Daily Archives: October 6, 2017
Esophageal Dilation in Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Not Just for Adults Anymore
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We have explored associations for screen-detected gallstone disease and cancer in a Danish general population cohort and identified associations for gallstone disease and incident gastrointestinal cancer, especially for right-side colon cancer.1 Based … Continue reading
Metroticket 2.0 Model for Analysis of Competing Risks of Death Following Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Outcomes of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are determined by cancer-related and non-related events. Treatments for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have reduced non-cancer events among patients receiving liver transplants, so… Continue reading
TLL1 rs17047200 Increases the Risk of Fibrosis Progression in Caucasian Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
We read with interest the Matsuura et al1 genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 456 Japanese patients identifying tolloid like 1 (TLL1) as a novel susceptibility locus for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) wit… Continue reading
An Unusual Cause of Dysphagia in an Elderly Female
Question: A 66-year-old woman came to our hospital complaining of dysphagia for 1 month. She denied a family history of gastrointestinal carcinoma and a history of previous surgery. Remarkable previous history of bronchiectasis in the past years and oc… Continue reading
Appendiceal tumour or something more?
Risks of Saccharomyces boulardii-Containing Probiotics for the Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection in the Elderly
In their recently published meta-analysis, Shen et al1 found that early administration of probiotics decreased the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection after antibiotic treatment. Shen et al wisely recall that the use of probiotics should be … Continue reading
Clinical Practice Update: The Use of Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy in Achalasia: Expert Review and Best Practice Advice From the American Gastroenterological Association
The purpose of this review is to describe a place for per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) among the currently available robust treatments for achalasia.The recommendations outlined in this review are based on expert opinion and on relevant publications … Continue reading
Use of Probiotics in Hospitalized Adults to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infection: DownGRADE the Quality of Evidence?
We read the paper by Shen et al with interest.1 The authors demonstrated, in a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), a significant effect of probiotics in terms of preventing Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized adults takin… Continue reading