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GI Pearls – March 2018 – Episode 18

Show Notes for March 2018 – Episode 18
  1. Effect of Hot Tea Consumption and Its  Interactions With Alcohol and Tobacco Use on the Risk for Esophageal  Cancer – Ann Int Med
  2. IDSA guidelines for C.diff – IDSA
  3. Effect of Low-Fat vs Low-Carbohydrate Diet on  12-Month Weight Loss in Overweight Adults – JAMA
  4. Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis harbor colonic biofilms containing tumorigenic bacteria – Science
  5. Accumulation of Heavy Metals in People on a Gluten-Free Diet – CGH
  6. Fructans, rather than gluten, indluces symptoms in patients with Non-celiac Gluten sensitivity. – Gastro
  7. Predictors of post-colonoscopy emergency department use – GIE
  8. Vedolizumab Concentrations in the Breastmilk of nursing Mothers with IBD – Gastro
  9. Low Rates of GI and Non-GI complications for Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopies -Gastro
  10. Hepatitis B virus reactivation during direct-acting antiviral therapy for Hep C – The Lancet Gastro
  11. Disagreement among gastroenterologists using the Mayo and Rutgeerts Endoscopic scores. – IBD Journal
  12. Noninvasive imaging biomarker assessment of  liver fibrosis by elastography in NAFLD – Nat Rev GI&Hep
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GI Pearls Episode 8 – Last two weeks of August 2017 Gastroenterology Literature Review

Show Notes for last two weeks of August 007

  1. Celiac Disease and Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity – Jama
  2. Comparison of Infliximab and Adalimumab in Biologic-Naive Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study – Clin Gastro Hep
  3. Use of Thiopurines During Conceptions and Pregnancy is Not Associated with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes or Health of Infants at One year in a Prospective Study – CGH
  4. Efficacy of Rectal Tacrolimus for Induction Therapy in Patients With Resistant Ulcerative Proctitis – CGH
  5. Use of Liver Imaging and Biopsy in Clinical Practice – NEJM
  6. Hospital-Level Balloon Tamponade Use is Associated with Increased Mortality for All Patients Presenting with Acute Variceal Hemorrhage – Liver international
  7. Clinical Predictors of the Risk of Early Colectomy in Ulcerative Colitis: A Population-based Study – IBD journal
  8. High-Quality Diets Associate With Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer: Analyses of Diet Quality Indexes in the Multiethnic Cohort – CGH
  9. Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet
  10. Efficacy of dietary and physical activity intervention in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review. – BMJ – Gastro
  11. Safety of Adding Oats to a Gluten-Free Diet for Patients With Celiac Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical and Observational Studies – Gastro
  12. Global Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Gastro
  13. Undetectable negative tissue transglutaminase IgA antibodies predict mucosal healing in treated coeliac disease patients – Alimentary Phar and Ther
  14. Death of a Farm Worker After Exposure to Manure Gas in an Open Air Environment – MMWR