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USPSTF Statement: Start colorectal cancer screening at 45 years for most patients.

19 May, 2021 | 08:40h | UTC

Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Evidence Report: Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force – JAMA

Editorials: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Forty-Five Is the New Fifty – JAMA AND Updated USPSTF Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening: The Earlier the Better – JAMA Surgery AND Colorectal Cancer Screening Starting at Age 45 Years—Ensuring Benefits Are Realized by All – JAMA Network Open AND

Modeling study: Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Updated Modeling Study for the US Preventive Services Task Force – JAMA

Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Colorectal Cancer

JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Colorectal Cancer

 

ACG Clinical Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections.

19 May, 2021 | 08:37h | UTC

ACG Clinical Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections – American Journal of Gastroenterology

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Systematic review: Treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease to help manage asthma in adults and children may result in reduced use of rescue medications, but the benefits on the number of exacerbations and hospital utilization remain uncertain.

18 May, 2021 | 07:27h | UTC

Pharmacological and surgical interventions for the treatment of gastro‐oesophageal reflux in adults and children with asthma – Cochrane Library

Summary: Treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease to help manage asthma in adults and children – Cochrane Library

 

WSES-AAST guidelines: Management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergency setting.

18 May, 2021 | 07:15h | UTC

WSES-AAST guidelines: management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergency setting – World Journal of Emergency Surgery

 

RCT: A web-based educational intervention can reduce the need for upper endoscopy (39% intervention vs. 82% control group) in patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia

11 May, 2021 | 09:02h | UTC

Web-Based Educational Intervention for Patients With Uninvestigated Dyspepsia Referred for Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopy: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Case-control study shows an increased risk of colorectal cancer in first degree relatives of patients with colorectal polyps.

10 May, 2021 | 00:50h | UTC

Risk of colorectal cancer in first degree relatives of patients with colorectal polyps: nationwide case-control study in Sweden – The BMJ

Commentaries: Intestinal polyps in close relatives can increase risk of colorectal cancer – Karolinska Institutet AND Relatives’ Colonoscopy Results Could Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk – HealthDay

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Cohort study: Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in adulthood and adolescence linked to increased risk of early-onset colorectal cancer among women

7 May, 2021 | 08:22h | UTC

Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in adulthood and adolescence and risk of early-onset colorectal cancer among women – Gut

Commentaries: Daily intake of two or more sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher bowel cancer risk – BMJ AND Expert reaction to study looking at sugary drinks intake and incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer among women – Science Media Centre

 

Microscopic Colitis: A Concise Review for Clinicians

5 May, 2021 | 08:16h | UTC

Microscopic Colitis: A Concise Review for Clinicians – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

ACG Clinical Guideline: Upper Gastrointestinal and Ulcer Bleeding – RBC transfusion at a threshold of 7 g/dL; Erythromycin infusion is suggested before endoscopy; and endoscopy is suggested within 24 hours after presentation.

3 May, 2021 | 05:27h | UTC

ACG Clinical Guideline: Upper Gastrointestinal and Ulcer Bleeding – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

 

ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury – antimicrobials, herbal and dietary supplements, and anticancer therapeutics are the most common classes of agents

3 May, 2021 | 05:22h | UTC

ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury – The American Journal of Gastroenterology

 

British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the management of irritable bowel syndrome

29 Apr, 2021 | 08:31h | UTC

British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the management of irritable bowel syndrome – Gut

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Review: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

29 Apr, 2021 | 08:30h | UTC

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – The Lancet (free for a limited period)

 

M-A: Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy to prevent gastric cancer – H. pylori eradication may reduce the incidence of gastric cancer in healthy individuals in East Asian countries

27 Apr, 2021 | 09:21h | UTC

Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy to prevent gastric cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis (link to abstract – $ for full-text – free article here)

 

Analysis of 1060 Cases of Drug-Induced Acute Pancreatitis – a large proportion of cases were caused by antineoplastic (16.89%), antibiotic (12.08%), and anticonvulsant (9.72%) drugs

