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Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Issue 12/2021

Content (56 Articles)

Remembering Dennis Ahnen

Robert S. Bresalier

Palliative Care for Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease on the Liver Transplant Waiting List: An International Systematic Review

Shan Shan Vijeratnam, Bridget Candy, Rachel Craig, Aileen Marshall, Patrick Stone, Joseph T. S. Low

Liver Biopsy in Pregnancy: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature

Kemmian D. Johnson, Abhilash Perisetti, Hemant Goyal, Ragesh Thandassery, Mahesh Gajendran, Mohammad Aziz, Benjamin Tharian, Sumant Inamdar

Prevalence and Impact of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Gastrointestinal Conditions: A Systematic Review

Heidi Glynn, Stephan P. Möller, Helen Wilding, Pragalathan Apputhurai, Gregory Moore, Simon R. Knowles

Use of Pharmacogenomics to Guide Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy in Clinical Practice

Dana M. Harris, Fernando F. Stancampiano, M. Caroline Burton, Ann M. Moyer, Michael J. Schuh, Jose R. Valery, Yan Bi

Open Access Antibiotic Review

Antibiotic Therapy of 3 Days May Be Sufficient After Biliary Drainage for Acute Cholangitis: A Systematic Review

Sylke Haal, Mattheus C. B. Wielenga, Paul Fockens, Charlotte A. Leseman, Cyriel Y. Ponsioen, Ellert J. van Soest, Roy L. J. van Wanrooij, Elske Sieswerda, Rogier P. Voermans

Price Is Right: Exploring Prescription Drug Coverage Barriers for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Using Threshold Pricing Analysis

Eric D. Shah, Lin Chang, Anthony Lembo, Kyle Staller, Michael A. Curley, William D. Chey

Rehospitalization, Treatment, and Resource Use After Inpatient Admission for Achalasia in the USA

Kamesh Gupta, Ahmad Khan, Jean Chalhoub, Kevin Groudan, David Desilets

Endoscopy Original Article

Utility of Endoscopy in Hospitalized Patients with Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Pulmonary Hypertension

Amandeep Singh, Mohamed Tausif Siddiqui, Wael Al-Yaman, Rajat Garg, Sanguk Jang, Prabhleen Chahal, John Vargo

Ulcerative Colitis Original Article

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Does Not Impact Mortality but Increases Length of Hospitalization in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Preetika Sinh, James H. Tabibian, Prachi S. Biyani, Kathan Mehta, Emad Mansoor, Edward V. Loftus Jr., Maneesh Dave

Increasing Prevalence of Frailty and Its Association with Readmission and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with IBD

Adam S. Faye, Timothy Wen, Ali Soroush, Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, Ryan Ungaro, Garrett Lawlor, Frank J. Attenello, William J. Mack, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Benjamin Lebwohl

Treatment Adherence and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Biological Agents During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Ignacio Iborra, Maria Puig, Laura Marín, Margalida Calafat, Fiorella Cañete, Carles Quiñones, Laura González-González, Glòria Cardona, Míriam Mañosa, Eugeni Domènech

Fatty Liver Original Article

Perception of Illness and Its Association with Treatment Willingness in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Harpal S. Dhaliwal, Ripudaman Singh, Abin M. Abraham, Rajan Sharma, N. K. Goyal, Rajat Soloman, Pankaj Bansal, Amandeep Goyal

Colonoscopy Original Article

Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Are Primarily Based on Low–Moderate-Quality Evidence

Simcha Weissman, Alexander Goldowsky, Muhammad Aziz, Tej I. Mehta, Sachit Sharma, Megan Lipcsey, Trent Walradt, Umair Iqbal, Sameh Elias, Joseph D. Feuerstein

Chronic Pancreatitis Original Article

Thirty-Day Readmission Among Patients with Alcoholic Acute Pancreatitis

Pedro Palacios Argueta, Miguel Salazar, Ishaan Vohra, Juan E. Corral, Frank J. Lukens, John J. Vargo, Prabhleen Chahal, C. Roberto Simons-Linares

