Gastroenterology (all articles)
Systematic Review: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer
30 Mar, 2018 | 02:43h | UTCChemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
Research: Helicobacter pylori Therapy for the Prevention of Metachronous Gastric Cancer
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:00h | UTCHelicobacter pylori Therapy for the Prevention of Metachronous Gastric Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: H. pylori Treatment for Gastric Cancer Prevention (free)
Commentary: H pylori Eradication Benefits Patients With Early Gastric Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Extensive impact of non-antibiotic drugs on human gut bacteria
23 Mar, 2018 | 01:56h | UTCExtensive impact of non-antibiotic drugs on human gut bacteria – Nature (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: The overlooked side effect of many drugs – Nature Microbiology Community (free) AND Study: Non-antibiotic drugs affect gut bacteria, could promote resistance – CIDRAP (free)
Research: Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and colorectal cancer risk
23 Mar, 2018 | 01:51h | UTCPhysical activity, sedentary behaviour and colorectal cancer risk in the UK Biobank – British Journal of Cancer (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Binge watching TV could increase bowel cancer risk in men – Imperial College London (free) AND Expert reaction to study on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and bowel cancer risk – Science Media Centre (free)
Research: Aromatherapy Versus Oral Ondansetron for Antiemetic Therapy
16 Mar, 2018 | 03:29h | UTCAromatherapy Versus Oral Ondansetron for Antiemetic Therapy Among Adult Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Practice Changing: Inhaled Isopropyl Alcohol Superior to Oral Ondansetron as an Antiemetic – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Wake Up And Smell the Isopropyl – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note (free)
Research: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Increased Risk in Heart Attack
16 Mar, 2018 | 03:18h | UTC#ACC18 – Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increases Likelihood of a Heart Attack – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Inflammatory bowel disease may raise heart attack risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Those with IBD twice as likely to have heart attack – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Inflammatory Bowel Disease Makes Heart Attack Twice as Likely – Cardiosmart (free)
Research: Colonoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Mortality
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:23h | UTCColonoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Mortality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Case–Control Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Colonoscopy significantly reduces mortality from colorectal cancer in Veterans Affairs study – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Colonoscopy Significantly Reduces CRC Deaths – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Calcium and vitamin D supplementation and increased risk of serrated polyps
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:10h | UTCCalcium and vitamin D supplementation and increased risk of serrated polyps: results from a randomised clinical trial – Gut (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Calcium and vitamin D supplements may raise risk of polyps – MedicalNewsToday (free) AND Calcium Supplements Up Risk for Precancerous Serrated Polyps – Medscape (free registration required)
See related meta-analysis of RCT showing calcium and vitamin D don’t prevent bone fractures
Management of eosinophilic esophagitis in daily clinical practice
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCManagement of eosinophilic esophagitis in daily clinical practice – Diseases of the Esophagus (free)
Related guidelines: Guidelines on eosinophilic esophagitis: evidence-based statements and recommendations for diagnosis and management in children and adults – United European Gastroenterology (free) Management Guidelines of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Childhood – Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (free) AND ACG Clinical Guideline: Evidenced Based Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Esophageal Eosinophilia and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) (free)
Review: Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCAdvances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections – Emerging Microbes and Infections (free)
Proton pump inhibition therapy and risk of oesophageal cancer
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:14h | UTCMaintenance proton pump inhibition therapy and risk of oesophageal cancer – Cancer Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Long-term PPI Use and Increased Esophageal CA Risk – Medscape (free registration required)
Related studies suggesting a link with gastric cancer: Long-term proton pump inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer development after treatment for Helicobacter pylori: a population-based study – Gut (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Maintenance therapy with proton pump inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Sweden – BMJ Open (free)
This observational study suggests a possible link.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increases Likelihood of a Heart Attack
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:11h | UTCInflammatory Bowel Disease Increases Likelihood of a Heart Attack – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Inflammatory bowel disease may raise heart attack risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Those with IBD twice as likely to have heart attack – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Review: Infections Complicating Cirrhosis
8 Mar, 2018 | 20:20h | UTCInfections complicating cirrhosis – Liver International (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
ACG Clinical Guideline: Alcoholic Liver Disease
2 Mar, 2018 | 02:05h | UTCACG Clinical Guideline: Alcoholic Liver Disease – The American Journal of Gastroenterology (free)
Commentary and summary: New Guideline for Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)
Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Clinical Practice Guidelines
2 Mar, 2018 | 01:26h | UTC
UK guidelines on oesophageal dilatation in clinical practice
1 Mar, 2018 | 22:09h | UTCUK guidelines on oesophageal dilatation in clinical practice – Gut (free)
Research: Natural disease course of Crohn’s disease
1 Mar, 2018 | 21:52h | UTCNatural disease course of Crohn’s disease during the first 5 years after diagnosis in a European population-based inception cohort: an Epi-IBD study – Gut (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Crohn’s Progression Unchanged Despite Advanced Therapies – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Immunotherapy-Induced Colitis
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:42h | UTCImmunotherapy-Induced Colitis: An Emerging Problem for the Hospitalist – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Research: Risk of Recurrent Disease and Surgery Following an Admission for Acute Diverticulitis
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:25h | UTCRisk of Recurrent Disease and Surgery Following an Admission for Acute Diverticulitis – Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Which Patients with Diverticulitis Require Surgery? – Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, via NewsWise (free)
In this large cohort of 65,162 patients identified with a first episode of acute diverticulitis, younger patients, women, smokers, obese individuals, and those who had diverticulitis with perforation and/or abscess were more likely to develop recurrent diverticulitis.
Guideline: Modern Diagnosis of GERD
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:04h | UTCModern diagnosis of GERD: the Lyon Consensus – Gut (free)
Guidelines for Sedation and Anesthesia in GI Endoscopy
22 Feb, 2018 | 22:24h | UTCGuidelines for sedation and anesthesia in GI endoscopy – Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (free)
Source: New Clinical Practice Guidelines, February 2018 – Medscape (free registration required)
Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:33h | UTCCommentary: Fecal transplants move into the mainstream to treat difficult infection – STAT (free)
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:13h | UTC
Evidence for Dietary Fibre Modification in the Recovery and Prevention of Reoccurrence of Acute, Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
16 Feb, 2018 | 01:13h | UTC
Paediatric schistosomiasis: What we know and what we need to know
16 Feb, 2018 | 00:35h | UTCPaediatric schistosomiasis: What we know and what we need to know – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)