First-line therapies in inflammatory bowel disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Evaluation of the response of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms to treatment would be facilitated by a brief, valid, reliable and responsive, self-assessed GERD-sensitive scale. We therefore developed the Reflux Questionnaire (ReQuest). This publication describes the psychometric evaluatio...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Mönnikes H,Bardhan KD,Stanghellini V,Berghöfer P,Bethke TD,Armstrong D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous iron and erythropoietin have been shown to be effective in Crohn's disease-associated anemia. The aim of this study was to test the sequential treatment of anemia in ulcerative colitis with intravenous iron in the first phase and erythropoietin in the second. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty patients...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Gasche C,Dejaco C,Reinisch W,Tillinger W,Waldhoer T,Fueger GF,Lochs H,Gangl A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Diarrhoea in collagenous colitis has been considered as secretory though the pathophysiology has been studied thoroughly in only a few patients. The result of fasting is one way to distinguish between secretory and osmotic diarrhoea. Our aim was to investigate the effect of fasting on diarrhoea in collag...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Bohr J,Järnerot G,Tysk C,Jones I,Eriksson S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:What naturally happens to patients after they undergo conservative and endoscopic treatment of colonic diverticular bleeding (CDB) is largely unknown. We retrospectively track the long-term outcome of the recurrence of CDB between patients with endoscopic and conservative treatment. METHODS:The group wa...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Mizuki A,Tatemichi M,Nakazawa A,Tsukada N,Nagata H,Kanai T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient treatment of haemorrhoids by elastic band ligation without anaesthetic was performed in 75 patients. Clinical review showed that 65 returned to work within 24 h of ligation, 8 in 48 h and 2 after 48 h. No patient required hospitalisation for either rectal bleeding or pain after ligation. In the first week a...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Panda AP,Laughton JM,Elder JB,Gillespie IE

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Several earlier studies on factors predicting the long-term outcome of ulcerative colitis only encompassed treatment failure for one severe episode, or suffered from a lack of multivariate analyses. We aimed to identify factors assessable at diagnosis or after the first induction therapy which predicted...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Shiga H,Takagi S,Inoue R,Kinouchi Y,Ohkubo T,Takahashi S,Negoro K,Yokoyama H,Kato S,Fukushima K,Hiwatashi N,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The healing of acetic acid-induced gastric and duodenal ulcers was examined together with the biochemical indices of growth in gastric and duodenal mucosa in the following three groups of rats: (a) chow-fed, (b) fed an isocaloric liquid diet, (c) fed the liquid diet plus pentagastrin injections (250 micrograms/kg, 3 t...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Takeuchi K,Johnson LR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:There are limited data concerning the clinical outcome of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) after double-balloon endoscopy (DBE). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with OGIB after DBE. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighty-seven consecutive pa...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Fujita M,Manabe N,Honda K,Tarumi K,Murao T,Katada S,Kimura Y,Matsumoto H,Kamada T,Shiotani A,Hata J,Haruma K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatic exocrine secretory response to increasing doses of exogenous caerulein with and without a background infusion of secretin was studied in 5 healthy volunteers. Caerulein over a full range of doses (2.3-37 pmol/kg/h) produced increasing enzyme secretion up to 18.5 pmol/kg/h, whereas 37 pmol/kg/h was clear...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Beglinger C,Köhler E,Stalder GA,Jansen J,Gyr K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) is an effective treatment for dissolving gallstones but experimental studies have suggested that it might be hepatotoxic. The present study is concerned with a group of patients undergoing medical therapy for gallstones for periods of 30 days up to 14 months with CDCA (15 mg/kg/day). Routi...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Koch MM,Giampieri MP,Lorenzini I,Jezequel AM,Orlandi F

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic immune-mediated disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. The pathophysiological understanding of this disease is limited and no curative therapy is available so far. Therefore, most patients require long-lasting or even life-long immunosuppressive therapies for the suppressio...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Vetter M,Neurath MF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Gallbladder mucus itself has been recognized to play an important role in gallstone development. Despite the diverse mechanisms of stone induction and the differences in stone composition, there is a quantitative increase in the epithelial mucus production period before stone formation. As brown pigment...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Sheen PC,Lee KT,Liu YE

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study some of the molecular events during the hepatic passage of gastrin, we perfused sulfated natural porcine gastrin (G17 II) through isolated pig livers. The disappearance half time of G17 II was about 20-30 min when the starting gastrin concentrations were greater than 100 pM; lower concentrations were...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Feurle GE,Winkler C,Encke A,Helmstaedter V,Doertenbach JG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We have used the Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat to study the effects of type-2 diabetes and troglitazone on the small intestinal mucosal mass, sugar transporters and the peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor, PPAR-gamma. METHODS:Age-matched ZDF and lean control (ZLC) rats were fed a standard cho...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Corpe C,Sreenan S,Burant C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since resistance of Helicobacter pylori is developing very fast all over the world, new treatment regimens for eradication are urgently needed. AIM:To compare eradication success rate of H. pylori treatment regimens with and without doxycycline. METHODS:English medical literature searches were conducted fo...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Niv Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the influence of acetazolamide, a potent inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase, on the formation of gastric mucosal lesions induced by acidified aspirin (ASA) or absolute ethanol and on gastric cytoprotection induced by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Acetazolamide prevented dose-dependently et...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Konturek SJ,Brzozowski T,Piastucki I,Radecki T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) is known to inhibit gastric acid secretion and gastric emptying but its physiological role in the inhibition of gastric functions is not settled. In this study performed on 16 young male subjects, gastric acid secretion and emptying rate were determined after intragastric administration of 8% pep...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Konturek SJ,Kwiecien N,Obtulowicz W,Kopp B,Oleksy J,Rovati L

