Gastroenterology
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Indigo Carmine Enhances Adenoma Detection in Screening Colonoscopy
Major Finding: The adenoma detection rate was significantly higher when indigo carmine was added to the water method for screening colonoscopies (...
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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis With IBD Yields Worse Outcomes
Major Finding: Overall, 76% of PSC cases occurred in the setting of comorbid IBD, and these patients were significantly more likely to develop...
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Water Colonoscopy Delivers Lower Completion Rate
Major Finding: During colonoscope insertion using water infusion vs. air insufflation, significantly fewer patients requested sedation (8.6% vs....
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Risk Factors Differ for C. difficile Infection, Colonization
Major Finding: Patients who developed C. difficile infection during hospitalization were likely to be older, to have recently used antibiotics,...
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Hepatitis E Misdiagnosed as Drug-Induced Liver Injury
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Acute Pancreatitis Rates Did Not Rise During Oktoberfest
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Possible Cancer Link to Diabetes Drugs Stirs Controversy
Major Finding: The risk of pancreatic cancer was increased with exenatide and sitagliptin versus control treatments, with respective odds ratios...
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DVT, PE Risk Increased in Surgery Patients with IBD
Major Finding: After adjustment for more than 30 possible confounders available in the NSQIP that add to the power to predict DVT or PE, a...
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Study Supports Altering Surveillance for Barrett's Esophagus
Major Finding: The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma among all patients in Denmark with Barrett’s esophagus was 1.2 cases per 1,000 person-...
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AFP Level Predicts Mortality in Hepatitis C-Related Liver Cancer
Major Finding: The 5-year survival rate for hepatocellular carcinoma was low overall at only 12%, but it was extremely low, at 1%, in patients...