Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy Reiko Nishihara, Kana Wu, Paul Lochhead, Teppei Morikawa, Xiaoyun Liao, Zhi Rong Qian, Kentaro Inamura, Sun A. Kim, Aya Kuchiba, Mai Yamauchi, Yu Imamura, Walter C. Willett, Bernard A. Rosner, Charles S. Fuchs, Edward Giovannucci, Shuji Ogino, and Andrew T. Chan.N Engl J Med 2013; 369:1095-1105 Colonoscopy and…
Meta-analysis: the safety and efficacy of dilation in eosinophilic oesophagitis.Moawad FJ, Cheatham JG, Dezee KJ. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Oct;38(7):713-20. Oesophageal dilation is one of the most effective options in the management of symptoms of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE). However, earlier reports described an increased rate of complications.
Proton Pump Inhibitors and Risk for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection Among Inpatients.Freedberg DE, Salmasian H, Friedman C, Abrams JA. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Sep 24. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2013.333. [Epub ahead of print] OBJECTIVES:Observational studies suggest that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a risk factor for incident Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Data also suggest an association between PPIs…
Development and Validation of a Comorbidity Scoring System for Patients with Cirrhosis.Jepsen P, Vilstrup H, Lash TL. Gastroenterology. 2013 Sep 17. [Epub ahead of print] At least 40% of patients with cirrhosis have comorbidities, which increase mortality. We developed a cirrhosis-specific comorbidity scoring system (CirCom) to help determine how these comorbidities affect mortality, and compared…
Combination Trans Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE) Plus Sorafenib for the Management of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Abdel-Rahman O, Elsayed ZA. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common liver neoplasm and the fifth most common cancer worldwide. Intermediate stage HCC [traditionally defined…
The effects of statins on the clinical outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients.Park SW, Choi AR, Lee HJ, Chung H, Park JC, Shin SK, Lee SK, Lee YC, Kim JE, Lee H. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Sep;38(6):619-27. An association between exposure to statin drugs and favourable treatment outcomes for various types of infections…