Gastroenterology
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Opioids Generally Riskier Than Other Analgesics in Elderly With Arthritis
Major Finding: Opioid users had higher rates of overall adverse events, severe adverse events, cardiovascular events, fractures, and all-cause...
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Single-Incision Laparoscopic Colectomy Offers Benefits Beyond Cosmesis
Major Finding: Median length of stay was 1 day shorter at 3 days in the single-incision laparoscopic colectomy group, compared with 4 days for...
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Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy Doesn't Compromise iFOBT Results
Major Finding: The sensitivity of two different immunochemical fecal occult blood tests (iFOBTs) for detecting colorectal neoplasms was 30% better...
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Virologic Response Protects Against Death in Liver Transplant Patients With HCV
Major Finding: In liver transplant patients with recurrent hepatitis C, failure to achieve a sustained virologic response to antiviral therapy was...
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Survival Improved After Colorectal Liver/Lung Mets Resection
Major Finding: Overall survival at 5 years was 40% in patients with resected colorectal liver metastases alone vs.
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Serrated Polyps Together With Adenomas Raise CRC Risk
Major Finding: Patients with both sessile serrated polyps and adenomas were significantly more likely to have large sessile serrated polyps (10 mm...
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Conservative Treatment Comparable With Surgery in Infected Pancreatic Necrosis
Major Finding: Patients with infected pancreatic necrosis who were treated with antibiotics in an ICU had a mortality of roughly 30%, similar to...
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FDA Panel Supports Lowering BMI Criterion for Obesity Surgery
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Family Health History Beats Personal Genomic Screening for Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Of 22 individuals with a hereditary cancer risk, personal genomic screening identified only 1 as high risk.Data Source: Study of 22...
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Linaclotide Improves Symptoms in IBS With Constipation
Major Finding: Linaclotide therapy resulted in up to 3.61 additional complete spontaneous bowel movements (CSBMs) per week over baseline in...
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Nonsurgical Approaches to Esophageal Perforation Are Rising
Major Finding: The use of nonsurgical management of acute esophageal perforation increased from 0% to 75% between 1989 and 2009.Data Source:...