Daily Archives: August 20, 2020

Countries endemic for parasitic infestations have a lower incidence of Crohn’s disease (CD) than non-endemic countries, and there have been anecdotal reports of the beneficial effects of helminths in CD patients. Tuft cells in the small intestine sense… Continue reading →

Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is an important, and modifiable, risk factor for the development of peptic ulcer disease (PUD). Therefore society guidelines recommend testing for HP in patients with PUD. The aims of this quality improvement initiati… Continue reading →

Achieving competency in endoscopy remains a key component of gastroenterology (GI) training programs, and applying established quality indicators (QIs) in endoscopy may help measure both competency and quality in endoscopy among trainees. Previous stud… Continue reading →

Adenoma Detection Rate (ADR) is currently perhaps the single-most important measure agreed upon to determine adequacy of screening colonoscopy performance. Despite the importance of this metric, our Fellowship Program had previously left the calculatio… Continue reading →

Upper and lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage (GIB) in patients with cirrhosis have been linked to high rates of bacterial infection, rebleeding, death, and 30-day hospital re-admission. The reasons for these associations are not well understood, but may… Continue reading →

Quality of bowel preparation can affect the completeness and duration of colonoscopy, detection of neoplastic lesions, and the safety of polypectomy. The ASGE and ACG Task Force for quality improvement during colonoscopy have proposed a performance tar… Continue reading →