Unsedated peroral wireless pH capsule placement vs. standard pH testing: a randomized study and cost analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cancer in Europe with a mortality rate of almost 50%. The prognosis of patients is largely determined by the clinical and pathological stage at the time of diagnosis. Population screening has been shown to reduce CRC-related mortality rate. Most screening programs w...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Stegeman I,de Wijkerslooth TR,Mallant-Hent RC,de Groot K,Stroobants AK,Fockens P,Mundt M,Bossuyt PM,Dekker E

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyethylene glycol is commonly used to manage constipation and is available with or without electrolytes. The addition of electrolytes dates back to its initial development as lavage solutions in preparation for gastrointestinal interventions. The clinical utility of the addition of electrolytes to polyethy...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Katelaris P,Naganathan V,Liu K,Krassas G,Gullotta J

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer has significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Good prognosis relies on an early diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to develop techniques for identifying cancer biomarkers in the serum of patients with pancreatic cancer. METHODS:Serum samples from five individuals with pancreatic...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Rong Y,Jin D,Hou C,Hu J,Wu W,Ni X,Wang D,Lou W

更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Real-time tissue sonoelastography (EG) is a new non-invasive technique that visualizes differences in tissue strain. We evaluated the usefulness of EG in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) by investigating the association between EG and colonoscopic findings and disease activity. METHODS:Thirty-seven UC ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ishikawa D,Ando T,Watanabe O,Ishiguro K,Maeda O,Miyake N,Nakamura M,Miyahara R,Ohmiya N,Hirooka Y,El-Omar EM,Goto H

更新日期：2011-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the indications for adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) in patients with stage IIa gastric cancer (T3N0M0 and T1N2M0) according to the 7th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC). METHODS:A total of 1593 patients with T3N0M0 or T1N2M0 stage gastric cancer were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiolo...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Huang ZN,Desiderio J,Chen QY,Zheng CH,Li P,Xie JW,Wang JB,Lin JX,Lu J,Cao LL,Lin M,Tu RH,Lin JL,Zheng HL,Huang CM

更新日期：2019-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 60% of patients presenting to dentists with erosive tooth wear have significant gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), despite minor reflux symptoms. No longitudinal studies of reflux-associated erosive tooth wear and of reflux characteristics have been reported to date. The aim of this study was to c...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wilder-Smith CH,Materna A,Martig L,Lussi A

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) affect psychological, family, social and professional dimensions of patients' life, leading to disability which is essential to quantify as part of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) newly included in the targets to reach in IBD patients. Up to now, the IBD-Disability Index (I...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Le Berre C,Bourreille A,Flamant M,Bouguen G,Siproudhis L,Dewitte M,Dib N,Cesbron-Metivier E,Goronflot T,Hanf M,Gourraud PA,Kerdreux E,Poinas A,Trang-Poisson C

更新日期：2020-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult lactase non-persistence (LNP) is due to low lactase expression, resulting in lactose malabsorption (LM). LNP is a genetic trait, but is typically determined by LM markers including breath H2, blood glucose, and urinary galactose after a lactose tolerance test. Known validity of these markers using milk...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shrestha A,Barnett MPG,Perry JK,Cameron-Smith D,Milan AM

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We prepared an oral W/O microemulsion for the removal of colonic ammonia (ME-RCA). The effect of this microemulsion was influenced by the digestion process in the gastrointestinal tract. In this paper, we aim to show that stability was improved by using a microemulsion-based gel for the removal of colonic am...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wang AH,Duan ZJ,Tian G,Lu D,Zhang WJ,He GH,Fang GH

更新日期：2011-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal endoscopy may be associated with pain and anxiety. Predictors for high pain scores after endoscopies in children are not known. The aim of our study was to identify risk factors for prolonged recovery and higher pain scores after gastrointestinal endoscopy in children. METHODS:All the child...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Galai T,Yerushalmy-Feler A,Heller NP,Ben-Tov A,Weintraub Y,Amir A,Moran-Lev H,Zac L,Cohen S

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The elderly population presents higher morbidity of H. pylori associated diseases in proximal stomach. The specific pathogenesis and mechanism have not been clearly addressed. The gastric environment for H. pylori colonization is dynamic with increasing age. The aim of present study is to investigate the cor...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shi H,Xiong H,Qian W,Lin R

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is defined as a multifactorial disorder associated with visceral hypersensitivity, altered gut motility and dysfunction of the brain-gut axis. Gut microbiota and its metabolites are proposed as possible etiological factors of IBS. Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) induce both inh...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shaidullov IF,Sorokina DM,Sitdikov FG,Hermann A,Abdulkhakov SR,Sitdikova GF

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is one of emerging zoonotic parasitic diseases throughout the world, having significant medical and economic importance in developing countries. The western and northwestern China is considered as CE endemic areas. In northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, the increasing numbe...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhang T,Zhao W,Yang D,Piao D,Huang S,Mi Y,Zhao X,Cao J,Shen Y,Zhang W,Liu A

更新日期：2015-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoprotein 2 (GP2) was discovered as the major autoantigen of Crohn's disease (CD)-specific pancreatic autoantibodies (PAB). We investigated anti-GP2 IgA and IgG antibodies as novel serological parameters in CD and assessed their association with distinct disease phenotypes. METHODS:Anti-GP2 and anti-Sacc...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Bogdanos DP,Roggenbuck D,Reinhold D,Wex T,Pavlidis P,von Arnim U,Malfertheiner P,Forbes A,Conrad K,Laass MW

