Review article: endoscopy-related infections.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The basis for individual variation in gastroduodenal vulnerability to NSAIDs is not well understood. AIM:To assess whether a gene expression signature is associated with susceptibility to gastroduodenal ulcerations. METHODS:Twenty-five Helicobacter pylori negative adults were treated for 7 days with naprox...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Desai JC,Goo T,Fukata M,Sanyal S,Dikman A,Miller K,Cohen L,Brooks A,Wang Q,Abreu MT,Aisenberg J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have an increased risk of clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Cathelicidins are anti-microbial peptides that attenuate colitis and inhibit the effect of clostridial toxins. Plasma calcifediol [25(OH)D] stimulates production of cathelicidins. AIM:To examine ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Ananthakrishnan AN,Cagan A,Gainer VS,Cheng SC,Cai T,Szolovits P,Shaw SY,Churchill S,Karlson EW,Murphy SN,Kohane I,Liao KP

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bismuth compounds prevent gastric injury from the short-term administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. We studied the mechanisms underlying the gastroprotective actions of bismuth subsalicylate against indomethacin-induced injury in rats. METHODS:An in vivo microscopic technique was used in wh...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tanaka S,Guth PH,Carryl OR,Kaunitz JD

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Application of electrical stimulation to the gut, primarily the stomach, has rapidly advanced in the last two decades, from mostly animal studies to the clinical arena. Most studies focused on the use of electrical stimulation for gastroparesis, the only approved indication for such intervention. AIM:To rev...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Soffer E,Abell T,Lin Z,Lorincz A,McCallum R,Parkman H,Policker S,Ordog T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To update previous overviews of placebo-controlled double-blind trials assessing the efficacy and tolerance of smooth muscle relaxants in irritable bowel syndrome. METHODS AND TRIALS: A total of 23 randomized clinical trials were selected for meta-analyses of their efficacy and tolerance. Six drugs were analysed: c...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Poynard T,Regimbeau C,Benhamou Y

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence found probiotics could inhibit Helicobacter pylori colonization from both in vitro and in vivo studies. AIM:To systematically evaluate whether adding probiotics to anti-H. pylori regimens could improve eradication rates and reduce side effects during anti-H. pylori treatment. METHODS:Eligib...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tong JL,Ran ZH,Shen J,Zhang CX,Xiao SD

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with a continuous i.v. proton pump inhibitor is presumed to promote clot formation and stability by sustaining intragastric pH > or = 6. AIM:We postulated that very frequent oral dosing of proton pump inhibitors should simulate i.v. infusion and achieve similar pH control. METHODS:Twenty healthy ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Pais SA,Nathwani RA,Dhar V,Nowain A,Laine L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the efficacy of two omeprazole triple therapies for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori, ulcer healing and ulcer relapse during a 6-month treatment-free period in patients with active duodenal ulcer. METHODS:This was a double-blind, randomized study in 15 centres across Canada. Patients (n = 149)...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Zanten SJ,Bradette M,Farley A,Leddin D,Lind T,Unge P,Bayerdörffer E,Spiller RC,O'Morain C,Sipponen P,Wrangstadh M,Zeijlon L,Sinclair P

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of cyclosporin in the management of ulcerative colitis is recognized. Not all patients respond to this treatment. Existing clinical and laboratory parameters are of little use in identifying those most likely to respond. AIMS:To determine whether in-vitro sensitivity to cyclosporin as measured ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： McCormack G,O'Donoghue D,Baird A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently affects women during their reproductive years. Pregnancy outcome in women with IBD is well described, particularly in retrospective studies. AIM:To evaluate the pregnancy outcome in patients with IBD in a prospective European multicentre case-control study. METHO...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Bortoli A,Pedersen N,Duricova D,D'Inca R,Gionchetti P,Panelli MR,Ardizzone S,Sanroman AL,Gisbert JP,Arena I,Riegler G,Marrollo M,Valpiani D,Corbellini A,Segato S,Castiglione F,Munkholm P,European Crohn-Colitis Organisat

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop general rules on how to pursue a therapeutic goal of interventional endoscopy without getting lost in abundant details. METHODS:The influences of various medical interventions on the survival of a patient with gastrointestinal haemorrhage are modelled by an influence diagram. Survival is the focal point...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Sonnenberg A,Gavin MW

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the absorption and urinary excretion of tripotassium dicitrato bismuthate during a treatment course of 4 weeks in 7 patients with normal renal function (creatinine clearance 115 +/- 29 ml/min; mean +/- S.D.), in 7 patients with impaired renal function (creatinine clearance = 34 +/- 19 ml/min) and ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Treiber G,Gladziwa U,Ittel TH,Walker S,Schweinsberg F,Klotz U

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with thalassaemia major depend on blood transfusions. In Italy, up to 80% of thalassaemia patients bear HCV antibodies due to HCV contaminated transfusions before 1990. Thalassaemia patients with HCV infection have high risk of developing HCC. Treatment based on Pegylated-IFN (Peg-IFN) and Ribavirin...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Mangia A,Sarli R,Gamberini R,Piga A,Cenderello G,Piazzolla V,Santoro R,Caruso V,Quarta A,Ganga R,Copetti M,Forni G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnetic resonance entero-colonography enables accurate assessment of ileocolonic Crohn's disease, but the need for bowel cleansing and rectal enema limits considerably its use in daily practice. AIM:We evaluated the accuracy of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance entero-colonography with neither bowel cl...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Buisson A,Hordonneau C,Goutte M,Boyer L,Pereira B,Bommelaer G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of SK&F 94482 (BMY-25368) (400-mg, post-evening meal, for 7 days in 11 healthy subjects), there was a significant 75% decrease in median integrated 24-h intragastric acidity during dosing with the drug (218 mmol h/L) compared with placebo (883 mmol h/L; P = 0.003). The singl...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Gavey CJ,Smith JT,Nwokolo CU,Pounder RE

