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Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Issue 10/2016

Content (40 Articles)

Review

Improving Healthcare Systems to Reduce Healthcare Disparities in Viral Hepatitis

Eric W. Chak, Souvik Sarkar, Christopher Bowlus

Stanford Multidisciplinary Seminars

Severe Lactic Acidosis in a Parenteral Nutrition-Dependent Teenager with Ulcerative Colitis

Danielle Barnes, John Kerner

UNM Clinical Case Conferences

Pylephlebitis: Through These Portals Pass Bad Bugs

Mohammed Muqeet Adnan, Michael Gavin, Steven C. Eberhardt, Denis M. McCarthy

Original Article

Systematic Analysis and Critical Appraisal of the Quality of the Scientific Evidence and Conflicts of Interest in Practice Guidelines (2005–2013) for Barrett’s Esophagus

Joseph D. Feuerstein, Natalia E. Castillo, Mona Akbari, Edward Belkin, Jeffrey J. Lewandowski, Christine M. Hurley, Samuel Lloyd, Daniel A. Leffler, Adam S. Cheifetz

Original Article

Direct Costs in Patients with Celiac Disease in the USA: A Retrospective Claims Analysis

Stefano Guandalini, Namita Tundia, Roopal Thakkar, Dendy Macaulay, Kirk Essenmacher, Mahesh Fuldeore

Original Article

A Longitudinal Study of Adenoma Detection Rate in Gastroenterology Fellowship Training

Robert J. Gianotti, Sveta Shah Oza, Elliot B. Tapper, Darshan Kothari, Sunil G. Sheth

Original Article

Inpatient Cost Assessment of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in the USA from 2001 to 2012

Andrew Kuei, Edward Wolfgang Lee, Sammy Saab, Ronald W. Busuttil, Francisco Durazo, Steven-Huy Han, Mohamed ElKabany, Justin P. McWilliams, Stephen T. Kee

Original Article

A Comparative Study of Liver Disease Care in the USA and Urban and Rural China

Ming Yang, Elizabeth Wu, Huiying Rao, Fanny H. Du, Angela Xie, Shanna Cheng, Cassandra Rodd, Andy Lin, Lai Wei, Anna S. Lok

Original Article

Quality of Care Provided by Hepatologists to Patients with Cirrhosis at Three Parallel Health Systems

Seth N. Sclair, Olveen Carrasquillo, Frank Czul, Juan P. Trivella, Hua Li, Lennox Jeffers, Paul Martin

Original Article

Helicobacter pylori Strains from Duodenal Ulcer Patients Exhibit Mixed babA/B Genotypes with Low Levels of BabA Adhesin and Lewis b Binding

Samaneh Saberi, Alexej Schmidt, Sana Eybpoosh, Maryam Esmaili, Yeganeh Talebkhan, Nazanin Mohajerani, Akbar Oghalaie, Mahmoud Eshagh Hosseini, Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi, Jeanna Bugaytova, Thomas Borén, Marjan Mohammadi

Original Article

P2Y1, P2Y2, and TRPV1 Receptors Are Increased in Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome and P2Y2 Correlates with Abdominal Pain

Yumei Luo, Cheng Feng, Jing Wu, Yongxing Wu, Dong Liu, Jie Wu, Fei Dai, Jun Zhang

Original Article

Universal Versus Targeted Screening for Lynch Syndrome: Comparing Ascertainment and Costs Based on Clinical Experience

Mujde Z. Erten, Luca P. Fernandez, Hank K. Ng, Wendy C. McKinnon, Brandie Heald, Christopher J. Koliba, Marc S. Greenblatt

Original Article

Acetylsalicylic Acid Exhibits Antitumor Effects in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Cells In Vitro and In Vivo

Elena Piazuelo, Paula Esquivias, Alba De Martino, Carmelo Cebrián, Blanca Conde, Sonia Santander, Sonia Emperador, María Asunción García-González, Patricia Carrera-Lasfuentes, Angel Lanas

Original Article

Structural Change in Microbiota by a Probiotic Cocktail Enhances the Gut Barrier and Reduces Cancer via TLR2 Signaling in a Rat Model of Colon Cancer

Eugene Dogkotenge Kuugbee, Xueqi Shang, Yaser Gamallat, Djibril Bamba, Annoor Awadasseid, Mohammed Ahmed Suliman, Shizhu Zang, Yufang Ma, Gift Chiwala, Yi Xin, Dong Shang

Original Article

Brachytherapy Using Elastin-Like Polypeptides with 131I Inhibit Tumor Growth in Rabbits with VX2 Liver Tumor

Xinpei Liu, Yiming Shen, Xuqian Zhang, Rui Lin, Qiang Jia, Yixiang Chang, Wenge Liu, Wentian Liu

Original Article

Lymphocytic Esophagitis: An Emerging Clinicopathologic Disease Associated with Dysphagia

Sarina Pasricha, Amit Gupta, Craig C. Reed, Olga Speck, John T. Woosley, Evan S. Dellon

Original Article

The Initial Management and Endoscopic Outcomes of Dyspepsia in a Low-Risk Patient Population

Jeffrey P. Fiorenza, Alex M. Tinianow, Walter W. Chan

Original Article

Is Gastric Xanthelasma an Alarming Endoscopic Marker for Advanced Atrophic Gastritis and Intestinal Metaplasia?

