Endoscopy in the evaluation of patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms: indications, expectations, and interpretation.

abstract：:In black patients seen at Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, appendicitis occurs most frequently in the 10-19-year-old age group. There is a pronounced male bias. Parasitic ova in the appendix are very seldom observed (3.6%). Fecaliths, present in 20% of diseased appendices, are noted far less frequently than are rep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Segal I,Paterson A,Walker AR

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOAL:To provide the statistical predictive model for neoplastic potential of gallbladder polyp (GBP). BACKGROUND:Many studies have attempted to define the risk factors for neoplastic potential of GBP. It remains difficult to precisely adapt the reported risk factors for the decision of surgery. Estimating the probabil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yang JI,Lee JK,Ahn DG,Park JK,Lee KH,Lee KT,Chi SA,Jung SH

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with obstruction of the extrahepatic portal venous system were seen at the Tufts-New England Medical Center between 1970 and 1979; a cause for the portal vein thrombosis was detected in 11. These included pancreatic disease (4); hematologic disorders (2); postoperative complications of laparotomy (3); ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Brown KM,Kaplan MM,Donowitz M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Current methods to diagnose malignant biliary strictures are of low sensitivity. Confocal endomicroscopy is a new approach that may improve the diagnosis of indeterminate biliary strictures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate indeterminate biliary strictures using probe-based confocal laser e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Loeser CS,Robert ME,Mennone A,Nathanson MH,Jamidar P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Lactic acidosis is an unique complication of jejunoileal bypass occurring because of alteration of colonic bacterial flora with selective proliferation of D-lactate-producing bacteria. The D-lactate accumulation in the serum is associated with encephalopathy, which responds to oral antibiotic drugs in most patients....

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kadakia SC

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The cause of abdominal pain (AP) in gastroparesis (Gp) is often not known; hence, its treatment can be challenging. Preoccupation with or increased attention (hypervigilance) to pain is associated with perceived pain severity and psychosocial disability. The aims of this study were to (1) characterize AP i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Jehangir A,Abdallah RT,Parkman HP

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylous ascites remains rare as a complication of surgical intervention. Although therapeutic manoeuvres to control chylous ascites have been developed over the past 20 years, its pathophysiology is poorly understood. Conservative approaches involving dietary restriction of long-chain triglycerides and salt, together ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ohri SK,Patel T,Desa LA,Spencer J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To determine the incidence of renal function deterioration in adult patients with Salmonella infection. BACKGROUND:Renal impairment has been described during severe Salmonella infection and is mainly due to shock, dehydration, or rhabdomyolysis. However, it is unclear whether less severe Salmonella infection als...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Janssen van Doorn K,Pierard D,Spapen H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of serotonin reuptake transporter (SERT-P) polymorphism and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have shown diverse results among different populations, which might be due to racial and ethnic difference. AIM:This study was to investigate the potential association between the SERT-P polymorphism and clini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sikander A,Rana SV,Sinha SK,Prasad KK,Arora SK,Sharma SK,Singh K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aim of this exploratory trial was to establish if the probiotic Bifidobacterium natren life start (NLS) strain strain may affect the clinical course and pathophysiological features of patients with untreated celiac disease (CD). Positive findings would be helpful in directing future studies. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Smecuol E,Hwang HJ,Sugai E,Corso L,Cherñavsky AC,Bellavite FP,González A,Vodánovich F,Moreno ML,Vázquez H,Lozano G,Niveloni S,Mazure R,Meddings J,Mauriño E,Bai JC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cure for hepatitis B is defined as the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroclearance and/or seroconversion. Predictors of spontaneous seroconversion are not well described. The objective of this study is to identify predictors of spontaneous HBsAg seroconversion from community practice. METHODS:We p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Wu CF,Fong TM,Wu SS,Saab S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM/BACKGROUND:Achalasia may be associated with extraesophageal dysmotility. However, this relation is still poorly understood. In the present study, we used noninvasive real-time ultrasonography to examine the motility function of the gallbladder in the patients with achalasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-three acha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Alagozlu H,Unal S,Karakan T,Cindoruk M,Ergun M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human large intestine harbors a complex microbiota containing many hundreds of different bacterial species. Although structure/function relationships between different components of the microbiota are unclear, this complex multicellular entity plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis in the body. Many of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Macfarlane GT,Macfarlane S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a rare cause of pancreatitis. Pancreatitis secondary to HTG, presents typically as an episode of acute pancreatitis (AP) or recurrent AP, rarely as chronic pancreatitis. A serum triglyceride (TG) level of more than 1,000 to 2,000 mg/dL in patients with type I, IV, or V hyperlipidemia (Fre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yadav D,Pitchumoni CS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old male patient, after 3 months' treatment with fluvastatin 40 mg/d for hypercholesterolemia, presented with acute pancreatitis. The pancreatitis was mild, and the patient settled on medical treatment. Other causes of the disease were ruled out. Some months later, the patient reintroduced fluvastatin on his...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tysk C,Al-Eryani AY,Shawabkeh AA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fifty-year-old woman with abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss ultimately required exploratory laparotomy. The entire small intestine was extensively infiltrated by poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; mesenteric lymph nodes and surrounding omentum were involved, but no extragastrointestinal tumor was found. A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hansen RM,Lewis JD,Janjan NA,Komorowski RA