Original Article

DRG1 Maintains Intestinal Epithelial Cell Junctions and Barrier Function by Regulating RAC1 Activity in Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Li Lu, Weijue Xu, Jiangbin Liu, Liping Chen, Shaohua Hu, Qingfeng Sheng, Minghua Zhang, Zhibao Lv

Constipation Original Article

7,8-Dihydroxyflavone Enhanced Colonic Cholinergic Contraction and Relieved Loperamide-Induced Constipation in Rats

Li Ma, Zhiqiang Qu, Luo Xu, Lei Han, Qingfang Han, Juan He, Xiao Luan, Bingxiang Wang, Yongye Sun, Baoguo He

Gastric Cancer Original Article

Circ_PGPEP1 Serves as a Sponge of miR-1297 to Promote Gastric Cancer Progression via Regulating E2F3

Yingxin Wang, Xia Liu, Liwei Wang, Zhenduo Zhang, Zhong Li, Ming Li

Metastasis Original Article

HIF1A-AS2 Promotes the Proliferation and Metastasis of Gastric Cancer Cells Through miR-429/PD-L1 Axis

Linsong Mu, Yeli Wang, Hailong Su, Yang Lin, Wu Sui, Xiang Yu, Zhongchuan Lv

Colorectal Cancer Original Article

Curcumin Chemoprevention Reduces the Incidence of Braf Mutant Colorectal Cancer in a Preclinical Study

Alexandra M. Kane, Cheng Liu, Dewan T. Akhter, Diane M. McKeone, Craig A. Bell, Kristofer J. Thurecht, Barbara A. Leggett, Vicki L. J. Whitehall

Acute Pancreatitis Original Article

Protective Effect of miR-193a-5p and miR-320-5p on Caerulein-Induced Injury in AR42J Cells

Wenchao Yu, Min Zhang, Xin Li, Ning Pan, Xia Bian, Wei Wu

Ultrasound Original Article

Hepatic Vein Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Subharmonic Imaging Signal as a Screening Test for Portal Hypertension

Priscilla Machado, Ipshita Gupta, Sriharsha Gummadi, Maria Stanczak, Corinne E. Wessner, Jonathan M. Fenkel, Colette M. Shaw, Susan Shamini-Noori, Susan Schultz, Michael C. Soulen, Chandra M. Sehgal, Kirk Wallace, John R. Eisenbrey, Flemming Forsberg

SARS-CoV-2 Original Article

Prevalence of Clostridioides difficile and Other Gastrointestinal Pathogens in Patients with COVID-19

Monika Laszkowska, Judith Kim, Adam S. Faye, Andrew M. Joelson, Myles Ingram, Han Truong, Elisabeth R. Silver, Benjamin May, William G. Greendyke, Jason Zucker, Benjamin Lebwohl, Chin Hur, Daniel E. Freedberg

Migraine Original Article

Regional Gastrointestinal Transit and Contractility Patterns Vary in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

Wendy Zhou, Thomas A. Zikos, John O. Clarke, Linda A. Nguyen, George Triadafilopoulos, Leila Neshatian

Nutrition Original Article

Long-Term Dietary Changes in Subjects with Glucose Galactose Malabsorption Secondary to Biallelic Mutations of SLC5A1

Alvin P. Chan, Shweta S. Namjoshi, Patricia M. Jardack, Lisa Maloney, Atrin Ardjmand, Nicholas N. Jackson, Martin G. Martin

Tuberculosis Original Article

Clinical Course of Terminal Ileal Ulcers Observed Incidentally During Colonoscopy

Jae Hyun Kim, Jong Yoon Lee, Yong Eun Park, Jong Hoon Lee, Jongha Park, Tae Oh Kim, Won Moon, Seun Ja Park

Ileocolonoscopy Original Article

Low Levels of Fecal Calprotectin 3 Months After Surgery Predict Subsequent Endoscopic Postoperative Remission in Crohn’s Disease