25 Apr, 2021 | 20:55h | UTC

Analysis of 1060 Cases of Drug-Induced Acute Pancreatitis – Gastroenterology

 

Systematic review: Abdominal ultrasound and alpha‐foetoprotein for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in adults with chronic liver disease

23 Apr, 2021 | 08:17h | UTC

Abdominal ultrasound and alpha‐foetoprotein for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in adults with chronic liver disease – Cochrane Library

Summary: Abdominal ultrasound and alpha-foetoprotein for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma – Cochrane Library

 

M-A: Portal venous system thrombosis after bariatric surgery

21 Apr, 2021 | 06:16h | UTC

Portal venous system thrombosis after bariatric surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

RCT: Ravidasvir plus sofosbuvir are effective and well tolerated in patients with chronic HCV infection, with potential as an affordable treatment for these patients

18 Apr, 2021 | 21:19h | UTC

Efficacy and safety of ravidasvir plus sofosbuvir in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection without cirrhosis or with compensated cirrhosis (STORM-C-1): interim analysis of a two-stage, open-label, multicentre, single arm, phase 2/3 trial – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

 

Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/DNDi/status/1382961979074183168

 

RCT: Low-dose aspirin safely suppresses the recurrence of colorectal polyps in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:49h | UTC

Chemoprevention with low-dose aspirin, mesalazine, or both in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis without previous colectomy (J-FAPP Study IV): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, two-by-two factorial design trial – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Pancreatic cystic neoplasms: a review of current recommendations for surveillance and management

14 Apr, 2021 | 01:27h | UTC

Pancreatic cystic neoplasms: a review of current recommendations for surveillance and management – Abdominal Radiology

 

M-A: Treatment for bleeding esophageal varices in people with decompensated liver cirrhosis

12 Apr, 2021 | 00:39h | UTC

Treatment for bleeding oesophageal varices in people with decompensated liver cirrhosis: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library

Summary: Treatment for bleeding from enlarged veins in the oesophagus (food pipe) in people with advanced scarring of the liver – Cochrane Library

Related Cochrane Reviews: M-A: Secondary prevention of variceal bleeding in adults with previous esophageal variceal bleeding due to decompensated liver cirrhosis AND Primary prevention of variceal bleeding in people with oesophageal varices due to liver cirrhosis: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library

 

Meta-Analysis: Primary prevention of variceal bleeding in people with esophageal varices due to liver cirrhosis

8 Apr, 2021 | 08:45h | UTC

Primary prevention of variceal bleeding in people with oesophageal varices due to liver cirrhosis: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library

Summary: Treatment to prevent first bleeding from dilated veins in the oesophagus resulting from advanced scarring of the liver – Cochrane Library

Related Cochrane Review: M-A: Secondary prevention of variceal bleeding in adults with previous esophageal variceal bleeding due to decompensated liver cirrhosis

 

Perspective | Evidence isn’t Everything – Evidence-based medicine and statin decision-making

8 Apr, 2021 | 08:41h | UTC

Evidence isn’t Everything – Evidence-based medicine and statin decision-making

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Podcast: Evaluation and Management of Chronic Diarrhea

8 Apr, 2021 | 08:38h | UTC

#267 Diarrhea Disemboweled Part 2: Chronic Diarrhea with Dr. Iris Wang – The Curbsiders

See also: #266 Diarrhea Disemboweled Part 1: Acute Diarrhea with Dr. Iris Wang – The Curbsiders

 

Short review | Assessment and management of dysphagia and achalasia

7 Apr, 2021 | 01:13h | UTC

Assessment and management of dysphagia and achalasia – Clinical Medicine Journal

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Podcast: Evaluation and Management of Acute Diarrhea

6 Apr, 2021 | 00:59h | UTC

#266 Diarrhea Disemboweled Part 1: Acute Diarrhea with Dr. Iris Wang – The Curbsiders

 

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