Aydın Şeref Köksal, Nuretdin Suna, İsmail Hakkı Kalkan, Ahmet Tarık Eminler, Şükran Ziyşan Sakaoğulları, Nesrin Turhan, Fatih Saygılı, Ufuk Barış Kuzu, Erkin Öztaş, Erkan Parlak

Original Article

Volunteer Case Series of a New Telemetric Sensor for Blood Detection in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract: The HemoPill

Sebastian Schostek, Melanie Zimmermann, Jan Keller, Mario Fode, Michael Melbert, Marc O. Schurr, Thomas Gottwald, Ruediger L. Prosst

Open Access Original Article

Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A European Nested Case–Control Study

Jorrit L. Opstelten, Rob M. J. Beelen, Max Leenders, Gerard Hoek, Bert Brunekreef, Fiona D. M. van Schaik, Peter D. Siersema, Kirsten T. Eriksen, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Franck Carbonnel, Kees de Hoogh, Timothy J. Key, Robert Luben, Simon S. M. Chan, Andrew R. Hart, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas Oldenburg

Original Article

Many Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Are Not Immune to Measles or Pertussis

Noa Krugliak Cleveland, Dylan Rodriquez, Alana Wichman, Isabella Pan, Gil Y. Melmed, David T. Rubin

Original Article

Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Balloon Dilation for Upper Gastrointestinal Strictures of Crohn’s Disease

Feilong Guo, Yuhua Huang, Weiming Zhu, Zhiming Wang, Lei Cao, Aoxue Chen, Zhen Guo, Yi Li, Jianfeng Gong, Jieshou Li

Original Article

Ileal or Anastomotic Location of Lesions Does Not Impact Rate of Postoperative Recurrence in Crohn’s Disease Patients Classified i2 on the Rutgeerts Score

P. Bayart, N. Duveau, M. Nachury, P. Zerbib, R. Gerard, J. Branche, V. Maunoury, Pauline Wils, A. Boruchowicz, M. Boualit, J.-E. Laberenne, O. Manolache, P. Desreumaux, G. Pineton de Chambrun, B. Pariente

Open Access Original Article

A Comparative Study of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events Following Use of Common Bowel Preparations Among a Colonoscopy Screening Population: Results from a Post-Marketing Observational Study

Kathryn Anastassopoulos, Francis A. Farraye, Tyler Knight, Sam Colman, Mark vB. Cleveland, Russell W. Pelham

Original Article

Prediction of the Risk of a Metachronous Advanced Colorectal Neoplasm Using a Novel Scoring System

Ji Young Lee, Hye Won Park, Min-Ju Kim, Jong-Soo Lee, Ho-Su Lee, Hye-Sook Chang, Jaewon Choe, Sung Wook Hwang, Dong-Hoon Yang, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang, Jeong-Sik Byeon

Original Article

Colorectal Cancer in Young African Americans: Is It Time to Revisit Guidelines and Prevention?

Hassan Ashktorab, Kimberly Vilmenay, Hassan Brim, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Angesom Kibreab, Mehdi Nouraie

Original Article

Patients with Endoscopically Visible Polypoid Adenomatous Lesions Within the Extent of Ulcerative Colitis Have an Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer Despite Endoscopic Resection

Venkataraman Subramanian, Sukhdev Chatu, Fabian Echterdiek, Ashwini Banerjee, Caroline Finlayson, Richard C. G. Pollok

Original Article

Long-Term Fenofibrate Treatment in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Improves Biochemistry but Not the UK-PBC Risk Score

Vinod S. Hegade, Amardeep Khanna, Lucy J. Walker, Lin-Lee Wong, Jessica K. Dyson, David E. J. Jones

Original Article

Good Clinical Outcomes in Budd–Chiari Syndrome with Hepatic Vein Occlusion

Xinxin Fan, Kai Liu, Yuan Che, Shikai Wang, Xingjiang Wu, Jianmin Cao, Jieshou Li

Original Article

Effectiveness and Safety of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in Chronic Hepatitis B: A 3-Year Prospective Field Practice Study in Germany

Jörg Petersen, Renate Heyne, Stefan Mauss, Jörg Schlaak, Willibald Schiffelholz, Christoph Eisenbach, Heinz Hartmann, Manfred Wiese, Klaus Boeker, Hanns-Friedrich Loehr, Christine John, Maria Leuschner, Christian Trautwein, Gisela Felten, Andreas Trein, Wolfgang Krause, Susanne Ruppert, Tobias Warger, Dietrich Hueppe

Open Access Original Article

Effectiveness and Safety of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in Chronic Hepatitis B: A 3-Year, Prospective, Real-World Study in France

Patrick Marcellin, Fabien Zoulim, Christophe Hézode, Xavier Causse, Bruno Roche, Régine Truchi, Arnaud Pauwels, Denis Ouzan, Jérôme Dumortier, Georges-Philippe Pageaux, Marc Bourlière, Ghassan Riachi, Jean-Pierre Zarski, Jean-François Cadranel, Valérie Tilliet, Christiane Stern, Pascal Pétour, Olivier Libert, Silla M. Consoli, Dominique Larrey

Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.