Issue 4/2020
Content (45 Articles)
Acknowledgment of 2019 Reviewers
Readmission Following Hospitalization for Alcoholic Hepatitis: Costly or Cost-Effective?
James O’Beirne
Do Serum Metabolites Predict Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery?
James N. Luo, Eric G. Sheu
Are Suprapapillary Biliary Stents Superior to Transpapillary Biliary Stents?
Dániel Pécsi, Áron Vincze
MRE and ELF in Liver Fibrosis Assessment: Are Two Better Than One?
Phyllis C. Tien, Maria Duarte, Annelys Roque, Jennifer Price
GI Endoscopy Sedation in Patients with Cirrhosis: Routine or Unpredictable?
Basavana Goudra, Preet Mohinder Singh
A Matter of TACEte: Plain Vanilla or Combination?
David E. Kaplan
Institution of a Novel Curriculum Increases Scholarly Output Among Internal Medicine Residents
Mohammad Bilal, Yasmin G. Hernandez-Barco, Sreeram Parupudi, Lindsay Sonstein, Karen Szauter, Don W. Powell
Dysphagia Lusoria: Is the Dysmotility Connection Illusory or Real?
Michael Coles, Amol Sharma
Non-cirrhotic Extra-Hepatic Porto-Systemic Shunt Causing Adult-Onset Encephalopathy Treated with Endovascular Closure
Massimiliano Allegritti, Benedetta Enrico, Emanuela Basile, Lara de Vito, Antonino Morabito, Roberto Cirocchi, Michela Giustozzi, Giovanni Passalacqua
Double Threat: Interplay of Celiac Disease with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
John Gubatan, George Triadafilopoulos, Nielsen Q. Fernandez-Becker
A Holistic Approach to Diagnosing and Treating Dysphagia
Diego Colom Steele, Chinemerem Okwara, Denis McCarthy
Anesthesia Assistance in Screening Colonoscopy and Adenoma Detection Rate Among Trainees
Anna Krigel, Anish Patel, Jeremy Kaplan, Xiao-Fei Kong, Reuben Garcia-Carrasquillo, Benjamin Lebwohl, Suneeta Krishnareddy
Cost of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Versus Endoscopic Piecemeal Mucosal Resection in the Colorectum
Nam Seok Ham, Jeongseok Kim, Eun Hye Oh, Sung Wook Hwang, Sang Hyoung Park, Dong-Hoon Yang, Byong Duk Ye, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang, Jeong-Sik Byeon
Awareness of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Is Increasing but Remains Very Low in a Representative US Cohort
Amandeep Singh, Amaninder S. Dhaliwal, Shailainder Singh, Atul Kumar, Rocio Lopez, Mohit Gupta, Mazen Noureddin, William Carey, Arthur McCullough, Naim Alkhouri
Readmission Rates and Associated Outcomes for Alcoholic Hepatitis: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Adeyinka C. Adejumo, George Cholankeril, Umair Iqbal, Eric R. Yoo, Brian C. Boursiquot, Waldo C. Concepcion, Donghee Kim, Aijaz Ahmed
Predicting 30-Day Hospital Readmission Risk in a National Cohort of Patients with Cirrhosis
Jejo D. Koola, Sam B. Ho, Aize Cao, Guanhua Chen, Amy M. Perkins, Sharon E. Davis, Michael E. Matheny
GADD45G Interacts with E-cadherin to Suppress the Migration and Invasion of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Tongtong Li, Lele Xu, Jinglei Teng, Yunping Ma, Wenzhong Liu, Yan Wang, Xinming Chi, Shujuan Shao, Yan Dong, Qimin Zhan, Xuefeng Liu
Long Non-coding RNA LINC01420 Contributes to Pancreatic Cancer Progression Through Targeting KRAS Proto-oncogene
Hongjun Zhai, Xinwu Zhang, Xiaoli Sun, Di Zhang, Shuangyu Ma
CAPS1 Suppresses Tumorigenesis in Cholangiocarcinoma