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism by which dietary pepper causes dyspepsia and epigastric pain is poorly understood, as is the ability of bismuth subsalicylate (BSS) to relieve these symptoms. AIM:To investigate the ability of black pepper, red pepper and BSS to affect gastric surface hydrophobicity and induce/relieve visceral...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Lichtenberger LM,Romero JJ,Carryl OR,Illich PA,Walters ET

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, the concept of visceral hypersensitivity provides the leading hypothesis regarding the generation of symptoms in functional gastrointestinal disorders. This paper discusses the current clinical evidence for drugs that have been proposed to interfere with visceral sensitivity in functional gastrointestinal ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Kuiken SD,Tytgat GN,Boeckxstaens GE

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a critical challenge for public health. The effect of COVID-19 on liver injury has not been fully established. AIMS:To evaluate the dynamic changes in liver function and the relationship between liver damage and prognosis in patients with COVID-19. MET...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Huang H,Chen S,Li H,Zhou XL,Dai Y,Wu J,Zhang J,Shao L,Yan R,Wang M,Wang J,Tu Y,Ge M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis female sex has been shown to be associated with discontinuation of anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) therapy. AIM:To retrospectively assess the association between sex and TNF-α drug persistence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS:All IBD pat...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Schultheiss JPD,Brand EC,Lamers E,van den Berg WCM,van Schaik FDM,Oldenburg B,Fidder HH

更新日期：2019-08-01 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:The long-term outcome of percutaneous acetic acid injection (PAI) and percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) for treating small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. AIM:To compare the long-term outcome of PAI vs. PEI for treating small HCC. METHODS:From July 1998 to July 2004, 125 patients with sm...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tsai WL,Cheng JS,Lai KH,Lin CP,Lo GH,Hsu PI,Yu HC,Lin CK,Chan HH,Chen WC,Chen TA,Li WL,Liang HL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of sedation trends for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is important for health service planning, particularly in view of rapidly increasing demands on endoscopy services. However, no data are available on sedation trends in Britain over the past 10 years. AIM:To determine sedation use for routine...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Mulcahy HE,Hennessy E,Connor P,Rhodes B,Patchett SE,Farthing MJ,Fairclough PD

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many experiments have indicated that the gut glucagons (enteroglucagons) are associated with cell proliferation in the small intestine. However, recent studies have failed to show trophic effects of glicentin (enteroglucagon) on the intestine. AIMS:To examine the effects of glicentin on intestinal prolifera...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Sasaki M,Fitzgerald AJ,Mandir N,Sasaki K,Wright NA,Goodlad RA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibroblast growth factors play an important role in (patho)physiological processes such as wound healing and tissue repair. We previously showed that basic fibroblast growth factor is actively involved in inflammatory bowel disease processes. In the present retrospective study, we assessed whether serum basi...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Gao Q,Hogezand RA,Lamers CB,Verspaget HW

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer is the second commonest cause of cancer mortality. Some countries are implementing colorectal cancer screening to detect lesions at an early stage using non-invasive tools like the faecal immunochemical test. Despite affordability, this test shows a low sensitivity for precancerous lesions ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Malagón M,Ramió-Pujol S,Serrano M,Serra-Pagès M,Amoedo J,Oliver L,Bahí A,Mas-de-Xaxars T,Torrealba L,Gilabert P,Miquel-Cusachs JO,García-Nimo L,Saló J,Guardiola J,Piñol V,Cubiella J,Castells A,Aldeguer X,Garcia-Gil J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some of mucosal defensive agents have anti-Helicobacter pylori activities. However, their effectiveness in eradicating H. pylori infection has not been evaluated. AIM:To assess the additive effect of mucosal defensive agents in eradication regimens using statistical analysis. METHODS:Pertinent studies were...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Hojo M,Miwa H,Kikuchi S,Sato N

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different authors have postulated both toxic and protective effects for nitric oxide (NO) in the pathophysiology of active inflammation. AIM:To examine the role of NO, especially that produced by the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), by investigating the effects of NOS inhibitors and NO donors...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Yoshida Y,Iwai A,Itoh K,Tanaka M,Kato S,Hokari R,Miyahara T,Koyama H,Miura S,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although little mortality is associated with irritable bowel syndrome, curative therapy does not exist and thus the economic impact of this disorder may be considerable. METHODS:A systematic review of the literature was performed. Studies were included if their focus was irritable bowel syndrome, and direct...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Inadomi JM,Fennerty MB,Bjorkman D

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate has a place in the treatment of an increasing number of diseases. Its emerging role in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis and inflammatory bowel disease still requires further evaluation. Its toxicity profile is wide and is affected by a variety of factors. Hepatotoxicity from long-term use in pat...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tang H,Neuberger J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not known whether hypoxia, associated with upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures when midazolam sedation is used without narcotics, persists into the post-procedure recovery period. Thirty consecutive patients aged over 60 years, undergoing ERCP using midazolam sedation alone, were monitored clinically an...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Haines DJ,Bibbey D,Green JR

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00