Tuesday, December 31, 2019

FDA MedWatch: Gabapentin and Pregabalin Linked to Respiratory Depression Risk

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(FDA)—Serious respiratory depression may occur in pts using gabapentin (Neurontin, Gralise, Horizant) or pregabalin (Lyrica, Lyrica CR)...

Aspirin Use Linked to Reduced Mortality in Older Adults

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PubMed)—Compared w/ nonusers, older adults who used aspirin ≥3x/wk had lower rates of mortality related to all causes (hazard ratio [HR...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Infection rates after colonoscopy, endoscopy at US specialty centers are far higher than expected

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The rates of infection following colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at U.S. outpatient specialty centers are far higher than p...
Friday, June 08, 2018

Head Games: VR Measures Link Between Endoscopy Performance and Physician Stress

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When we use the words “tense up” or “freeze” to describe physical reactions to stress, we may be on the right track in describing how phy...
Friday, March 02, 2018

New ASGE Guidelines on Sedation and Anesthesia Differ From ASA's Over Capnography Use

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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has released updated guidelines on the use of sedation and anesthesia during GI...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

New Guidelines for Deprescribing Proton Pump Inhibitors

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A new practice guideline aims to help clinicians make decisions about when and how to safely deprescribe proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Colonoscopy Inaccurate for Cancer Site In Nearly One-Third of Cases

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The location of colon cancers determined by colonoscopy does not agree with the surgical location in almost one-third of cases, researchers ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

HCV Infection Eradication in Cirrhosis With and Without Portal Hypertension

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Atif Zaman, MD, MPH reviewing Di Marco V et al. Gastroenterology 2016 Jul. Successful treatment was associated with reduced risks for liver ...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Half at Night and Half in the Morning—a Better Way To Prepare for Colonoscopies

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Gastroenterologists and other physicians are virtually unanimous in appreciating the vital importance of colonoscopy screenings. In preparat...
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Brief Talk Gets Patients in Control of Reflux

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Ninety seconds of education appeared to work wonders in getting heartburn patients to optimize their use of the proton pump inhibitor omepr...

Hospitals Struggle to Keep Endoscopy Safe

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Hospitals are taking the problem of gastrointestinal endoscope reprocessing seriously, reports here at Digestive Disease Week suggested, to ...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Oral recombinant H. pylori vaccine

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In a randomized phase 3 trial, 4464 H. pylori uninfected children (ages 6 to 15 years) were assigned to a three-dose oral recombinant H. pyl...

Skin disorders associated with TNF inhibitor use

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A variety of skin disorders have been reported in association with the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for inflammatory and au...

Olmesartan enteropathy

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Olmesartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), can produce a "sprue-like enteropathy" characterized by severe chronic diarrhea...

Sigmoid resection versus laparoscopic lavage for perforated diverticulitis

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The laparoscopic lavage and drainage procedure was introduced as a potentially less morbid alternative to sigmoid resection for patients wit...
Sunday, February 07, 2016

Office Visits Prior to Screening Colonoscopy Add to Medical Costs

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Office visits prior to screening colonoscopy add to medical costs, and it's unclear whether those visits are necessary, researchers repo...
Monday, November 02, 2015

HCV Guideline Update: Treat All Patients With New Drugs

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The American Association for the Study for Liver Diseases and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) have updated HCVguidelines.or...
Wednesday, December 03, 2014

New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease

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 New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY Addition...

Management of iatrogenic esophageal perforation with endoscopic stenting

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Management of iatrogenic esophageal perforation with endoscopic stenting Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY Additional Authors: ALGUILI ELSH...

New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease

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IBD P-254 New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY A...