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COVID-19 guideline update: Wear N95 masks during endoscopy
Updated recommendations state personnel should wear N95 masks and double gloves when performing endoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AGA Clinical practice update: Maintain IBD remission during pandemic
A rapid review clinical practice update advises selected inflammatory bowel disease patients may continue remission in asymptomatic COVID-19 or...
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GI cancer death disproportional to incidence rates
An analysis of global cancer databases found that deaths from gastrointestinal cancers in 2018 were disproportionately higher than incidence rates...
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AGA clinical practice update: Pancreatic cancer screening
Screening should be considered in patients with high risk of pancreatic cancer based on family history and other medical and genetic factors.
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IBD: Steroids, but not TNF blockers, raise risk of severe COVID-19
Patients with IBD and COVID-19 who received corticosteroids had a sevenfold increased risk of severe COVID-19.
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Gastrointestinal symptoms affected one in four patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Gastrointestinal symptoms were more common among females and were associated with systemic inflammation and poorer liver function.
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Functional heartburn
Recognizing the presence of functional heartburn is vital to prevent unnecessary acid-suppressive therapy and invasive antireflux treatments.
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Nucleoside polymers show early promise in HBV
For patients with chronic HBV infection, triple-combination therapy with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, pegylated interferon alfa-2a (TDF-pegIFN...
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Total underwater colonoscopy can surmount colonoscopy challenges
The technique can ease insertion and aid in adenoma detection.
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Health care costs nearly doubled for patients with NAFLD
Both hospitalizations and outpatient visits accounted for the increased costs.