Show Notes for November-December 2017 – Episode 13

* Long-term proton pump inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer development after treatment for Helicobacter pylori: a population-based study – GUT

* Association Between Use of Thiopurines or Tumor Necrosis Factor Antagonists Alone or in Combination and Risk of Lymphoma in Patients With IBD – JAMA

* Complications of Bariatric Surgery: What You Can Expect to See in Your GI Practice – Am Journal Gastro

* Oversuse of Repeat Upper Endoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration: A Retrospective Analysis – Am Journal Gastro

* Estrogen replacement reduces risk and increases survival time in of women with HCC – CGH

* Hepatitis C virus testing for case identification in persons born during 1945–1965: Results from three randomized controlled trials. –  Hepatology

* Population based paternity rate and partner birth outcomes among Utah men with IBD – Am J Gastro

* Agreement between home-based Measurement of stool calprotectin and ELISA Results for Monitoring Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity – CGH

* Prevalence of Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis and Colitis in a Population-based Study – CGH

* Tongxie Formula Reduces Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome – CGH

* Chromoendoscopy for Surveillance in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials – CGH

* Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Cyclosporine in a Cohort of Steroid-Refractory Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis Patients from the ENEIDA Registry (1989–2013): A Nationwide Multicenter Study – Am J Gastro

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Show Notes for October 16- November 10 – Episode 12

* A comparison of the resection rate for cold and hot snare polypectomy for 4–9 mm colorectal polyps: a multicentre randomised controlled trial  – GUT.

* Impact of preprocedure simethicone on adenoma detection rate during colonoscopy – Endoscopy

* Laparoscopic ileocaecal resection versus infliximab for terminal ileitis in Crohn’s disease: a randomised controlled, open-label, multicentre trial – The Lancet – Gastro

* Modifiable factors associated with patient-reported pain during and after screening colonoscopy – Gut

* Accuracy and Safety of the Cytosponge for Asessment of Histologic Activity in EOE: Two center study – Am J Gastro

* Air Insufflation May Still be Ideal For Adenoma Detection – Am J Gastro

* Patients with Crohn’s Disease with High Body Mass Index Present More Frequent and Rapid Loss of Response to Infliximab – IBD journal

* Anesthesia Assistance in outpatient colonoscopy and risk of aspiration pneumonia, bowel perforation, and splenic injury. – Gastro

* Increased Risk for Mother-to-Infant Transmission of HCV Among Medicaid Recipience – Wisconsin – MMWR

* Upper gastrointestinal complications following ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation – NeuroGastro&Motility

* Hemorrhagic angiodysplasia of the digestive tract – GIE

* Colorectal cancer screening with the fecal immunochemical test in persons aged 30 to 49 years: focusing on the age for commencing screening – GIE

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Show Notes for October 1-15, 2017  Episode 011

* Postcolonoscopy mortality: Bowel preparation to blame? – GIE

* Prevalence of hypokalemia before and after bowel preparation for colonoscopy in high-risk patients – GIE

* Prevalence of Anemia 10 Years After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a Single Veterans Affairs Medical Center – Jama Surgery

* Risk of Postop Complications Among IBD paietns treated Preop with Vedolizumab – Am J Gastro

* Physician Characteristics Associated with Higher Adenoma Detection Rate – GIE

* Electrolyte Disturbances in Patients with Chronic Alcohol-Use Disorders  – NEJM

* Hereditary Colorectal Polyposis and Cancer Syndromes: A Primer on Diagnosis and Management. – Am J Gastro

* Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Ethylene Glycol Toxicity – NEJM

* Celiac Disease and Autoimmunity — The Missing Ingredient– NEJM

* Statin Use and Risk of Cirrhosis and Related Complications in Patients With Chronic Liver Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – CGH

* The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma is decreasing after the first 5 years of tx – Hepatology

* Aristolochic acids and their derivatives are widely implicated in liver cancers in Taiwan and throughout Asia – Science -TM

*  Hepatitis C Virus Screening in New York – MMWR

* Outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni – MMWR

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Show Notes for September 15-30, 2017  Episode 010

* Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 – