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2019 · Podcast

GI Pearls – October 2019 – Episode 35 Gastroenterology Literature Review

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Show Notes for Oct 2019 – Episode 35

  1. Appropriate therapeutic drug monitoring of Biologic agents for Patients with IBD – CGH
  2. The View from Europe – TDM  – CGH 
  3. Cold snare vs Heparin bridging and hot snare polypectomy in patients on anticoagulants with subcentimeter polyps. – Annals of int Med.
  4. High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation on Volumetric Bone Density and Bone Strength – JAMA
  5. Safety of Endoscopy in Heritable Connective Tissue Disorders – Am J Gastro
  6. ASGE guideline on screening and surveillance of Barrett’s esophagus – ASGE
  7. Prucalporide in Gastroparesis: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Crossover Study. – Am J Gastro
  8. Over-Utilization of Repeat Upper Endoscopy in patients with non-dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus – Am J Gastro
  9. Controlling fecal incontinence in women by performing anal exercises with biofeedback or loperamide: a randomized clinical trial. – Lancet Gastro &Hep
  10.  Toshihiro Sugiyama  Understanding the Current Evidence on Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Bone Health – Gastro
  11. Ursodeoxycholic acid versus placebo in women  with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (PITCHES):a randomised controlled trial – Lancet’
  12. Effect of Bismuth Subsalicylate vs Placebo on Use of Antibiotics Among Adult Outpatients With Diarrhea in Pakistan: A Randomized Clinical Trial. –  JAMA Netw Open
  13. Association between soft drink consumption and mortality in 10 european countries. – JAMA
  14. Validation of Diagnostic and Performance Characteristics of the Wireless Motility Capsule in Patients with Suspected Gastroparesis – CGH
  15. Vedolizumab versus Adalimumab for Moderate-to-Severe Ulcerative Colitis – NEJM
  16. Ustekinumab for Ulcerative Colitis – NEJM

2019 · Podcast

GI Pearls – September 2019 – Episode 34 Gastroenterology Literature Review

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Show Notes for Sept 2019 – Episode 34

  1. Guidelines on management of cyclic vomiting  syndrome – Neurogastro and Motility
  2. Drug-induced Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in Asian Patients – Am J Gastro
  3. The efficacy of split-dose bowel prep for polyp detection: Meta-analysis – Am J Gastr
  4. Drug-induced liver injury – types and phenotypes – NEJM
  5. ASGE guideline on the role of endoscopy for bleeding from Chronic radiation proctopathy – GIE
  6. Efficacy of budesonide orodispensible tablets as induction therapy for EOE – randomized trial – Gastro
  7. Endoscopic control of polyp burden and expansion of surveillance intervals in serrated polyposis syndrome  – GIE
  8. Efficacy of FMT in IBS – Meta Analysis – Am J Gastr
  9. FMT in patients with PSC: Pilot clinical trial – Am J Gastr
  10. Nosocomial infections are frequent and negatively impact outcomes in hospitalized patients – Am J Gastro
  11. High immunogenicity of the PCV13 in immunocompromised adults with IBD – Am J Gastro
  12. Association of US News and World  Ranking for GI and GIOperation With Patient Outcomes in Abdominal Procedures- JAMA Surgery
  13. JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis – CRC screening
2019 · Podcast

GI Pearls – June 2019 – Episode 33 Gastroenterology Literature Review

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Show Notes for June 2019 – Episode 33

  1. Epidemiology and implications of concurrent diagnosis of EOE and IBD – Gut
  2. Risk of Cdiff Infection with Systemic  Antimicrobial Therapy Following Successful FMT –   Dig Dis Sci
  3. Safety of Endoscopy in cancer patients with thrombocytopenia and neutropenia – GIE
  4. Same-Day vs Different-Day Elective Upper and Lower Endoscopic Procedures by Setting – JAMA Internal Medicine
  5. Cuff-assisted versus cap-assisted colonoscopy for adenoma  detection: results of a randomized study – Endoscopy
  6. Promotion of Testing for Celiac Disese and the Gluten-Free diet among complementary and alternative medicine practitioners. – Am J Gastro
  7. Numbers and feature of Patient with a diagnosis of Celiac disease w/o Duodenal biopsy, based on a national survey – CGH
  8. Early colonoscopy for diverticular bleeding does not reduce risk of post-discharge recurrent bleeding :Propensity score matching analysis  – CGH
  9. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Interaction Between Oral DAAs for Chronic HepC Infection and HCC – Gastro
  10. Randomized placebo-controlled trial of droperidol and ondansetron for adult emergency department patients with nausea – Acad Emerg Med 
  11. Endoscopy-related musculoskeletal injuries in gastroenterology fellows – Endoscopy International
  12. Efficacy of MaziRenWan, a chinese Herbal medicine, in Patients with functional constipation – RTC – CGH
  13. Superiority of Gastrojejunostomy over Endoscopic Stenting for Palliation of Malignant gastric outlet obstruction – CGH

2019 · Podcast

GI Pearls – May 2019 – Episode 32 Gastroenterology Literature Review

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Show Notes for May 2019 – Episode 32

  1. Risk of postpolypectomy bleeding with uninterrupted clopidogrel therapy- an industry-indepentend, double-blind, randomized trial. – Gastroenterology
  2. Personalised surveillance for serrated polyposis syndrome: results from a prospective 5-year international cohort study – GUT
  3. Cold snare endoscopic resection of nonpedunculated colorectal polyps larger than 10mm: A systematic review and pooled analysis – GIE
  4. Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery-A Multicentre Study of 9617 Patients from Indian Bariatric Surgery Outcome Reporting Group. – Obesity Surgery
  5. Resolution of NAFLD after bariatric surgery – CGH
  6. Risk of bacterial exposure to the endoscopist’s face during endoscopy – GIE
  7. Low Prevalence of Suspected Barrett’s Esophagus in patients with GERD without Alarm Symptoms – CGH
  8. Efficacy of  induction therapy with high intenstity Tofacitinib in 4 patients with acute severe UC – CGH
  9. Fecal Microbial Transplant Capsules are Safe in Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Phase 1, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. – Hepatology
  10. Illuminating Elimination Diets: Controversies Regarding  Dietary Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis – Dig Dis Sci
2019 · Podcast

GI Pearls – April 2019 – Episode 31 Gastroenterology Literature Review

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Show Notes for April 2019 – Episode 31

  1. Prediction of individuals at high absolute risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma – GIE
  2. Updates on Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia – Digestive Diseases Sci
  3. Thermal ablation of mucosal defect margins reduces adenoma recurrence after colonic EMR – Gastro
  4. Transfusion Strategies for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding – NEJM 
  5. Effect of restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategies on outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease – BMJ 
  6. Outcomes following restrictive or liberal red blood cell transfusion in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding – AP&T
  7. Predicting the Course of Disease in Hospitalized  Patients With Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis – IBD
  8. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Is Superior to  Fidaxomicin for Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection – Gastro
  9. Hepatocellular Carcinoma – NEJM
  10. Non-invasive assessment of liver disease in patient with NAFLD. – Gastroenterology
  11. No association between pseudopolyps and colorectal neoplasia in patients with IBD – Gastro 
  12. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A case matched study. – GIE
  13. Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis. –  Cochrane Database Syst Rev.
  14. Switching between biologics and biosimilar in IBD – CGH
  15. Preventive medicine in IBD – CGH