2017

GI Pearls – October 1-15 2017 – Episode 11

Show Notes for October 1-15, 2017  Episode 011
  1. Postcolonoscopy mortality: Bowel preparation to blame? – GIE
  2. Prevalence of hypokalemia before and after bowel preparation for colonoscopy in high-risk patients – GIE
  3. Prevalence of Anemia 10 Years After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a Single Veterans Affairs Medical Center – Jama Surgery
  4. Risk of Postop Complications Among IBD paietns treated Preop with Vedolizumab – Am J Gastro
  5. Physician Characteristics Associated with Higher Adenoma Detection Rate – GIE
  6. Electrolyte Disturbances in Patients with Chronic Alcohol-Use Disorders  – NEJM
  7. Hereditary Colorectal Polyposis and Cancer Syndromes: A Primer on Diagnosis and Management. – Am J Gastro
  8. Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Ethylene Glycol Toxicity – NEJM
  9. Celiac Disease and Autoimmunity — The Missing Ingredient– NEJM
  10. Statin Use and Risk of Cirrhosis and Related Complications in Patients With Chronic Liver Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – CGH
  11. The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma is decreasing after the first 5 years of tx – Hepatology
  12. Aristolochic acids and their derivatives are widely implicated in liver cancers in Taiwan and throughout Asia – Science -TM
  13.  Hepatitis C Virus Screening in New York – MMWR
  14. Outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni – MMWR