Search results for "Colonoscopy"
MKSAP Quiz: Watery, nonbloody diarrhea and abdominal pain
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate diagnostic test to perform in a 25-year-old patient with watery, nonbloody diarrhea of 9 months' duration, usually accompanied by abdominal pain in the periumbilical area or left lower quadrant.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/22/4.htm
22 Apr 2022
Invitation to a single FS screening vs. usual care reduced colorectal cancer mortality and incidence at >15 y
The SCORE trial demonstrated the long-term protective effect from flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) screening for colorectal cancer at ages 55 to 64 years, supporting the safety of using it as a single intervention, an ACP Journal Club commentary noted.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/25/7.htm
25 Mar 2022
Spotlight on noninvasive CRC screening
The American Gastroenterological Association released a clinical practice update on using noninvasive colorectal cancer (CRC) screening options, and recent studies focused on fecal immunochemical test screening programs.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/25/5.htm
25 Feb 2022
Pandemic may have led to later presentation of colorectal, breast cancers
A single-center study in California found that more patients presented with stage I disease and fewer presented with stage IV disease in 2019 versus 2020, but the changes were statistically significant only for breast cancer.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/25/3.htm
25 Feb 2022
Q&A: A deeper dive into ACP's new diverticulitis guidelines
Authors discussed the College's first clinical guidelines on diagnosis and management of diverticulitis, which provide recommendations on when to use imaging, antibiotics, colonoscopy, and other interventions.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/28/1.htm
28 Jan 2022
MKSAP Quiz: A 9-month history of pain, opioids
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate management for a patient who has a 9-month history of abdominal pain that has increased with oxycodone use after surgery.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/19/4.htm
19 Nov 2021
Flexible sigmoidoscopy associated with long-term reduction in colorectal cancer incidence, mortality
Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality were reduced by about 20% in patients who were randomized to receive once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening between the ages of 55 to 64 years instead of usual care.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/19/6.htm
19 Nov 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation of small-bowel bleeding
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate diagnostic test to perform next in a 55-year-old patient with iron deficiency anemia after an upper endoscopy and a colonoscopy did not find the source of suspected small-bowel bleeding.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/24/4.htm
24 Sep 2021
Spotlight on COVID-19 and GI cancers
Recent international studies found that the COVID-19 pandemic may be associated with fewer new diagnoses of gastric cancer and colorectal cancer (CRC), as well as increased tumor burden in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic CRC.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/24/5.htm
24 Sep 2021
Guidance offered for managing colorectal dysplasia in patients with IBD
Among other best practice advice from the American Gastroenterological Association, precancerous colorectal lesions in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should be described as polypoid, nonpolypoid, or invisible using a modified Paris Classification.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/24/1.htm
24 Sep 2021