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Hepatitis D co-infection linked with worse outcomes, higher mortality in hepatitis B
Patients with both hepatitis D and hepatitis B are more than twice as likely to develop hepatocellular carcinoma and decompensation and to die of liver-related causes than those with hepatitis B virus alone, according to a study of Veterans Health Administration data.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/27/3.htm
27 Sep 2024
Diagnostic delays in pancreatic cancer relatively common, likely avoidable, study suggests
Thirty-eight percent of patients with pancreatic cancer experienced a diagnostic delay of at least 60 days, with lack of recognition of objective weight loss as the most common cause, a Veterans Affairs study showed.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/23/1.htm
23 Aug 2024
Early vs. late paracentesis associated with better outcomes in hospitalized cirrhosis patients
Patients hospitalized with cirrhosis and ascites who received diagnostic paracentesis within 12 to 24 hours of admission had lower rates of in-hospital mortality and acute kidney injury and shorter length of stay than those who received it later, a meta-analysis found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/26/2.htm
26 Jul 2024
ACG updates guideline on H. pylori treatment
Among other recommendations, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) said that 14 days of bismuth quadruple therapy is the preferred regimen for treatment-naive patients with Helicobacter pylori infection when antibiotic susceptibility is unknown.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/27/1.htm
27 Sep 2024
Despite guidelines, some patients opt for second fecal blood test following positive result
Although the proportion of patients who repeat tests after receiving a positive result for colorectal cancer is low, at 7.4%, among those that do repeat tests, less than half go on to receive a colonoscopy, according to a study carried out across four large health systems.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/28/2.htm
28 Jun 2024
Spotlight on IBD therapy comparisons
Recent research on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) therapies compared vedolizumab with anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy, risankizumab with ustekinumab for Crohn's disease, and upadacitinib with tofacitinib for ulcerative colitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/26/5.htm
26 Jul 2024
Acute gastroenteritis infection associated with later IBS, functional dyspepsia, review finds
Prevalence of irritable bowel disease and functional dyspepsia were 14.5% and 12.7%, respectively, in patients who had experienced acute gastroenteritis, a risk more than three times higher than that in uninfected patients.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/26/1.htm
26 Jul 2024
Adding baclofen may improve GERD symptoms, but long-term use may increase side effects
Add-on therapy with baclofen reduced reflux symptoms among patients with refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) but prolonged use led to an increased incidence of side effects and failed to effectively reduce acid reflux occurrence, a review found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/28/3.htm
28 Jun 2024
GLP-1s associated with lower risk of hepatic decompensation than other diabetes drugs
Patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes had lower risk of hepatocellular carcinoma than those on insulin or sulfonylureas, and hepatic decompensation risk was reduced compared with five comparison diabetes drug classes, a study found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/24/2.htm
24 May 2024
Colectomy linked with greater risk of AKI, kidney failure in patients with IBD
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colectomy was linked with more than doubled risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), indicating that these patients may benefit from close monitoring of kidney biomarkers, according to the authors of a Swedish cohort study.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/24/3.htm
24 May 2024