更新日期：2012-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a rare, autosomal dominant disease clinically characterized by the early onset of many adenomatous polyps throughout the colon, which turn into colon cancer, if left untreated. In FAP patients, polyps can also occur in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, especially ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Purchiaroni F,Nakajima T,Sakamoto T,Abe S,Saito Y

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT) is the most specific serum biomarker of heavy alcohol consumption, defined as ≥ 350-420 g alcohol/week. Despite introduction of a standardized reference measurement technique, widespread use of CDT remains limited due to low sensitivity. The aim of this study ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Fagan KJ,Irvine KM,McWhinney BC,Fletcher LM,Horsfall LU,Johnson L,O'Rourke P,Martin J,Scott I,Pretorius CJ,Ungerer JP,Powell EE

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bowel symptoms are considered indicators of the presence of colorectal cancer and other bowel diseases. Self administered questionnaires that elicit information about lower bowel symptoms have not been assessed for reliability, although this has been done for upper bowel symptoms. Our aim was to develop a se...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Adelstein BA,Irwig L,Macaskill P,Katelaris PH,Jones DB,Bokey L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To observe and compare the short term results and functional recovery of laparoscopic subtotal colectomy with antiperistaltic cecorectal anastomosis (LSCACRA) in the treatment of Adult slow transit constipation (STC) with two different reservoir length: short colonic reservoir and long colonic reservoir. ME...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wei D,Cai J,Yang Y,Zhao T,Zhang H,Zhang C,Zhang Y,Zhang J,Cai F

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical course of chronic pancreatitis is still unpredictable, which relates to the lack of the availability of a clinical classification. Therefore, patient populations cannot be compared, the course and the outcome of the disease remain undetermined in the individual patient, and treatment is not stan...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Büchler MW,Martignoni ME,Friess H,Malfertheiner P

更新日期：2009-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) is a protein naturally produced mainly in the pancreas and the gut. There is evidence from experimental and clinical trials that blood PSP levels rise in the presence of inflammation or infection. However, it is not known whether PSP is superior to other established blood tests...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Tschuor C,Raptis DA,Limani P,Bächler T,Oberkofler CE,Breitenstein S,Graf R

更新日期：2012-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer can progress from a chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa resulting from Helicobacter pylori infection that activates the inflammatory response of the host. Therefore, polymorphisms in genes involved in the inflammatory response, such as inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2), have been i...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Jorge YC,Duarte MC,Silva AE

更新日期：2010-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) rarely metastasizes to the brain; therefore, the features of brain metastasis of PDAC are still unknown. We encountered simultaneous metastases to the brain and lung in a PDAC patient after curative surgery. Case presentation A 68-year-old man with PDAC in the tail of ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Oka Y,Takano S,Kouchi Y,Furukawa K,Takayashiki T,Kuboki S,Suzuki D,Sakai N,Kagawa S,Hosokawa I,Mishima T,Konishi T,Kishimoto T,Ohtsuka M

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:By means of 24 h multi-channel intraluminal impedance and pH recording (MII/pH), patients with heartburn and normal upper gastrointestinal endoscopy findings can be classified into those with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) and those with reflux hypersensitivity (RH). Therefore, in this study, we investiga...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Gao F,Gao Y,Chen X,Qian J,Zhang J

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diminished bone mineral density (BMD) is of significant concern in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Exact etiology is debatable. The recognition of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), a phosphaturic hormone related to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) makes it plausible to hypothesize its possi...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： El-Hodhod MA,Hamdy AM,Abbas AA,Moftah SG,Ramadan AA

更新日期：2012-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive inflammatory disorder of the extrahepatic bile ducts leading to the obliteration of bile flow. The purpose of this study was to determine serum adiponectin in BA patients and to investigate the relationship of adiponectin with clinical parameters and liver stiffness scor...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Honsawek S,Chayanupatkul M,Chongsrisawat V,Theamboonlers A,Praianantathavorn K,Udomsinprasert W,Vejchapipat P,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2011-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The gut microbiome is altered in Crohn's disease. Although individual taxa have been correlated with post-operative clinical course, global trends in microbial diversity have not been described in this context. METHODS:We collected mucosal biopsies from the terminal ileum and ascending colon during surgery ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Dey N,Soergel DA,Repo S,Brenner SE

更新日期：2013-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral iron supplementation is often associated with rapid onset of gastrointestinal side-effects. The aim of this study was to develop and trial a short, simple questionnaire to capture these early side-effects and to determine which symptoms are more discriminating. METHODS:The study was a double-blind plac...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pereira DI,Couto Irving SS,Lomer MC,Powell JJ

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stercoral colitis is a rare inflammatory process involving the colonic wall secondary to fecal impaction with high morbidity and mortality; especially if complicated with ischemic colitis, stercoral ulcer formation and subsequent perforation. There are several case reports published on abdominal perforation ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Naseer M,Gandhi J,Chams N,Kulairi Z

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is believed that inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) result from an imbalance in the intestinal immune response towards the luminal microbiome. Dectin-1 is a widely expressed pattern recognition receptor that recognizes fungi and upon recognition it mediates cytokine responses and skewing of the adaptive im...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Heinsbroek SE,Oei A,Roelofs JJ,Dhawan S,te Velde A,Gordon S,de Jonge WJ

更新日期：2012-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in TYMP gene, encoding nuclear thymidine phosphorylase (TP). MNGIE mainly presents with gastrointestinal symptoms and is mostly misdiagnosed in many patients as malabsorption syndrome, inf...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Habibzadeh P,Silawi M,Dastsooz H,Bahramjahan S,Ezzatzadegan Jahromi S,Ostovan VR,Yavarian M,Mofatteh M,Faghihi MA

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00