Fulminant acute Budd-Chiari syndrome stemming from an adrenal tumor.

abstract：:Changes in liver biochemical test results have been described in hyperthyroid patients before and after antithyroid therapy. In the present study, we analyzed liver tests at diagnosis and after 6 weeks of treatment with propylthiouracil (PTU) in 43 patients with hyperthyroidism. At diagnosis, 60.5% of the patients had...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Gürlek A,Cobankara V,Bayraktar M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 6 to 12-week double-blind trial, the effect of cisapride (10 mg q.i.d.) was compared with that of placebo in 63 patients with esophagitis confirmed by endoscopy and/or biopsy. In only one patient (3%) in the cisapride group but in 43% of the placebo patients (p = 0.001), symptoms had not improved after 6 weeks. F...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Baldi F,Bianchi Porro G,Dobrilla G,Iascone C,Lobello R,Marzio L,Sabbatini F,Tittobello A,Verme G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) is a mitochondrial-matrix enzyme that catalyzes conversion of ornithine and carbamyl phosphate to citrulline, the second step in the urea cycle. The urea cycle is the most important pathway to detoxification of ammonia in human beings. Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Trivedi M,Zafar S,Spalding MJ,Jonnalagadda S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosing a potentially life-threatening disease may adversely affect patient quality of life (QOL) independent of biologic effects. It is unknown whether the mere diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus (BE) adversely impacts patients' preferences (health-state utility) sufficiently to impair the cost-effectivene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Rubenstein JH,Inadomi JM

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:The autopsy data at the University of Southern California Liver Unit was studied during a 6-year period to investigate the relationship of fibrinous pericarditis with liver diseases. We found 18 cases of fibrinous pericarditis in 220 patients with alcoholic liver disease but none in 32 patients with fulminant and suba...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yang SS,Kanel G

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:The goal of this study was to elucidate the most important predictors for elevation of gastrin in patients on long-term PPI therapy through analysis of data from 2 published studies in Icelandic patients with erosive GERD. BACKGROUND:Gastrin elevation is a known but variable consequence of proton pump inhibitor ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Helgadóttir H,Lund SH,Gizurarson S,Metz DC,Björnsson ES

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to compare the sensitivity of computed tomography (CT) colonography (CTC) with that of colonoscopy for detecting patients with colorectal polyps in an asymptomatic screening population in Korea, thus to evaluate a possibility, whether CTC could be used as a screening tool for colore...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kim YS,Kim N,Kim SH,Park MJ,Lim SH,Yim JY,Cho KR,Kim SS,Kim DH,Eun HW,Cho KS,Kim JH,Choi BI,Jung HC,Song IS,Shin CS,Cho SH,Oh BH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) retrospectively by utilizing serum alanine aminotransferase and HBV DNA in 19 men (79% homosexual), with an estimated annual incidence of 7.3%. In 11 patients, spontaneous reactivation occurred as a single episode and in eight patients, reactivation was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Gupta S,Govindarajan S,Fong TL,Redeker AG

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four black patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were seen from 1960 to 1987 at the Medical College of Georgia, representing 22% of all patients with IBD: 38 of them had Crohn's disease (CD) and 26 had ulcerative colitis (UC). In those with CD, the small intestine alone was involved in 16% and ileocolit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Simsek H,Schuman BM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound-guided percutaneous acetic acid injection (PAI) therapy is effective for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Posttreatment fever (>37.5 degrees C) may occur owing to acetic acid-induced tumor necrosis, but its incidence and clinical significance are not clear. METHODS:A total of 402 treatment session...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Huo TI,Huang YH,Huang HC,Wu JC,Lee PC,Chang FY,Lee SD

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an adenocarcinoma of the jejunum that developed in congenital heterotopic gastric mucosa, a rare event. In our patient, the absence of other intestinal malformation and the presence of gastric glands with variable grades of dysplasia, together with the histological pattern of the tumor, strongly favor the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Caruso ML,Marzullo F

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to determine whether a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) combined with embolotherapy was superior to TIPS alone. METHODS:Seventy-nine patients were included in the study (43 in the TIPS and embolotherapy group and 36 in the TIPS alone group). Embolotherapy was perfo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Xiao T,Chen L,Chen W,Xu B,Long Q,Li R,Li L,Peng Z,Fang D,Wang R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of gastroenterology is undergoing sweeping changes that demand improvements in efficiency and effectiveness within the practice and ambulatory endoscopy centers. This article discusses core principles of practice and endoscopic ambulatory surgery center function and management that lead to the improvement...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Overholt BF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The metabolic syndrome (MetS) and/or its individual components have been linked to the development of cancer. Recent studies have suggested a similar link to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the direction and magnitude of the association between the MetS and HCC. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Jinjuvadia R,Patel S,Liangpunsakul S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients affected by uncomplicated diverticular disease (DD) suffer from colicky, unexplained, recurrent, and short-lived but often debilitating abdominal pain and alteration in bowel habit. Although the goals of therapy, such as to improve symptoms and to prevent both recurrent attacks and complications, are clearly ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Rocco A,Compare D,Caruso F,Nardone G

