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GI Pearls – December 2019 – Episode 37 Gastroenterology Literature Review

Show Notes for December 2019 – Episode 37

  1. Assessment of Publication Trends of Systematic Reviews and RCTs – JAMA Int Med.
  2. Association between Hpylori exposure and decreased odds of EOE – CGH
  3. Effect of anti-Hpylori therapy on incidence of autoimmune diseases,  – CGH
  4. AGA Practice Update on Surveillance for cancer in patients with PSC – Gastro.
  5. Screening for colorectal cancer in asymptomatic average-risk adults: ACP guideline – Annals of Int Med
  6. High intensity versus low intensity surveillance for patients with colorectal adenomas – Annals of Int med
  7. Infliximab-Tumor Necrosis Factor complexes Elicif formation of Anti-Drug Antibodies – Gastro
  8. Outcomes of Patients with IBD switched from maintenance therapy with a biosimilar to Remicade – CGH
  9. Lactose drives Enterococcus expansion to promote graft-versus-host disease – Science 
  10. The association between dietary fiber deficiency and high-income lifestyle-associated diseses: Burkitt’s hypothesis revisited. 
  11. Compared abilities of endoscopic techniques to increase colon adenoma detection rates – CGH
  12. Advanced imaging for detection and differentiation of colorectal neoplasia:ESGE Guidelines – Endoscopy
2019 · Podcast

GI Pearls – May 2019 – Episode 32 Gastroenterology Literature Review

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

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
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GI Pearls – November 2018 – Episode 26 Gastroenterology Literature Review

Show Notes for November 2018 – Episode 26
I’ve changed the intro music, obviously, let me know if you are annoyed by it or like it. Here is the list of papers:
  1. The Essential Medicinal Chemistry of Curcumin – Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  2. Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego – J of Peds and Child Health.
2018 · Podcast

GI Pearls – September 2018 – Episode 24 Gastroenterology Literature Review

Show Notes for September 2018 – Episode 24
  1. Beyond O&P Times Three – Am J Gastro
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GI Pearls – May 2018 – Episode 22

Show Notes for May 2018 – Episode 22  – Peptic ulcers, Infections in IBD, EOE, dyspepsia, Infliximab, Pancreatic cysts. etc. Email me – info@gipearls.com if you want to meet up at DDW
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GI Pearls – April 2018 – Episode 21

Show Notes for April 2018 – Episode 21

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2017 · CGH · Podcast

GI Pearls – October 16 – November 10 2017 – Episode 12

Show Notes for October 16- November 10 – Episode 12

  1. A comparison of the resection rate for cold and hot snare polypectomy for 4–9 mm colorectal polyps: a multicentre randomised controlled trial  – GUT.
  2. Impact of preprocedure simethicone on adenoma detection rate during colonoscopy – Endoscopy
  3. Laparoscopic ileocaecal resection versus infliximab for terminal ileitis in Crohn’s disease: a randomised controlled, open-label, multicentre trial – The Lancet – Gastro
  4. Modifiable factors associated with patient-reported pain during and after screening colonoscopy – Gut
  5. Accuracy and Safety of the Cytosponge for Asessment of Histologic Activity in EOE: Two center study – Am J Gastro
  6. Air Insufflation May Still be Ideal For Adenoma Detection – Am J Gastro
  7. Patients with Crohn’s Disease with High Body Mass Index Present More Frequent and Rapid Loss of Response to Infliximab – IBD journal
  8. Anesthesia Assistance in outpatient colonoscopy and risk of aspiration pneumonia, bowel perforation, and splenic injury. – Gastro
  9. Increased Risk for Mother-to-Infant Transmission of HCV Among Medicaid Recipience – Wisconsin – MMWR
  10. Upper gastrointestinal complications following ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation – NeuroGastro&Motility
  11. Hemorrhagic angiodysplasia of the digestive tract – GIE
  12. Colorectal cancer screening with the fecal immunochemical test in persons aged 30 to 49 years: focusing on the age for commencing screening – GIE
2017 · Podcast

GI Pearls – September 1-15 2017 – Episode 9

Show Notes for September 1-15 2017  Episode 009
  1. Asthma Is Associated With Subsequent Development of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-based Case–Control Study  – CGH
  2. Laboratory predictors of bleeding and the effect of platelet and RBC transfusions on bleeding outcomes in the PLADO trial – Blood
  3. Therapeutic endoscopy-related GI bleeding and thromboembolic events in patients using warfarin or direct oral anticoagulants: results from a large nationwide database analysis – Gut
  4. Major Bleeding Risk During Anticoagulation with Warfarin, Dabigatran, Apixaban, or Rivaroxaban in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation. – J of Managed Care & Spec Pharm
  5. Oral administration of conditioned medium obtained from mesenchymal stem cell culture prevents subsequent stricture formation after esophageal submucosal dissection in pigs. – GIE
  6. High Dietary Intake of Specific Fatty Acids Increases Risk of Flares in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis in Remission During Treatment With Aminosalicylates – CGH
  7. The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Inherited Polyposis Syndromes – Dis of Col and Rectum.
  8. Measurement Bias of Polyp Size at Colonoscopy – Dis of Col and Rectum.
  9. Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Am J Gastro.
  10. Rural and Urban Residence During Early Life is Associated with Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease – AmJGastro
  11. What’s new in Rome IV – Neurogastro & Motility
  12. Fecal Calprotectin Levels Predict Histological Healing in Ulcerative Colitis – IBD Journal
  13. Weight and Metabolic Outcomes 12 Years after Gastric Bypass – NEJM
2017 · CGH · Podcast · Study

GI Pearls Episode 5 – Last two weeks of June 2017

Show Notes for 2017 Second two weeks of June 005
  1. Cost Utility Analysis of Topical Steroids Compared With Dietary Elimination for Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis – CGH
  2. Incidence and Prevalence of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in Olmsted County, Minnesota From 1970 Through 2010 – CGH
  3. Fecal Immunochemical Test Detects Sessile Serrated Adenomas and Polyps With a Low Level of Sensitivity – CGH
  4. Comparison of Two Intensive Bowel Cleansing Regimens in Patients With Previous Poor Bowel Preparation: A Randomized Controlled Study. – GIE
  5. Acute Fatty Liver Disease of Pregnancy: Updates in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management – ACG
  6. Disentangling the Association between Statins, Cholesterol, and Colorectal Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study – PLOS Medicine
  7. Association of Gastric Acid Suppression With Recurrent Clostridium difficile InfectionA Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Med
  8. Amanita phalloides Mushroom Poisonings — Northern California, December 2016 – MMWR June 2017
  9. Wild Mushrooms: An Exclusive Delicacy or Last Meal – ACG
  10. Treatment of NASH: What Helps Beyond Weight Loss? – ACG
  11. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and Celiac disease: A systematic review with pooled-data analysis – Neurogastro & Motility