Search results for "From Annals of Internal Medicine"
Case reports published on gastroenterology topics
Reports on gastric hyperplastic polyps and upper GI bleeding, rectal ulceration after radiation therapy, and primary epiploic appendagitis were published this month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/27/8.htm
27 May 2022
Case reports, series published on gastroenterology topics
Reports on sarcomatoid carcinoma of the colon, intestinal histopathologic findings in multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and chronic gastric ischemia with ulceration, as well as a case series on immune checkpoint inhibitor use in microscopic colitis, were published in the past month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/22/9.htm
22 Jul 2022
New Beyond the Guidelines on recurrent diverticulitis
Two gastroenterologists with expertise in acute diverticulitis debated CT scanning for diagnosis, antibiotics for treatment, colonoscopy to screen for underlying malignancy, and elective surgery to prevent recurrent disease.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/23/8.htm
23 Jun 2023
High HCV cure rate seen with FDA-approved direct-acting antiviral regimens
Six of the direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens yielded sustained virologic response rates above 95% in patients who had hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 without cirrhosis, including those with HIV co-infection.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/24/7.htm
24 Mar 2017
Annals for Hospitalists offers clinical pearls on Clostridioides difficile infection
This month's article reviews the best testing method for diagnostic accuracy, criteria that predict poor outcomes, first-line treatment strategies, prevention of recurrent infection in high-risk patients, and when to offer fecal microbiota transplantation.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/8.htm
23 Sep 2022
Case reports published on gastroenterology, hepatology topics
Reports on purple urine in a patient with chronic constipation, long-term use of metronidazole mimicking hepatic encephalopathy, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia involving the liver were published in the past month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/9.htm
23 Sep 2022
Case reports published on gastroenterology, hepatology topics
Reports on ibuprofen-induced liver injury, emphysematous gastritis, and cholecystalgia resulting from gallbladder edema were published in the past month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/27/9.htm
27 Jan 2023
Single sigmoidoscopy screening may reduce colorectal cancer, mortality in men but not women
Patients in Norway were randomly assigned to flexible sigmoidoscopy with and without additional fecal blood testing (with colonoscopy offered if results were positive) and were compared to patients offered no screening.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/27/5.htm
27 Apr 2018
Panel discusses clinical challenges in overweight, obesity management
Earlier this month, ACP and Annals hosted an expert panel that discussed current clinical challenges in the care of patients with overweight and obesity.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/24/9.htm
24 Mar 2023
Colonoscopy with computer-aided diagnosis may allow better assessment of diminutive polyps
The study aimed to determine whether computer-aided diagnosis had a negative predictive value of 90% or more for identifying diminutive rectosigmoid adenomas.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/24/6.htm
24 Aug 2018