更新日期：1988-04-01 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：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM:Newer capsule with a panoramic viewing mode is available and might increase the detection rate of bleeding lesions in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). Furthermore, an improved patient acceptance rate is expected. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a randomized prospective comparat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Zwinger LL,Siegmund B,Stroux A,Adler A,Veltzke-Schlieker W,Wentrup R,Jürgensen C,Wiedenmann B,Wiedbrauck F,Hollerbach S,Liceni T,Bojarski C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe sepsis with associated multisystem organ dysfunction is a leading cause of death in patients hospitalized in intensive care units. The gastrointestinal system plays a key role in the pathogenesis of multisystem organ dysfunction owing to a breakdown of intestinal barrier function and increased translocation of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Madsen K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe, to our knowledge, the first reported case of nortriptyline-induced fulminant hepatic failure. This tricyclic antidepressant drug was taken by a postmenopausal woman for 64 days before her presentation. The absence of fever, rash, or marked eosinophilia, the predominant zone 3 necrosis with bridging, and t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Berkelhammer C,Kher N,Berry C,Largosa A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial cells of the stomach and duodenum are normally protected from the damaging effects of acid and pepsin by a balancing mechanism of mucosal resistance. If an imbalance occurs, peptic ulcer may result. Traditional teaching has emphasized the importance of acid (and pepsin) as the cause of this imbalance; h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Peterson WL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single technological advancement that Bravo pH monitoring offers over conventional pH monitoring is the elimination of the transnasal catheter. This was not a trivial advance in terms of technologic achievement. Development of a delivery system that could temporarily place a wireless capsule on the esophageal muco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Pandolfino JE,Kwiatek MA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (CD4 count, 446/mm3) developed a protracted course of abdominal pain, weight loss, and increasing liver function tests after undergoing a metronidazole treatment regimen for Giardia enteritis. Three months later, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP) sho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Aronson NE,Cheney C,Rholl V,Burris D,Hadro N

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical profile of antituberculosis treatment (ATT)-induced hepatotoxicity is variable, and the reintroduction of ATT in patients who have developed such injury is controversial. We conducted a prospective study to determine the clinical profile in patients with ATT-induced hepatotoxicity and to test a predefined...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Singh J,Garg PK,Tandon RK

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The esophagogastric junction (EGJ) is a complex barrier between the thoracic and abdominal luminal gut compartments, comprised primarily of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and crural diaphragm. Although closed at rest, the EGJ relaxes to allow antegrade bolus transit and retrograde venting of air. Abnormal relaxa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Rogers BD,Gyawali CP

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the factors involved in the pathogenesis of gastric ulcer, the reduced clearing capacity of the stomach seems to play an important role. On this basis, cisapride, which improves gastrointestinal motility, enhances gastric emptying, and prevents duodenogastric reflux, may be effective in the treatment of the gast...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Testoni PA,Bagnolo F,Buizza M,Masci E,Toti GL,Spinelli A,Manzi G

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysphagia frequently follows stroke, but often resolves quickly. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or other feeding tubes are placed to improve nutrition and hydration, and reduce the risk of aspiration pneumonitis. We evaluated the impact of modified barium swallow in determining PEG placements and the influe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Akpunonu BE,Mutgi AB,Roberts C,Khuder SA,Federman DJ,Lee L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Crohn's disease developed acute pancreatitis 4 h after retaking one 50 mg dose of orally administered 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP). All seven previously reported patients who were rechallenged with 50 mg or more of 6-MP developed pancreatitis within 48 h. These findings suggest that 6-MP can produce pancreat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Cappell MS,Das KM

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesive tape wound around the shaft of an upper GI endoscope serves as a simple method to dilate upper GI strictures under endoscopic control. This technique avoids the need for guidewires and fluoroscopy. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lehman GA,O'Connor KW

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00