High-concern organisms were cultured from 92% of duodenoscopes immediately after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and from 17% of scopes after reprocessing, based on a small...
Diseases such as Clostridium difficile infection, inflammatory bowel disease, and liver cancer continue to cost billions and cause many thousands of deaths in the United States every year,...
Off-label prescribing of drugs is common and very likely to cause adverse events, particularly when no strong scientific evidence supports the off-label use, according to a report published online...
Advising patients with irritable bowel syndrome to cut their intake of fermentable short-chain carbohydrates improved GI symptoms as much as “traditional” recommendations to reduce meal size,...
Irritable bowel syndrome did not increase the likelihood of having serologic markers of celiac disease, according to a study of more than 3,000 residents of Southeastern Minnesota reported in the...
Immunosuppression did not affect the probability of abnormal anal cytology among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a prospective, single-center, cross-sectional study of...
Concurrent colorectal surgery and mesh herniorrhaphy can be done safely, according to findings from a case-matched study based on American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement...
HONOLULU – New medications and more patient-focused strategies are changing the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, as physicians move away from simply treating symptoms and gain a better...
HONOLULU – Serum amyloid A levels may offer an effective biomarker to gauge disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease, while baseline fecal calprotectin levels could help predict how patients...
