Gastroenterology
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High mortality seen in acute-on-chronic liver failure
Major finding: Acute-on-chronic liver failure syndrome can be divided into three classes and is distinct from acute decompensation of chronic...
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Universal screening doesn't pay in celiac disease
Major finding: Universal screening for celiac disease among adolescents is not cost effective, nor is it associated with any gain in quality of...
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Test-and-treat approach best in Crohn's disease
Major finding: A test-and-treat approach to refractory Crohn’s disease was less expensive, at $31,870, compared with $37,266 for an empiric...
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Mechanical bowel prep may up cancer-specific survival after CRC resection
Major finding: Patients who had mechanical bowel preparation before surgery had a higher actuarial 5-year rate of cancer-specific survival (90% vs...
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Amitriptyline eases functional dyspepsia symptoms
Major finding: In a clinical trial, 53% of patients with functional dyspepsia assigned to amitriptyline reported at least 5 weeks of symptom...
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Onsite cytopathology improves pancreatic biopsy quality
Major finding: Onsite cytopathologists identified significantly more samples as suspicious or malignant than did pathologists who examined samples...
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Anti-TNFs for ulcerative colitis up sepsis risk after some proctocolectomies
Major finding: Preoperative anti-TNF therapy increased the risk of sepsis after initial total proctocolectomy with ileoanal pouch–anal anastomosis...
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Drug combo curbs organ failures in acute pancreatitis patients
Major finding: The combination of octreotide and celecoxib halved rates of organ failure and disease progression in patients with acute...
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Colon cancer screening in African Americans
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Investigational noninterferon HCV treatment effective across patient groups
Major finding: An investigational interferon-free therapy is effective in patients at risk for poor response to interferon-based therapy.Data...
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Tumor biology appears to play role in missed interval colorectal cancers
Major finding: At 6-36 months after colonoscopy the rate of missed interval cancers was 3.5%; at 6-60 months the rate was 6%.Data source: A...