Search results for "Colonoscopy"
Keeping tabs: Spotlight on colorectal cancer screening intervals
One recent study looked at screening based on age and family history, while another looked at the effectiveness of fecal immunochemical testing with and without postpolypectomy surveillance colonoscopy.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/27/3.htm
27 Oct 2017
MKSAP quiz: Long-term follow-up of bariatric surgery
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 55-year-old woman who had bariatric surgery eight years ago.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/27/5.htm
27 Oct 2017
Fecal transplants by pill noninferior to colonoscopy delivery
The primary outcome of the unblinded, randomized trial was the proportion of patients without recurrent Clostridium difficile infection 12 weeks after fecal transplant.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/22/1.htm
22 Dec 2017
Colonoscopy outreach increased CRC screening more than FIT outreach; both were better than usual care
Those choosing screening tests may need to start considering the feasibility of achieving all related downstream actions as well as sensitivity, false-positive rates, safety, and cost, an ACP Journal Club commentary said.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/26/7.htm
26 Jan 2018
Earlier colorectal cancer screening recommended for patients with cystic fibrosis
The Cystic Fibrosis Colorectal Cancer Screening Task Force based its recommendations on a review of the literature and a modeling study of screening strategies for colorectal cancer that estimated the costs and benefits of screening in patients with cystic fibrosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/26/3.htm
26 Jan 2018
Mobile app increased screening rates, colonoscopy decreased mortality risk, studies find
One recent study used an iPad app to incorporate a decision aid for colorectal cancer screening, while another study looked at colonoscopy among U.S. veterans.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/23/7.htm
23 Mar 2018
Calcium supplements may increase the risk of sessile polyps, study finds
The trial randomly assigned patients with a history of at least one adenoma to receive 1,200 mg of elemental calcium per day, 1,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day, both supplements, or placebo for a treatment period of three to five years.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/23/2.htm
23 Mar 2018
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
MKSAP Quiz: Colon cancer screening in a woman with a family history
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate time to start colonoscopy screening in a 38-year-old woman with a personal history of endometrial cancer and a family history of colon cancer.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/27/4.htm
27 Apr 2018
Misoprostol may help treat obscure GI bleeding in patients taking aspirin, NSAIDs
Complete healing of small-bowel ulcers and erosions, as assessed by video-capsule endoscopy, was significantly more common among patients receiving misoprostol than those randomized to placebo, a small British study found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/25/3.htm
25 May 2018