Systematic review: health-related quality of life in children and adults with eosinophilic oesophagitis-instruments for measurement and determinant factors.

abstract：BACKGROUND:One-week triple therapy consisting of omeprazole 20 mg b.d., clarithromycin 250 mg b.d. and tinidazole 500 mg b.d. is an effective therapy for H. pylori infection with a cure rate of 93%. We therefore compared two similar 1-week regimens consisting of a lansoprazole, clarithromycin and either metronidazole o...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Jaup BH,Norrby A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies report a high prevalence of lactose intolerance in patients with functional, gastrointestinal disease. AIM:To evaluate the role of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in condition of lactose intolerance and the mechanism by which SIBO may impact lactose tolerance in affected patients. ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Zhao J,Fox M,Cong Y,Chu H,Shang Y,Fried M,Dai N

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global burden of hepatitis C (HCV) infection is mostly found in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where HCV genotypes 4, 5 and 6 are common. The literature on these genotypes is sparse and this synopsis will review characteristics of patients infected with these genotypes. AIM:To review characteristics ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Wantuck JM,Ahmed A,Nguyen MH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of covert hepatic encephalopathy (CHE) by means of portosystemic encephalopathy syndrome (PSE) test is costly and therefore infrequently performed. AIM:To determine the ability of critical flicker frequency (CFF) alone or in combination with laboratory findings, as an initial test to pre-selec...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Greinert R,Ripoll C,Hollenbach M,Zipprich A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal function abnormalities and ascites in cirrhosis are the final consequence of a circulatory dysfunction characterized by marked splanchnic arterial vasodilation. This causes a reduction in effective arterial blood volume and the homoeostatic activation of vasoconstrictor and sodium-retaining systems. Albumin is v...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Ginès P,Guevara M,De Las Heras D,Arroyo V

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of anti-viral treatment on downstream costs for hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients is unknown. AIM:To evaluate follow-up costs in patients with chronic HCV, stratified by liver disease severity. METHODS:Using a US private insurance database, mean all-cause per-patient-per-month (PPPM) US ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Gordon SC,Hamzeh FM,Pockros PJ,Hoop RS,Buikema AR,Korner EJ,Terrault NA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microscopic colitis (MC) is a common chronic diarrhoeal disease, and remission can be induced with budesonide. However, diarrhoea relapses frequently when budesonide is tapered and a few patients become budesonide intolerant. AIM:To examine retrospectively the effect of azathioprine (AZA) and mercaptopurine...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Münch A,Fernandez-Banares F,Munck LK

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have been implicated in reports of liver injury. However, the precise risk of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for this rare complication is unknown. AIM:To review systematically the published literature of population-based epidemiological studies reporting the inc...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Rubenstein JH,Laine L

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplantation is potentially a life-saving therapeutic intervention for patients with portopulmonary hypertension and hepatopulmonary syndrome. However, due to limited data, listing criteria for patients with these conditions have not been clearly established. Indeed, this has led some to speculate t...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Houlihan DD,Holt A,Elliot C,Ferguson JW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify optimal antibiotics for second-line quadruple therapy of Helicobacter pylori after failed 1-week triple therapy. METHODS:One hundred patients were enrolled in this study after the failure of 1-week triple therapy. They were randomized to receive 1-week quadruple therapy consisting of amoxicillin, omepr...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Chi CH,Lin CY,Sheu BS,Yang HB,Huang AH,Wu JJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether flumecinol (3-trifluoromethyl-alpha-ethylbenzhydrol, Zixoryn) is effective in ameliorating pruritus of cholestasis, particularly in primary bilary cirrhosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:50 patients (46 with primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC) took oral flumecinol 600 mg or identical placebo once wee...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Turner IB,Rawlins MD,Wood P,James OF

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surveillance colonoscopy is recommended for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with longstanding extensive colitis (LEC). AIMS:To assess modalities and results of colonoscopic surveillance in a subset of CESAME cohort patients at high risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and followed in university French ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Vienne A,Simon T,Cosnes J,Baudry C,Bouhnik Y,Soulé JC,Chaussade S,Marteau P,Jian R,Delchier JC,Coffin B,Admane H,Carrat F,Drouet E,Beaugerie L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is prevalent in affluent countries and is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome. AIM:To study the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and postchallenge hyperglycaemia in Chinese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. METHODS:73 consecutive patients with biop...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Wong VW,Hui AY,Tsang SW,Chan JL,Wong GL,Chan AW,So WY,Cheng AY,Tong PC,Chan FK,Sung JJ,Chan HL

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile can cause severe antibiotic-associated colitis. Conventional treatments with metronidazole and vancomycin improve symptoms, but after discontinuation of treatment, C. difficile infection (CDI) recurs in a number of patients. Rifaximin is a rifamycin-based non-systemic antibiotic that ha...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Mattila E,Arkkila P,Mattila PS,Tarkka E,Tissari P,Anttila VJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic liver disease and components of metabolic syndrome may be at higher risk for fibrosis. AIM:To assess the impact of clinicodemographic factors on hepatic fibrosis in CLD. METHODS:Of 1028 chronic liver disease patients, 964 were included in the analysis. Extensive clinico-demographic an...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Stepanova M,Aquino R,Alsheddi A,Gupta R,Fang Y,Younossi Z

