Showing posts with label gastroenterology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gastroenterology. Show all posts
Sunday, May 12, 2024

The patient with cirrhosis: poised to bleed or poised to clot?

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It turns out to be a little of both. A number of reviews have addressed this. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]  Here are some of the key points: The old...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Update on management of the acute abdomen in critically ill patients

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  From a recent review in Current Opinion in Critical Care Medicine : Purpose of review The aim of this study was t...
Sunday, August 04, 2019

Check point inhibitor induced colitis

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An emerging entity .
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Should docusate be removed from your hospital’s formulary?

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According to this article it should.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Hepatic encephalopathy update

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From a recent review : Hepatic encephalopathy is a state of brain dysfunction resulting from decompensation of cirrh...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The strong ion difference in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis

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From a recent paper : Conclusions In a cohort of patients with AP, SIG was a strong independent predictor of...
Monday, March 11, 2019

PPI use may be associated with better heart failure outcomes

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From a recently published study : Abstract Background It has been recently reported that histamine H2 recept...
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Thursday, February 21, 2019

Secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients (SSC-CIP)

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From a review of this increasingly recognized entity: Conclusion SSC-CIP is a rather newly recognized condi...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

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Reviewed in Cureus .
Monday, February 11, 2019

Stool PCR panels

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The stool PCR panel can detect a wide variety of pathogens. Here is some info from Mayo Clinic Labs with algorithms for app...
Friday, February 08, 2019

Fighting C diff: the case for gastric acid suppressant stewardship

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A meta-analysis of observational studies suggests it might decrease the risk of Cdiff recurrence .  This includes PPIs and H...
Monday, January 28, 2019

Pulmonary manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease

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Here is a free full text review . These can take the form of extraintestinal manifestations of the IBD itself or dise...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

Treating portal vein thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis

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From a recently published study : Highlights •LMWH is effective in about 60% of LC with PVT patients. ...
Friday, December 28, 2018

Inflammatory bowel disease and primary sclerosing cholangitis

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Here’s a nice free full text review .
Friday, December 21, 2018

Pioglitazone use improves NASH and associated fibrosis

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JAMA Internal Medicine : Question What is the association of thiazolidinedione therapy with advanced liver fibrosis in nonal...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Percutaneous gallbladder aspiration in acute cholecystitis

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Here’s a free full text systematic review .
Sunday, October 07, 2018

Obesity related digestive diseases

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From a free full text review : Obesity is a growing medical and public health problem worldwide. Many digestive dise...
Monday, October 01, 2018

The pancreatitis activity scoring system (PASS)

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Pancreatitis is both vexing and fascinating. The spectrum of severity and complications is wide. Unfortunately, all too oft...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Non-gastrointestinal presentations of celiac disease

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From a recent paper in the American Journal of Medicine : Abstract Purpose The purpose of our study ...
Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Another review on acute pancreatitis

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Form the paper : Purpose of review Acute pancreatitis is a common condition that affects patients with varyi...