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Video course abdominal ultrasound
Examination of the Liver: Lower edge of the liver
Author: Prof. Dr. Christoph F. Dietrich, Caritas Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim.
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Bowel
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Carballal S et al, Gut. 2018;67(1):70-8
Screening colonoscopy in patients with long-standing IBD:Chromoendoscopy is superior to standard white light endoscopy to detect dysplastic lesions even outside clinical trials and in non-expert centers.
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Ghione S et al, Am J Gastroenterol. 2018;113(2):265-72
Epidemiology of pediatric onset inflammatory bowel disease: This French population-based study reveals a dramatic increase in incidence of Crohn’s disease (126%) and ulcerative colitis (156%) over the last 24 years.
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Kawamura T et al, Gut. 2018 [in press]
Endoscopic resection of 4-9 mm colorectal polyps: Complete resection rates of cold snare polypectomy are not inferior to that of hot snare polypectomy.
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Liver Biliary Tracts
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Zeuzem S et al, N Engl J Med. 2018;378(4):354-69
Chronic hepatitis C: Once-daily treatment with glecaprevir-pibrentasvir for either 8 or 12 weeks achieved high rates of sustained virological response (95-99.7%) among patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 or 3 infection who did not have cirrhosis.
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Hagström H et al, J Hepatol. 2018;68(3):505-10
Alcohol consumption in adolescence and severe liver disease later in life: SA current study demonstrates that alcohol consumption in late adolescence is associated with severe liver disease up to 39 years later. In contrast to current guidelines, even alcohol consumption of less than 30 g/day in men was harmful.
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Sidhu SS et al, Hepatology. 2018;67(2):700-10
Hepatic encephalopathy: In patients with bouts of overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE), L-ornithine-L-aspartate (as add-on therapy to lactulose and ceftriaxone) reduced the grade of OHE in a current study significantly on days 1-4, but not on day 5, and decreased venous ammonia, time to recovery, and length of hospital stay.
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Oesophagus Stomach Duodenum
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Lacy BE et al, Am J Gastroenterol. 2018;113(2):216-24
Effects of antidepressants on gastric function: Amitriptyline improves symptoms of functional dyspepsia, but does not delay gastric emptying, while gastric accommodation is generally improved following therapy with antidepressants.
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Skodje GI et al, Gastroenterology. 2018;154(3):529-39.e2
Pathogenesis of non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS): A crossover trial demonstrates that fructans are more likely than gluten to induce abdominal symptoms in patients with NCGS.
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Cho SH et al, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018;16(3):370-7
Urgent endoscopy in patients with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Urgent endoscopy within 6 hours after admission predicts lower mortality, but has no impact on rebleeding risk in comparison to routine endoscopy within the first 48 hours.
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Pancreas
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Lorenzo D et al, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018;16(1):59-67
Features of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) associated with IBD: Two thirds of AIP patients suffer from ulcerative colitis, often with proctitis and one third suffers from Crohn’s disease, often with inflammatory features. AIP patients with IBD are at increased risk for colectomy.
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Inflammatory bowel diseases of the rectum
Authors: H. Krammer, A. Herold
(18 pages)
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