Search results for "From Annals of Internal Medicine"
Care of the patient after metabolic and bariatric surgery
An In the Clinic article reviewed key issues that internists should be aware of to help support patients' health in the short and long term after weight loss surgery.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/27/7.htm
27 May 2022
Going ‘Beyond the Guidelines' to treat gallstone pancreatitis
Physicians from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston discuss the care of a patient with recurrent acute pancreatitis who decides to delay cholecystectomy until after hospital discharge.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/22/7.htm
22 Feb 2019
Case reports, series published on gastroenterology, hepatology topics
Recent cases include massive empyema with Edwardsiella tarda in a patient with cirrhosis, paraneoplastic myositis in a patient with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and two patients with refractory iron deficiency anemia secondary to angiodysplasia-related GI bleeding.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/21/8.htm
21 Apr 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
In the Clinic: Acute diverticulitis
A recent In the Clinic article offered a clinically relevant overview of the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of acute diverticulitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/25/9.htm
25 May 2018
Case of ‘autobrewery syndrome’ effectively treated with fecal transplant
The 47-year-old man in Belgium had been experiencing intermittent episodes when he felt drunk despite not consuming any alcohol.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/28/6.htm
28 Aug 2020
Over-the-scope clips may be better initial treatment than standard hemostatic treatment in patients with nonvariceal upper GI bleeding
In a randomized controlled trial of 190 adults, 30-day probability of further bleeding was significantly lower in patients who received over-the-scope clips than in those who received standard endoscopic hemostatic treatment.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/24/10.htm
24 Mar 2023
About 1 in 8 commercially insured patients received potential surprise bill for colonoscopy
Of more than 1 million elective colonoscopies in commercially insured U.S. patients, about 12% involved out-of-network claims at a median cost of $418 per potential surprise bill, a study found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/23/9.htm
23 Oct 2020
Adenoma detection rate inversely associated with postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer after FIT screening
A study of an Italian fecal immunochemical test (FIT)-based screening program found a 2.35-fold risk increase in postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer among patients treated by endoscopists with the lowest versus highest adenoma detection rate.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/24/10.htm
24 Feb 2023