Gastroenterology
From the Journals
HMGB1 might be new biomarker of celiac disease in children
Could a possible new biomarker for celiac disease in children become a therapeutic target?
From the Journals
Breast milk bacteria seed infant gut microbiome
Researchers have found that good bacteria from mothers’ milk and skin are transferred to infants’ guts.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Indomethacin slashes post-ERCP pancreatitis risk in primary sclerosing cholangitis
CHICAGO – Rectal indomethacin reduced by 90% the risk of post-procedural pancreatitis in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Bile acid malabsorption as a cause of chronic diarrhea
CHICAGO – Often misdiagnosed with IBS-D, bile acid malabsorption can have pervasive effects on patients’ daily lives.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Rifamycin matches ciprofloxacin’s efficacy in travelers’ diarrhea with less antibiotic resistance
CHICAGO – An investigational antibiotic was just as effective as ciprofloxacin at curing travelers’ diarrhea but was...
Guidelines
AGA Guideline: Transient elastography in liver fibrosis, most used and most accurate
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may be the weak spot for VCTE.
Feature
AGA Clinical Practice Update: Expert review recommendations on post-SVR hepatitis C care
Attention should be paid to fibrosis, cirrhosis, esophagogastric varices, and factors that could contribute to liver injury or hepatic...
Conference Coverage
Norfloxacin improves short-term advanced cirrhosis survival
Infections at 6 and 12 months were secondary outcomes of a norfloxacin study and showed fewer infections overall.
From the Journals
Mortality rate was 10-fold higher in opioid use disorder patients
Individuals with opioid use disorder have a significantly higher mortality rate than the general population.
From the Journals
Rotavirus vaccination in last decade cuts AGE hospitalization
Rotavirus vaccination cuts acute gastroenteritis hospitalization, even in low-income countries with high child mortality.
What Matters
Medicine’s revenge against traveler’s diarrhea
What is the evidence for the effectiveness of antibiotics, compared with other interventions such as loperamide, for mild traveler’s diarrhea?