatocellu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Fernandez OU,Canizares LL

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fulminant hepatic failure as a result of hepatitis A is a rarely diagnosed complication entity in developed countries. With the advent of specific serologic markers for acute hepatitis A virus infection, the incidence and pathology of fulminant hepatitis A can be more clearly defined. We describe four patients (one ad...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Masada CT,Shaw BW Jr,Zetterman RK,Kaufman SS,Markin RS

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A intoxication was diagnosed in a 14-year-old girl who presented with massive exudative ascites and right pleural effusion, impaired liver enzymes, and hypertriglyceridemia. Electron microscopy of liver biopsy material demonstrated numerous perisinusoidal lipid-filled Ito cells. The patient had taken 100-200,0...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Noseda A,Adler M,Ketelbant P,Baran D,Winand J

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia is a neurotoxin that is normally cleared by the intact liver and if not, hyperammonemia results in hepatic encephalopathy. Hyperammonemia may be owing to primary or secondary causes. Early diagnosis is important to prevent permanent brain damage. Advanced malignancy involving the liver is associated with hyper...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Broadbridge V,Townsend A,Pittman K,Kimber R,Patterson W,Sukumaran S,Price TJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fear of cancer has evoked calls for intensive surveillance programs in Barrett's esophagus. Two evolving issues are fueling this fire: (a) the rising risk of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus over the past 20 years and (b) the coincidental increase in the recognized prevalence of Barrett's esophagus in the general p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Richter JE,Falk GW

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two patients, treatment of amebic dysentery was followed (despite the disappearance of the infecting organism) by an illness with the clinical, pathological, and radiological characteristics of nonspecific ulcerative colitis. Their case histories indicate that in addition to persistent or recurrent amebic infection...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Rampton DS,Salmon PR,Clark CG

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Markedly elevated alpha-fetoprotein levels in the range of >1,000 ng/mL are highly suspicious for the presence of hepatocellular carcinoma. This report describes three patients with cirrhosis and replicating hepatitis B virus infection who presented with initial serum alpha-fetoprotein levels of >1,000 ng/mL without c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yao FY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Helicobacter pylori has been established as a major etiologic factor of chronic gastritis and makes an important contribution to peptic ulceration, the reason why H. pylori causes different gastroduodenal diseases in different people is at present not clear. GOALS:The aim of this study is to identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Chen TS,Lee YC,Li FY,Chang FY

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who presented with chronic inflammation of the colon, and initially also the terminal ileum, accompanied by marked diarrhea, is described. Repeated high-dose steroid therapy was only temporarily successful, and symptoms recurred upon dose reduction. During the further course of the disease, a marked elevatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Scheurlen M,Mörk H,Weber P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00