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ACP Gastroenterology Monthly delivers a monthly summary of news in gastroenterology and hepatology, including the latest research, clinical guidelines, and FDA drug actions.
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Scores to predict outcomes of upper GI bleeding compared
Researchers calculated three pre-endoscopy scores—admission Rockall, AIMS65, and Glasgow Blatchford—and two postendoscopy scores—full Rockall and PNED.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/27/4.htm
27 Jan 2017
Guideline released on treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection
Clarithromycin triple therapy should be used for first-line treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection only in patients with no history of macrolide exposure who live in areas where H. pylori resistance to clarithromycin is known to be low, among other recommendations.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/27/3.htm
27 Jan 2017
GI safety profile varies among direct oral anticoagulants
Three propensity-matched cohorts of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who had incident exposure to dabigatran, rivaroxaban, or apixaban were compared.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/27/2.htm
27 Jan 2017
Introducing ACP Gastroenterology Monthly
Welcome to the first issue of ACP Gastroenterology Monthly, a new free monthly e-newsletter from the American College of Physicians, designed to inform primary care physicians of the current literature in gastroenterology/hepatology.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/27/1.htm
27 Jan 2017
Probiotics reduce C. difficile in hospitalized patients on antibiotics, review finds
In 19 randomized controlled trials of 6,261 hospitalized patients on antibiotics, the incidence of C. difficile was 1.6% among patients taking probiotics compared to 3.9% in controls.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/24/3.htm
24 Feb 2017
Endoscopic eradication therapy plus reflux control associated with decreased Barrett's recurrence rates
Standard reflux management protocol involved initial consultation that emphasized reflux control and proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) adherence, initiation or continuation of PPI therapy as described, medication reconciliation and assessment or remediation of PPI adherence at each study visit, and on-treatment reflux testing.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/24/2.htm
24 Feb 2017
Intensive fecal microbiota transplant may improve outcomes in active ulcerative colitis
Researchers at three Australian hospitals assigned patients with active ulcerative colitis to receive fecal microbiota transplant infusions from three to seven unrelated donors or placebo infusions.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/24/1.htm
24 Feb 2017
GI bleeding less common in U.S. veterans on NOACs than those on warfarin
Significant bleeding occurred in 2.5% of the patients on warfarin and 0.6% of the patients on non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs).
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/24/3.htm
24 Mar 2017
8 weeks of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir may be effective for genotype 1 hepatitis C
The therapy should be considered in patients with genotype 1 infection who are treatment-naive, do not have cirrhosis, and have a pretreatment viral load below 6,000,000 IU/mL, a study found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/24/2.htm
24 Mar 2017