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Abstracts from Around the World
September 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 9 | Pages 739-740)
Variceal bleeding is a common and life threatening manifestation of portal hypertension. The use of esophageal banding has improved hemostasis rates, but there remain patients who fail such treatment....
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pages 739-740
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Abstracts from Around the World
August 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 8 | Pages 643-646)
Linsky A, Gupta K, Lawler EV, et al. Proton pump inhibitors and risk for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Arch Intern Med 2010;170:772–778.
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pages 643-646
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Abstracts from Around the World
July 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 7 | Pages 553-555)
A common dilemma in the management of Crohn's disease is the patient who either cannot be discontinued from steroids because of continued disease activity or previously responded and now, within a sho...
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pages 553-555
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Abstracts from Around the World
June 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 6 | Pages 477-479)
There continues to be significant interest in and concern for a negative interaction between proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and clopidogrel. To become active, clopidogrel is metabolized by the hepatic ...
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pages 477-479
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Abstracts from Around the World
May 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 5 | Pages 397-398)
The role of small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBO) in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remains controversial. This study examined adults with IBS based on ROME II criteria whose predominant symptoms wer...
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pages 397-398
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Abstracts From Around the World
April 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 4 | Pages 315-317)
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding continues to be an evolving area. An international consensus conference convened to update the prior 2003 recommendations. These recommendations included the following:...
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pages 315-317
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Abstracts From Around the World
March 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 3 | Pages 227-230)
The rising incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and the link between symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux and obesity with this cancer are well recognized. This nationwide case-control study of...
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pages 227-230
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Abstracts from Around the World
February 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 2 | Pages 101-102)
The administration of propofol by nonanesthesiologists for gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures remains highly controversial. This statement, issued jointly by our 4 societies, is based upon a syste...
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pages 101-102
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Abstracts from Around the World
January 2010 (Vol. 8 | No. 1 | Pages 4-6)
Last year, our societies created a 9 member task force to evaluate the current gastroenterology training model and to make appropriate recommendations. The rationale for revisiting our current trainin...
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pages 4-6
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Abstracts from Around the World
December 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 12 | Pages 1262-1263)
Recent data suggest that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may diminish the efficacy of clopidogrel. This study compared platelet aggregation and coronary endpoints in 2 studies comparing a new thienopyri...
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pages 1262-1263
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Abstracts from Around the World
November 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 11 | Pages 1144-1146)
Recent attention has focused on the potential deleterious effects of radiation exposure from medical imaging procedures. Experimental and epidemiologic evidence suggests that low dose exposure to ioni...
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pages 1144-1146
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Abstracts from Around the World
October 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 10 | Pages 1024-1025)
Low dose aspirin use for both primary and secondary prevention of vascular disease continues to burgeon. Prior observations suggest that H2 receptor antagonists may be effective in preventing upper ga...
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pages 1024-1025
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Abstracts from Around the World
September 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 9 | Pages 916-918)
Limited observation suggests that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are associated with hemorrhagic complications. Determination of such an association would be important given the wides...
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pages 916-918
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Abstracts from Around the World
August 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 8 | Pages 812-813)
Advances in technology have brought the concept of ablation of Barrett's mucosa toward reality. A new technique that uses radiofrequency ablation appears to be safe. This prospective, multicenter, sha...
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pages 812-813
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Abstracts from Around the World
July 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 7 | Pages 712-713)
A link between gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and asthma has long been considered, and investigation for GER and/or empiric use of proton pump inhibitors for severe asthmatics with reflux symptoms is o...
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pages 712-713
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Abstracts from Around the World
June 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 6 | Pages 608-609)
Prior studies assessing the importance of laryngeal examination at the time of upper endoscopy have yielded mixed results. This prospective study of 1297 patients who were asymptomatic for laryngophar...
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pages 608-609
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Abstracts from Around the World
May 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 5 | Pages 498-499)
Inflammatory bowel disease is recognized as a multigenic disorder. Several genes have been uncovered including the NOD2 gene, which was the first susceptibility gene identified. The question studied h...
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pages 498-499
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Abstracts from Around the World
April 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 4 | Pages 368-369)
Pain, which can be disabling, is a cardinal manifestation of chronic pancreatitis, and therapies for such pain are often ineffective. This randomized placebo controlled study from India provided patie...
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pages 368-369
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Abstracts from Around the World
March 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 3 | Pages 254-256)
A wealth of data now suggests that patients with upper GI bleeding (UGIB) at low risk for poor outcome may be managed in an outpatient setting; however, such a strategy has not been universally adopte...
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pages 254-256
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Abstracts from Around the World
February 2009 (Vol. 7 | No. 2 | Pages 126-127)
Capsule endoscopy is now becoming the standard investigation for patients with occult gastrointestinal bleeding when upper and lower endoscopies are negative. While the spectrum of lesions found on ca...
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Discussion
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pages 126-127
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