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EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON URGENT MEDICAL ACCESS FOR PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AT A PRIVATE COMMUNITY GASTROENTEROLOGY PRACTICE
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are subject to frequent emergency department (ED) visits. In order to decrease unnecessary ED utilization, we established an urgent care hotline (IBD URGENT) at a private community gastroenterology practic… Continue reading
ANTI-SARS-COV-2 VACCINATION AND ANTIBODY RESPONSE IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE ON IMMUNE-MODIFYING THERAPY. PROSPECTIVE SINGLE TERTIARY CENTER STUDY ON 602 IBD PATIENTS
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on immune-modifying treatment could be at an increased risk for severe coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), thus data on the efficacy and safety of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-… Continue reading
TOFACITINIB TREATMENT PREVENTS POST-OPERATIVE RECURRENCE OF CROHN’S DISEASE MODELED BY ILEOCECAL RESECTION IN HLA-B27 TRANSGENIC RATS
Post-operative recurrence (POR) after ileocecal resection (ICR) affects most of Crohn’s disease (CD) patients within 3-5 years after surgery. Current immunomodulatory treatments have not proven efficiency in preventing POR, except for anti-TNFα biologi… Continue reading
CHANGE IN URGENCY STATUS AMONG ULCERATIVE COLITIS PATIENTS: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF TREATMENT CHANGES FROM THE COREVITAS INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE REGISTRY
Stooling urgency (also known as urgency to defecate) is one of the most common symptoms among Ulcerative Colitis (UC) patients (pts). Understanding factors associated with changes in urgency status, such as the association between timing of treatment c… Continue reading
STIGMA PERCEPTIONS IN NON-WHITE IBD PATIENTS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENT OUTCOMES
Disease-related stigmatization is present in IBD, with a substantial proportion of patients reporting that they perceive discriminatory attitudes or behaviors from others because of their IBD status. These perceptions are associated with poor outcomes…. Continue reading
HIGH DOSE TOFACITINIB AS SALVAGE THERAPY IN STEROID REFRACTORY ACUTE SEVERE ULCERATIVE COLITIS FOLLOWING NON-RESPONSE TO INFLIXIMAB
Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis (ASUC) requiring hospitalization remains a serious concern in patients with Ulcerative colitis. In patients with steroid-refractory disease, Intravenous infliximab salvage therapy is used. Colectomy is reserved for patie… Continue reading
SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BNT162B2 MRNA COVID-19 VACCINE IN A NATIONWIDE COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
The effectiveness of currently available SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains unknown. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in a nationwide cohort of patients with IBD in Q… Continue reading
AUPHOS, A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC THAT IMPROVES MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND AMELIORATES CHRONIC COLITIS
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) involves an interplay of gut microbiota, intestinal epithelium and immune responses. Recent data suggest that decreased mitochondrial gene function plays an active role in the pathophysiology of active colitis. Here, we… Continue reading
THE USE OF IMMUNOSTAINING IN BIOPSIES TO EVALUATE EXPRESSION PATTERN AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ROLES OF ONCOSTATIN M AND ITS RECEPTOR BETA IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
The mRNA expression of oncostatin M (OSM) in colonic tissue is raised in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is mplicated in anti-TNF treatment resistance. OSM has multiple homeostatic functions with both pathogenic and protective roles. Still, its fu… Continue reading
CROHN’S DISEASE AND ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ASSOCIATION, OUTCOMES, AND PREDICTORS OF 90-DAY READMISSION WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS. INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONWIDE READMISSION DATABASE
It’s a controversy if pancreatitis can be considered one of the extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn’s disease (CD). (Barthet et al AJG) CD patients have a fourfold increase in the risk of acute pancreatitis (AP) compared to the general population. … Continue reading