Florian Veyre, Gilles Boschetti, Camille Meunier, Charlotte Cuerq, Claire Gay, Anne-Laure Charlois, Remi Duclaux-Loras, Pauline Danion, Eddy Cotte, Vahan Kepenekian, Anne Mialon, Mathias Faure, Xavier Roblin, Bernard Flourie, Stéphane Nancey

Ulcerative Colitis Original Article

Recurrence of Clostridium Difficile and Cytomegalovirus Infections in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Who Undergo Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis

Jonathan Pastrana Del Valle, Grace C. Lee, Jose Cataneo Serrato, Joseph D. Feuerstein, Liliana Grigorievna Bordeianou, Richard Hodin, Hiroko Kunitake, Vitaliy Poylin

Endoscopy Original Article

Small-Dose Endoscopic Tattooing Using a Novel Needle for Localization Prior to Laparoscopic Surgery of Colorectal Cancer

Kenichiro Imai, Kinichi Hotta, Sayo Ito, Yuichiro Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Kishida, Yusuke Yamaoka, Shoichi Manabe, Hitoshi Hino, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Akio Shiomi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Keita Mori, Hiroyuki Ono

Open Access Pancreatitis Original Article

Increased Use of Prophylactic Measures in Preventing Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis

Christina J. Sperna Weiland, Megan M. L. Engels, Alexander C. Poen, Abha Bhalla, Niels G. Venneman, Jeanin E. van Hooft, Marco J. Bruno, Robert C. Verdonk, Paul Fockens, Joost P. H. Drenth, Erwin J. M. van Geenen

Pancreatitis Original Article

Nafamostat Mesylate is Not Effective in Preventing Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis

Takaaki Matsumoto, Kosuke Okuwaki, Hiroshi Imaizumi, Mitsuhiro Kida, Tomohisa Iwai, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Toru Kaneko, Rikiya Hasegawa, Hironori Masutani, Masayoshi Tadehara, Kai Adachi, Masafumi Watanabe, Takahiro Kurosu, Akihiro Tamaki, Hidehiko Kikuchi, Takashi Ohno, Wasaburo Koizumi

Acute Pancreatitis Original Article

Necrotizing Pancreatitis from Hypertriglyceridemia: More Severe Disease?

T. K. Maatman, J. A. Westfall-Snyder, E. P. Ceppa, M. G. House, A. Nakeeb, T. K. Nguyen, C. M. Schmidt, N. J. Zyromski

Fatty Liver Original Article

Hepamet Fibrosis Score in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients in Mexico: Lower than Expected Positive Predictive Value

Fátima Higuera-de-la-Tijera, Jacqueline Córdova-Gallardo, Elizabeth Buganza-Torio, Beatriz Barranco-Fragoso, Aldo Torre, Sara Parraguirre-Martínez, Martin Edgardo Rojano-Rodríguez, Gabriel Quintero-Bustos, Graciela Castro-Narro, Carlos Moctezuma-Velazquez

Hepatic Encephalopathy Original Article

CLIF-C AD Score Predicts Development of Acute Decompensations and Survival in Hospitalized Cirrhotic Patients

Caroline Baldin, Juliana Piedade, Lívia Guimarães, Lívia Victor, Joana Duarte, Zulane Veiga, Camila Alcântara, Flávia Fernandes, João Luiz Pereira, Gustavo Pereira

Clinical Significance of Alpha-Fetoprotein in Alpha-Fetoprotein Negative Hepatocellular Carcinoma Underwent Curative Resection

Kongying Lin, Qizhen Huang, Jianxing Zeng, Zongren Ding, Lei Wang, Zhenwei Chen, Pengfei Guo, Yongyi Zeng, Weiping Zhou, Jingfeng Liu

Open Access Celiac Disease Correction

Correction to: A New Intraepithelial γδ T-Lymphocyte Marker for Celiac Disease Classification in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) Duodenal Biopsies

Alina Popp, Juha Taavela, Paolo Graziano, Paola Parente, Claudia Covelli, Carmela Lamacchia, Angelo Andriulli, Markku Mäki, Jorma Isola

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.