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
Podcast

GI Pearls – March 2018 – Episode 19

Show Notes for March 2018 – Episode 18

On this epsiode I interview Jay Luther, MD from Massachusetts General Hospital on his Editorial on liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis.

Other papers:

 

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 · Podcast

GI Pearls Episode 4 – First two weeks of June 2017

Show Notes for 2017 June  1- 15 004

  1. Indomethacin and diclofenac in the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective controlled trials – GIE
  2. Retention associated with video capsule endoscopy: systematic review and meta-analysis – GIE
  3. Natural history of diminutive and small colorectal polyps: a systematic literature review – GIE
  4. Comparison of carbon dioxide and air insufflation during consecutive EGD and colonoscopy in moderate-sedation patients: a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial – GIE
  5. Metformin alters the gut microbiome of individuals with treatment-naive type 2 diabetes, contributing to the therapeutic effects of the drug. – Nature Medicine
  6. A Clinicopathologic Evaluation of Incidental Fundic Gland Polyps With Dysplasia: Implications for Clinical Management – The AmJ of Gastro
  7. Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study –  BMJ
  8. Timely Use of Probiotics in Hospitalized Adults Prevents Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review With Meta-Regression Analysis – Gastro Journal
  9. Complications of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy – Gastro
  10. Effect of antibiotic stewardship on the incidence of infection and colonisation with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases