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Available now at MDLinx Gastroenterology: Ranked summaries of the most clinically-relevant GI literature refreshed every 24 hours, as well as MDLinx Gastroenterology exclusive content
- Our team of dedicated physician medical editors sort, rank and summarize articles in over 2,000 medical journals to bring you the key developments in your uniquely diverse field. In addition to general gastroenterology news, you'll find subspecialty coverage of the biliary system and pancreas, colorectal cancer and polyps, hepatology and liver disease, GI bleeding, GI infectious diseases, gastrointestinal endoscopy, obesity, parenteral and enteral nutrition, diagnostic imaging, and more.
- MDLinx Gastroenterology exclusive content includes: Monthly highlights of the "can't miss" articles chosen by our physician editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD; clinical pearls from The Smartest Internist and Smartest Family Physician daily competitions, a collaboration from the editors of MDLinx and Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education; and pearls from our Pediatrics Physician Review quizzes.
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Latest (3) Full Text Articles (102)981 Complicated intra-abdominal infections in Europe: a comprehensive review of the CIAO study Full Text World Journal of Emergency Surgery, December 3, 2012
982 Intestinal parasite infections in immigrant children in the city of Rome, related risk factors and possible impact on nutritional status Full Text Parasites & Vectors, December 3, 2012
983 Epidemiology and control of human schistosomiasis in Tanzania Full Text Parasites & Vectors, December 3, 2012
984 Thyroid Disease in Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Treated with Combination Interferon-α and Ribavirin: Management Strategies and Future Perspective Endocrine Practice, November 30, 2012 Clinical Article
985 Effect of laparoscopic splenectomy in patients with Hepatitis C and cirrhosis carrying IL28B minor genotype Full Text BMC Gastroenterology, November 30, 2012
986 Telbivudine in the treatment of hepatitis B-associated cryoglobulinemia Journal of Clinical Virology, November 29, 2012 Clinical Article
987 High-risk nodules detected in the hepatobiliary phase of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced mr imaging in cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis: Incidence and predictive factors for hypervascular transformation, preliminary results Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, November 29, 2012 Clinical Article
988 Salmonella Typhi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fluoroquinolone Decreased Susceptibility on the Rise PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 29, 2012
989 Helicobacter pylori cagA 12-bp insertion can be a marker for duodenal ulcer in Okinawa, Japan Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, November 29, 2012
990 The decline and fall of non-typhoidal Salmonella in the United Kingdom Clinical Infectious Diseases, November 29, 2012
991 Community faecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in french children Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, November 29, 2012
992 Clostridium difficile Ribotype Does Not Predict Severe Infection Clinical Infectious Diseases, November 28, 2012
993 Carrier prevalence, secondary household transmission and long-term shedding in two districts during the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak in Germany, 2011 The Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 28, 2012
994 Antibody Against TcdB, but Not TcdA, Prevents Development of Gastrointestinal and Systemic Clostridium difficile Disease The Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 28, 2012
995 A Mutagenesis Method for the Addition and Deletion of Highly Repetitive DNA Regions: The Paradigm of EPIYA Motifs in the cagA Gene of Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter, November 28, 2012
996 Primary extrahepatic hydatid cyst of the soft tissue: a case report Full Text Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 28, 2012
997 ICESp1116, the Genetic Element Responsible for erm(B)-Mediated, Inducible Resistance to Erythromycin in Streptococcus pyogenes Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 27, 2012
998 Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates recovered from hospitalized patients among several medical institutions in China Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, November 27, 2012
999 Diagnostic accuracy of indirect immunofluorescence assay for intestinal invasive amebiasis and impact of HIV infection in a non-endemic country Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, November 27, 2012
1000 High prevalence of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolates among hemodialysis patients in Portugal: appearance of ST410 with the blaCTX-M-14 gene Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, November 27, 2012
Clinical Pearls in Gastroenterology
- Eating an early breakfast and dinner when taking PPIs can lower FSSG scores and improve GERD symptoms. (Factors leading to increased FSSG scores: female gender, inadequate sleep, lack of breakfast, antihypertensive agent non-users and dinner just before bedtime.)
- 33% of patients with suspected GERD are resistant or partially respond to PPIs
- Infliximab is the only TNF inhibitor approved by the FDA for ulcerative colitis.
Highlights in Gastroenterology
What is the best strategy for CRC screening?
As published in the NEJM, researchers in the COLONPREV study (Spain) have reported that fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is as effective as colonoscopy in the detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). The study population was 50-69 years of age and comprised of 26,703 subjects who underwent a one-time colonoscopy and 26,599 subjects who underwent FIT every 2 years. The primary outcome measure was CRC deaths at 10 years. Participation in screening was greater in the FIT group than the colonoscopy group (34.2% vs. 24.6%). Detection of CRC was similar between the two groups (0.1%). Advanced and non-advanced adenomas were detected more frequently in the colonoscopy group than the FIT group (1.9% vs. 0.9% [OR=2.3] and 4.2% vs. 0.4% [OR=9.8], respectively).
Read the article summaryPPIs increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection
Based on a meta-analysis involving 30 observational studies and 202,965 patients, proton pump inhibitor therapy has been shown to significantly increase the risk of infection with Clostridium difficile (OR = 2.15).
Read the article summaryMetformin improves survival in patients with DM and CRC
In a single institution study involving 424 patients with DM and CRC, those patients treated with metformin had a 30% improvement in OS compared with patients not treated with metformin. Specifically, the metformin-treated patients had a mean survival of 76.9 months compared to 56.9 months.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Gastroenterology Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Telaprevir Versus Boceprevir in Chronic Hepatitis C: A Meta-Analysis of Data From Phase II and III Trials Clinical Therapeutics, March 5, 2013
2 Ischemic Colitis with Type I Interferons Used in the Treatment of Hepatitis C and Multiple Sclerosis: An Evaluation from the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System and Review of the Literature Annals of Pharmacotherapy, April 3, 2013 Review Article
3 Non-invasive serum fibrosis markers for screening and staging chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients in a large U.S. cohort Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 18, 2013
4 Incidence of Campylobacter and Salmonella Infections Following First Prescription for PPI: A Cohort Study Using Routine Data The American Journal of Gastroenterology, April 17, 2013
5 Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: A Meta-analysis Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , April 23, 2013
6 Probiotic VSL#3 prevents antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial Journal of Hospital Infection, April 25, 2013
7 Treatment of HCV Infection by Targeting MicroRNA New England Journal of Medicine, April 2, 2013
8 Epidemiology of Hepatitis E in Low- and Middle-Income Countries of Asia and Africa Seminars in Liver Disease, April 16, 2013
9 An alpaca nanobody inhibits hepatitis C virus entry and cell-to-cell transmission Hepatology, April 15, 2013 Review Article
10 Meta-analysis: pegylated interferon -2a achieves higher early virological responses than -2b in chronic hepatitis C Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 16, 2013
11 The etiology of severe acute gastroenteritis among adults visiting emergency departments in the United States The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2, 2012 Free full text
12 Update on the Treatment of Patients With Non-Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus Infection Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 5, 2013
13 Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Immunosuppressed Patients: Natural History and Therapy Seminars in Liver Disease, April 25, 2013
14 TLR4, IL10RA, and NOD2 mutation in paediatric Crohns disease patients: an association with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and TLR4 and IL10RA expression Medical Microbiology and Immunology, March 12, 2013
15 Relevance of the Core 70 and IL-28B polymorphism and response-guided therapy of peginterferon alfa-2a ± ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C of Genotype 1b: a multicenter randomized trial, ReGIT-J study Journal of Gastroenterology, April 16, 2013 Review Article
16 Hepatitis C virus transmission during colonoscopy evidenced by phylogenetic analysis Journal of Clinical Virology, April 9, 2013 Review Article
17 Distribution of H. pylori virulence markers in patients with gastroduodenal diseases in a region at high risk of gastric cancer Microbial Pathogenesis, April 15, 2013 Review Article
18 Knowledge and attitudes about hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and its treatment in HCV mono-infected and HCV/HIV co-infected adults Journal of Viral Hepatitis, April 3, 2013
19 Molecular virology of chronic hepatitis B and C: Parallels, contrasts and impact on drug development and treatment outcome Antiviral Research , April 23, 2013
20 Bezafibrate maintenance therapy in patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 12, 2013
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