Shuqiang Weng, Harry L. A. Janssen, Ningping Zhang, Wenqing Tang, Encheng Bai, Biwei Yang, Ling Dong
Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 22/Silent Information Regulator 1 Axis Plays a Pivotal Role in the Prognosis and 5-Fluorouracil Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Xue Wen, Sunbin Ling, Weiqiang Wu, Qiaonan Shan, Peng Liu, Chao Wang, Xuyong Wei, Wei Ding, Xiaodong Teng, Xiao Xu
Heart Rate Variability and Gastric Electrical Response to a Cold Pressor Task in Youth with Functional Dyspepsia
Francisco Miguel Vargas-Luna, María Raquel Huerta-Franco, Jennifer V. Schurman, Amanda D. Deacy, Amber Bagherian, Lisa Harvey, Craig A. Friesen
Risk Factors Associated with Inadequate Bowel Preparation in Patients with Functional Constipation
Xiaoyang Guo, Xin Shi, Xiaoyu Kang, Hui Luo, Xiangping Wang, Hui Jia, Qin Tao, Jingjie Wang, Mingxin Zhang, Jinhai Wang, Xiaolan Lu, Shiyang Ma, Tao Lin, Yujie Jing, Yanglin Pan, Xuegang Guo, Daiming Fan
Three-Dimensional High-Resolution Esophageal Manometry Study of the Esophagogastric Junction in Patients with Achalasia
Marie-Anne Guillaumot, Chloé Léandri, Sarah Leblanc, Romain Coriat, Frédéric Prat, Stanislas Chaussade, Maximilien Barret
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Pouchitis: Clinical, Endoscopic, Histologic, and Microbiota Results from a Pilot Study
Daniel Selvig, Yvette Piceno, Jonathan Terdiman, Martin Zydek, Sarah E. Umetsu, Dana Balitzer, Doug Fadrosh, Kole Lynch, Brandon Lamere, Tom Leith, Zain Kassam, Kendall Beck, Sara Lewin, Averil Ma, Ma Somsouk, Susan V. Lynch, Najwa El-Nachef
Promise of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Therapy in Pouchitis
Natalia Castaño-Rodríguez, Sudarshan Paramsothy, Nadeem O. Kaakoush
Development of an Index Score for Intestinal Inflammation-Associated Dysbiosis Using Real-World Stool Test Results
Lihong Chen, Courtney Reynolds, Robert David, Amy Peace Brewer
Fecal Transplants by Colonoscopy and Capsules Are Cost-Effective Strategies for Treating Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection
Yuying Luo, Aimee L. Lucas, Ari M. Grinspan
Effectiveness of Saccharomyces boulardii and Metronidazole for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Systemic Sclerosis
Grettel García-Collinot, Eduardo Osiris Madrigal-Santillán, Michel A. Martínez-Bencomo, Rosa A. Carranza-Muleiro, Luis J Jara, Olga Vera-Lastra, Daniel H. Montes-Cortes, Gabriela Medina, María Pilar Cruz-Domínguez
Differential Metabolomic Signatures in Patients with Weight Regain and Sustained Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Pilot Study
Wasif Abidi, Eirini Nestoridi, Henry Feldman, Margaret Stefater, Clary Clish, Christopher C. Thompson, Nicholas Stylopoulos
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Biopsy Using 22-Gauge Franseen Needle for the Histological Diagnosis of Solid Lesions: A Multicenter Prospective Pilot Study
Naoki Mita, Takuji Iwashita, Shinya Uemura, Yuhei Iwasa, Katsuhisa Toda, Tsuyoshi Mukai, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki, Ichiro Yasuda, Masahito Shimizu
Alvimopan for the Prevention of Postoperative Ileus in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
Janice Jang, Benjamin Kwok, Hua Zhong, Yuhe Xia, Alexis Grucela, Mitchell Bernstein, Feza Remzi, David Hudesman, Jingjing Chen, Jordan Axelrad, Shannon Chang