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mesalazine suppositories are recommended and widely used as the standard therapy in induction and maintenance of remission for proctitis. AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of mesalazine suppositories in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and rectal inflammation; and in patient groups categorised by the extent...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Watanabe M,Nishino H,Sameshima Y,Ota A,Nakamura S,Hibi T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, including extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK),c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases (JNK) and p38 MAP kinase (p38 MAPK) are important intermediates of the signal-transduction pathway from the cell surface to the nucleus. Expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, associated ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tominaga K,Higuchi K,Sasaki E,Suto R,Watanabe T,Fujiwara Y,Oshitani N,Matsumoto T,Kim S,Iwao H,Arakawa T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data are available on the efficacy and safety of antiviral therapy in geriatric patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon (pegIFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) therapy in geriatric HCV-infected patients. METHODS:Ninety-one geria...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Hu CC,Lin CL,Kuo YL,Chien CH,Chen SW,Yen CL,Lin CY,Chien RN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology and pathophysiology of non-erosive gastro-oesophageal reflux disease differs from erosive gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. There is a possibility that non-erosive gastro-oesophageal reflux disease treatment requires a different regimen/approach but it is not yet acknowledged. AIM:To inves...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Wada T,Sasaki M,Kataoka H,Tanida S,Itoh K,Ogasawara N,Oshima T,Togawa S,Kubota E,Yamada T,Mori Y,Fujita F,Ohara H,Nakao H,Sobue S,Joh T,Itoh M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The large (n = 18 325) Therapeutic Arthritis Research and Gastrointestinal Event Trial (TARGET) study demonstrated a significant gastrointestinal benefit with lumiracoxib 400 mg o.d. (4x the recommended dose in osteoarthritis) vs. naproxen 500 mg b.d. or ibuprofen 800 mg t.d.s. AIM:To investigate how early ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Hawkey CJ,Weinstein WM,Stricker K,Murphy V,Richard D,Krammer G,Rebuli R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic disturbances in the context of intestinal failure and parenteral nutrition (PN) are frequently encountered and carry a significant burden of morbidity and sometimes mortality. The term intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD) refers to liver injury due to intestinal failure and associated ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Bond A,Huijbers A,Pironi L,Schneider SM,Wanten G,Lal S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic efficacy of 5-aminosalicylic acid in inflammatory bowel disease may be related to its antioxidant properties. AIM:To compare in vitro the antioxidant effects of conventional drugs (5-aminosalicylic acid, corticosteroids, metronidazole), with new aminosalicylates (4-aminosalicylic acid, balsa...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Simmonds NJ,Millar AD,Blake DR,Rampton DS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ephedrine, a non-selective adrenoreceptor agonist, and yohimbine, a selective alpha 2-adrenolytic drug, on gastric emptying of a radiolabelled solid meal was examined in groups of 8 (all women) and 15 (4 men and 11 women) obese patients, respectively. Patients were given orally, double-blind in random or...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Jonderko K,Kucio C

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alginates form a raft above the gastric contents, which may suppress gastro-oesophageal reflux; however, inconsistent effects have been reported in mechanistic and clinical studies. AIMS:To visualise reflux suppression by an alginate-antacid [Gaviscon Advance (GA), Reckitt Benckiser, UK] compared with a non...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Sweis R,Kaufman E,Anggiansah A,Wong T,Dettmar P,Fried M,Schwizer W,Avvari RK,Pal A,Fox M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunts (TIPSS) are becoming widely used in the management of oesophageal variceal haemorrhage (OVH). Their place in the treatment of gastric variceal haemorrhage (GVH), a condition with a traditionally poor prognosis, remains unclear. The aims of our study were t...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Stanley AJ,Jalan R,Ireland HM,Redhead DN,Bouchier IA,Hayes PC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapeutic options for achalasia include pharmacological therapy, surgical myotomy, pneumatic dilatation and intrasphincteric botulinum toxin injection. AIM:To compare botulinum toxin injection with pneumatic dilatation in a randomized trial. PATIENTS/METHODS:Forty adults with newly diagnosed achalasia we...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Mikaeli J,Fazel A,Montazeri G,Yaghoobi M,Malekzadeh R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comparative long-term efficacy of entecavir (ETV) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) for prevention of disease progression to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among high-risk patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB)-related compensated cirrhosis is controversial. AIMS:To compare the long-term efficacy of ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Hu TH,Yueh-Hsia Chiu S,Tseng PL,Chen CH,Lu SN,Wang JH,Hung CH,Kee KM,Lin MT,Chang KC,Lin MC,Chien RN

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systemic and hepatic haemodynamic effects following terlipressin (Glypressin) administration were studied. Bolus intravenous injections of 1.25 and 2 mg significantly decreased wedged hepatic vein pressure gradient by 29% and 31%, respectively. With each dose there was a small increase in mean arterial blood press...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Freeman JG,Barton JR,Record CO

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about long-term outcome of tacrolimus therapy for ulcerative colitis. Aim To evaluate long-term efficacy and safety of tacrolimus in Japanese patients with refractory ulcerative colitis. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients with UC refractory to conventional therapy were administered tacrolimus wit...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Yamamoto S,Nakase H,Mikami S,Inoue S,Yoshino T,Takeda Y,Kasahara K,Ueno S,Uza N,Kitamura H,Tamaki H,Matsuura M,Inui K,Chiba T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faecal impaction with or without encopresis is a very common problem. We performed a randomized, open-label, prospective study to compare the efficacy and acceptability of the treatment of faecal impaction using either mineral oil or pineapple-flavoured isotonic intestinal lavage solution containing polyethylene glyco...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tolia V,Lin CH,Elitsur Y

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00