Search results for "Highlights"
Spotlight on PPIs and cancer
Recent studies assessed the association between proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and cancer, as well as the effects of PPI treatment after a cancer diagnosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/23/5.htm
23 Jul 2021
Poor oral health associated with hospitalizations in outpatients with cirrhosis
Over three months, patients with cirrhosis who were hospitalized for nonelective reasons were more likely than those who were not to be decompensated, with higher rates of minimal hepatic encephalopathy plus frailty and history of periodontitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/18/2.htm
18 Nov 2022
GI bleeding risks with warfarin and DOACs compared
Warfarin was associated with a similar risk of lower GI bleeding as direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) but more than twice the rate of upper GI bleeding, which led study authors to suggest that DOACs may be preferable to warfarin in patients at high risk of upper GI bleeds.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/26/1.htm
26 Aug 2022
Antibody-based multitarget FIT may be more accurate than standard FIT
A multitarget fecal immunochemical test (FIT) could reduce colorectal cancer incidence and death and might be cost-effective, according to a recent validation study.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/23/3.htm
23 Jul 2021
Biopsy-proven NAFLD associated with higher rates of MACE
Patients in a Swedish study whose nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was confirmed on biopsy were more likely to experience incident major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/24/2.htm
24 Sep 2021
GI symptoms associated with better outcomes from COVID-19, new two-part study finds
SARS-CoV-2 was commonly present in the gastrointestinal tract but didn't cause inflammation there, according to a recent analysis of intestinal biopsy tissues from patients with COVID-19.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/26/2.htm
26 Mar 2021
Spotlight on The Liver Meeting
Highlights from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases' annual meeting, held virtually this past weekend, included insights on COVID-19 and the liver and a conversation with the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020, who discovered hepatitis C virus.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/20/5.htm
20 Nov 2020
Use of PPIs may be associated with C. difficile infections
A Danish nationwide cohort study found that ongoing exposure to proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) was associated with moderately increased community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection risk during treatment and for up to one year afterward.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/26/3.htm
26 Mar 2021
Colorectal cancer risk higher after incomplete polyp resection
A follow-up analysis of patients who had a 5- to 20-mm neoplastic polyp resected found significantly greater risk of advanced neoplasia on their next colonoscopy if the resection was incomplete.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/08/27/6.htm
27 Aug 2021
PPIs not associated with mortality risk for most causes, study finds
While patients who took proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) had significantly higher risks of all-cause mortality and mortality due to cancer, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and digestive diseases, lag times of up to six years attenuated these associations so they were no longer statistically significant.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/22/1.htm
22 Jul 2022