Level of UV Exposure, Skin Type, and Age Are More Important than Thiopurine Use for Keratinocyte Carcinoma Development in IBD Patients
Yang Wu, Simon Ghaly, Stephen Kerr, Bryce Jackson, Katherine Hanigan, Deborah Martins, Krupa Krishnaprasad, Reme E. Mountifield, David C. Whiteman, Peter A. Bampton, Richard B. Gearry, Graham L. Radford-Smith, Ian C. Lawrance
Comparison of Lewis Score and Capsule Endoscopy Crohn’s Disease Activity Index in Patients with Crohn’s Disease
Teppei Omori, Harutaka Kambayashi, Shun Murasugi, Ayumi Ito, Maria Yonezawa, Shinichi Nakamura, Katsutoshi Tokushige
Incidence and Outcomes of Perianal Disease in an Asian Population with Crohn’s Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
Eun Mi Song, Ho-Su Lee, Ye-Jee Kim, Eun Hye Oh, Nam Seok Ham, Jeongseok Kim, Sung Wook Hwang, Sang Hyoung Park, Dong-Hoon Yang, Byong Duk Ye, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Seung-Jae Myung, Jong Lyul Lee, Yong Sik Yoon, Chang Sik Yu, Suk-Kyun Yang
Similar Adenoma Detection Rates in Colonoscopic Procedures of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Compared to Controls
Ana Blanco Belver, Mirko Aach, Wolff Schmiegel, Thomas A. Schildhauer, Renate Meindl, Thorsten Brechmann
Comparison of Scoring Systems in Predicting Severity and Prognosis of Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis
Man Li, Xiao-kang Xing, Zhi-hua Lu, Feng Guo, Wei Su, Yong-jun Lin, Dong-hai Wang
Non-occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia as a Fatal Complication in Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Series
Cynthia Reichling, Leda Nobile, Martina Pezzullo, Julie Navez, Najla Bachir, Nicky D’Haene, Calliope Maris, Carmen Musala, Michael Fernandez Y. Viesca, David Grimaldi, Myriam Delhaye
Cholecystectomy and Biliary Sphincterotomy Increase Fecal Bile Loss and Improve Lipid Profile in Dyslipidemia
Ilia Sergeev, Nirit Keren, Timna Naftali, Fred M. Konikoff
Comparison of the Clinical Outcomes of Suprapapillary and Transpapillary Stent Insertion in Unresectable Cholangiocarcinoma with Biliary Obstruction
Jongbeom Shin, Jin-Seok Park, Seok Jeong, Don Haeng Lee
Congenital Portosystemic Shunts in Children: Associations, Complications, and Outcomes
Frank DiPaola, Andrew T. Trout, Ashley E. Walther, Anita Gupta, Rachel Sheridan, Kathleen M. Campbell, Greg Tiao, Jorge A. Bezerra, Kevin E. Bove, Manish Patel, Jaimie D. Nathan
Validation and Refinement of Noninvasive Methods to Assess Hepatic Fibrosis: Magnetic Resonance Elastography Versus Enhanced Liver Fibrosis Index
Kenneth E. Sherman, Enass A. Abdel-Hameed, Richard L. Ehman, Susan D. Rouster, Adriana Campa, Sabrina Sales Martinez, Yongjun Huang, Gustavo G. Zarini, Jacqueline Hernandez, Colby Teeman, Javier Tamargo, Qingyun Liu, Raul Mandler, Marianna K. Baum
Sedation During Endoscopy in Patients with Cirrhosis: Safety and Predictors of Adverse Events
Jerome Edelson, Alejandro L. Suarez, Jingwen Zhang, Don C. Rockey
Long-Term Outcomes of Transarterial Chemoembolization Combined with Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Transarterial Chemoembolization Alone for Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Surgical Resection
Qingfeng Song, Weizheng Ren, Liwei Fan, Meiqi Zhao, Lisha Mao, Shichai Jiang, Chang Zhao, Ying Cui