Gastroenterology
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Patients with cirrhosis did well with laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Major finding: Hepatic cirrhosis patients who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy had surgical outcomes similar to those of patients with...
Conference Coverage
Hospital Clostridium difficile cases nearly doubled during 2000s
Major finding: The incidence of C. difficile infection in U.S. hospitals increased from 4.5 cases/1,000 hospitalizations in 2001 to 8.2 cases/1,...
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Pentoxifylline/Prednisolone doesn’t improve survival in alcoholic hepatitis
Major Finding: In the intention-to-treat analysis, 6-month survival did not differ between the combination-therapy group (69.9%) and the single-...
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Medicare considers coverage of hepatitis C screening
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FDA expands Abraxane approval to include advanced pancreatic cancer
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Bariatric surgery doesn’t cut health care costs
Major finding: Inpatient costs were significantly higher for the surgical group than the control group, particularly during year 2 and year 3...
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Avoid C. difficile testing in infants
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Metronidazole needed for complete pelvic inflammatory disease coverage
Major finding: Of women with PID, 12% have Prevotella species resistant to doxycycline and ceftriaxone, but not metronidazole.Data Source:...
Commentary
Erratum
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AGA shines light on gut microbiome on Capitol Hill
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Dual therapy cuts hospitalizations, surgery in IBD
Major finding: For patients with inflammatory bowel disease, dual therapy with infliximab and an immunomodulator was associated with a 50%...