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ACP and the American Academy of HIV Medicine collaborate on new guide to hepatitis C testing
The guide includes a summary of the latest testing recommendations; diagnostic, billing, and laboratory codes for testing; resources for referrals to HCV-experienced clinicians; and information on patient interactions, education, conversations, and case examples.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/26/6.htm
26 May 2017
Clinical prediction model may help determine management for acute lower GI bleeding
Factors associated with safe discharge in the development and validation cohorts were age, female sex, no previous admission for lower GI bleeding, no blood on digital rectal exam, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and hemoglobin level.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/28/3.htm
28 Jul 2017
AGA releases recommendations on therapeutic drug monitoring in IBD
The recommendations call for drug monitoring in patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who are starting thiopurines or having potentially related adverse events, among other recommendations.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/25/1.htm
25 Aug 2017
Spotlight on screening in primary care
Patient-specific reminders for clinicians performed best for increasing colorectal cancer screening in a French study, while an EHR alert appeared to successfully increase hepatitis C virus screening rates for baby boomers in a U.S. health care system.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/22/5.htm
22 Sep 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
Topic-specific resources available through ACP Online Learning Center
The learning center provides access to a curated collection of more than 400 online learning activities and includes a section focused specifically on gastroenterology and hepatology.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/25/8.htm
25 May 2018
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
Tailored thresholds for FIT may increase colorectal cancer detection
Rates of cancer detection and the number of positive test results per cancer case detected varied significantly by age and sex, which suggests that modifying positivity thresholds by subgroups might optimize screening program performance.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/28/6.htm
28 Sep 2018
Rates of HDV co-infection may be higher than previously estimated
Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV) co-infection have the most severe form of viral hepatitis and are at much higher risk for cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer than patients with HBV infection alone.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/28/3.htm
28 Sep 2018
In the Clinic: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
This feature provides an evidence-based, clinically relevant overview of the diagnosis and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/27/8.htm
27 Nov 2018