Gastroenterology
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Pediatric-onset FAP increases persistent anxiety, depression risk
Major finding: Pediatric-onset functional abdominal pain confers an increased lifetime risk of anxiety and depressive disorders (odds ratios, 4.59...
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Depression, some antidepressants linked to high C. difficile risk
Major finding: Older adults with a history of major depressive disorder were 36% more likely to develop Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea...
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Must-knows for quick and simple triage of acute pancreatitis
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Splenectomy mortality risk similar for malignant and benign disease
Major finding: Following elective splenectomy, the rate of overall complications was significantly higher for patients with malignant vs. benign...
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Prevention: Probiotics cut C. difficile risk
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Biopsy results in celiac disease patients may predict cancer risk
Major finding: The risk of developing a lymphoproliferative malignancy (LPM) was about twofold higher among patients with celiac disease who had...
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FDA finalizes regulations defining ‘gluten free’ for celiac patients
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Antibiotics, PPIs may fuel community-associated C. difficile
Major finding: Among community-associated C. difficile cases, 64% reported antibiotic use within 12 weeks of diagnosis, while 37% used an acid-...
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Triple therapy underutilized in HCV
Major finding: From a cohort of nearly 500 hepatitis C patients, 91 (18.7%) were started on triple therapy.Data source: A retrospective, 1-year,...
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POEM is safe, effective in achalasia
Major finding: At 12 months following peroral endoscopic myotomy, 82.4% of patients reported sustained treatment success, with a mean Eckhardt...
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New estimates show lack of progress in liver mortality
Major finding: An updated definition of liver-related mortality shows that death rates are unchanged over 30 years: 23.9 per 100,000 persons for...