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:This study evaluated the clinical significance of subclinical ascites in patients with hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis treated with lamivudine (LMV) or entecavir (ETV). METHODS:This multicenter retrospective study involved 8 hospitals. Patients were classified by degree of ascites: (1) no ascit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yim SY,Lee JH,Ahn H,Kim SU,Kim SG,Kim YS,Kim JH,Choe WH,Kim TY,Jung YK,Suh SJ,Suk KT,An H,Yim HJ,Seo YS,Um SH

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To define both risks and costs of optimal care of patients with gastric acid hypersecretion. BACKGROUND:The management of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and other gastric acid hypersecretory disorders remains challenging. The optimal strategy for follow-up including gastric acid analysis, laboratory studies, and end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hirschowitz BI,Fineberg N,Wilcox CM,Mohnen J,Worthington J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several epidemiologic studies of Crohn's Disease (CD) from the northern hemisphere show high rates of the disease among Jews. Israel has absorbed many Jews from those countries and the rates of CD in Israel are lower than in their place of birth. Important, too, among immigrants from the middle east Mediterranean coun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shapira M,Tamir A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOAL:The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and short-segment and long-segment Barrett's esophagus (SSBE and LSBE). BACKGROUND:H. pylori infection is reported to be inversely associated with Barrett's esophagus (BE) in western countries. However, th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Usui G,Sato H,Shinozaki T,Jinno T,Fujibayashi K,Ishii K,Horiuchi H,Morikawa T,Gunji T,Matsuhashi N

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aortoesophageal fistula is a rare cause of severe and often fatal gastrointestinal bleeding. The classic diagnostic triad consists of midthoracic pain and sentinel hemorrhage, followed by fatal exsanguination. A prompt, definitive diagnosis at the time of the initial bleeding episode is essential for timely, l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Khawaja FI,Varindani MK

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a paucity of data on the long-term behavior of dyspepsia, endoscopic findings, and gastroduodenal histology in patients with or without Helicobacter pylori colonization. We evaluated these parameters during a period of 7 to 19 years (average, 12.3 years) by baseline and follow-up studies. In 36 patients studi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： DeLuca VA Jr,West AB,Haque S,Katz DL,Ciarolla D,Goldenberg S,Fette G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To estimate the hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in the Medicaid cirrhotic population. BACKGROUND:Most studies predate 2005 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases surveillance recommendations and do not examine the primary target population, cirrhotics. STUDY:From 2006 to 2007, we identified ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Palmer LB,Kappelman MD,Sandler RS,Hayashi PH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal types of cancer; most patients die during the first 6 months after diagnosis. With a 5% 5-year survival rate, is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in developed countries. In this regard, several clinical, histopathologic and bio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Macías N,Sayagués JM,Esteban C,Iglesias M,González LM,Quiñones-Sampedro J,Gutiérrez ML,Corchete LA,Abad MM,Bengoechea O,Muñoz-Bellvis L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality from ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is decreasing nationwide, but no report to date examined STEMI mortality among patients with cirrhosis. GOALS:Determine mortality rates and investigate possible disparities in cardiovascular interventions for patients with and without cirrhosis admit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Abougergi MS,Karagozian R,Grace ND,Saltzman JR,Qamar AA

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:To assess the effects of the mucoprotective drug sofalcone, which has direct and indirect effects on Helicobacter pylori in vitro, the eradication rate, adverse effects, and the quality of healing peptic ulcers were evaluated. Each study patient was given 500 mg t.i.d. amoxicillin and 200 mg t.i.d. clarithromycin. In ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sakaki N,Arakawa T,Kozawa H,Yamada Y,Kato H,Kamisawa T,Momma K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 23 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) and five patients with linear-IgA bullous dermatosis (BD), we evaluated the occurrence of histologic jejunal changes and small-bowel function abnormalities. None of the patients showed clinical signs or symptoms of malabsorption. Morphological jejunal changes consisten...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： deFranchis R,Primignani M,Cipolla M,Vecchi M,Agape D,Monti M,Berti E,Zuccato E,Mussini E

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although the efficacy of tacrolimus for inducing remission of refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) is established, its efficacy for maintaining remission of UC has not been evaluated. AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of tacrolimus compared with thiopurines for maintaining remission in pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yamamoto S,Nakase H,Matsuura M,Masuda S,Inui K,Chiba T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00