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated acinar cells from rat pancreas responded well to hormonal treatment. Both secretin (synthetic and highly purified from porcine origin) and CCK-octapeptide stimulated amylase secretion in these cells. The response in both cases was very rapid. A maximal output of enzyme was reached within 5-10 min after the ad...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Lee PC

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemiluminescence (CL) is a simple quantitative assay of polymorphonuclear leucocyte (PMNL) oxidative metabolism. PMNL CL was found to be significantly higher in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease than in normal controls (167 +/- 60 vs. 139 +/- 50 mV/10(5) cells, p less than 0.05). There were no signific...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Kelleher D,Feighery C,Weir DG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a standard treatment for tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. We developed a self-completion method of ESD using Endosaber to eliminate the need for an additional device or human assistance during the procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the technical fe...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Esaki M,Minoda Y,Wada M,Sakisaka S,Tsuruta S,Hosokawa T,Matsuguchi T,Ichijima R,Suzuki S,Tamura Y,Iwao A,Yamakawa S,Irie A,Ihara E,Ogawa Y

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In the dog pancreas in vivo, the biological activity of secretin and vasoactive intestinal peptide was compared to that of secretin analogues modified in their N-terminal hexapeptide and to X-secretion (alpha, beta-Asp3-secretin) and Y-secretin (a conversion product of X-secretin consisting of about 15% secretin and 8...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Lehnert P,Forell MM,Jaeger E,Moroder L,Wünsch E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the most common hepatobiliary malignancy complicating primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Unfortunately, timely diagnosis of CCA in PSC patients remains challenging. AIM:To investigate the strategies among liver centers regarding pre-transplant screening for CCA in patients wit...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Trilianos P,Selaru F,Li Z,Gurakar A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine absorption across the mechanically obstructed rat intestine was studied by in vivo and in vitro techniques. It varied between the early (after 2 h) and late (after 18 h) phases of the obstruction. During the early phase there was a reduction in mucosal uptake and in net absorption of the amino acid. At 18 h th...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Hajjar JJ,Schwartz RG,Mirkin KR,Tomicic TK

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Impaired intestinal epithelial barrier function is a hallmark of a variety of pathological conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBD patients with IBS-like symptoms show higher interleukin-13 (IL-13) serum levels and poor psychological well-being. Supplemen...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Li M,Oshima T,Ito C,Yamada M,Tomita T,Fukui H,Miwa H

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that dietary long-chain triglycerides and 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 enhance and aspirin impairs postresection mucosal adaptation in rats. The present studies examined the hypothesis that supplemental linoleic acid (LA) above the minimum requirement may enhance postresection mucosal adaptation throu...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Park JH,Grandjean CJ,Hart MH,Baylor JM,Vanderhoof JA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The benefits of colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC) risk for patients over 75 years are controversial. We aimed to determine whether colonoscopy use is associated with a decreased risk of CRC in patients 76-85 years old in the United States (US). PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients in the Med...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Wang YR,Cangemi JR,Loftus EV Jr,Picco MF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A statistical study was carried out to determine if fasting serum bile acid levels are clinically useful in differentiating children with chronic persistent hepatitis from children with chronic aggressive hepatitis. Serum bile acid levels were determined in 27 patients with chronic aggressive hepatitis, 41 with chroni...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Jara P,Codoceo R,Hernanz A,Castaño C,Diaz C,Montero JL,Vázquez C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:gamma delta T cell populations are well-known for their unique distribution (e.g. intra-epithelial lymphocytes). Though their ligands play a major role in the immune response they have remained largely obscure. To shed light on this issue, we have analyzed in this study the complementarity det...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Ishiguro Y,Kanazawa H,Yamagata K,Sakuraba H,Munakata A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc nutriture has been studies in 30 patients with Crohn's disease using plasma zinc, hair zinc, and taste acuity as indices. Significant reductions in plasma zinc concentrations and taste acuity were seen in the patient groups as compared with normal controls. Hair zinc content was also generally low with several de...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Solomons NW,Rosenberg IH,Sandstead HH,Vo-Khactu KP

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:This study aimed at (i) clarifying the factors associated with high scores on the modified frequency scale for the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (FSSG) among 3,505 relatively healthy subjects undergoing routine medical health checkups with gastrointestinal endoscopy and (ii) comparing risk...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Takeshita E,Sakata Y,Hara M,Akutagawa K,Sakata N,Endo H,Ohyama T,Matsunaga K,Yoshioka T,Kawakubo H,Tanaka Y,Shirai S,Ito Y,Tsuruoka N,Iwakiri R,Kusano M,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00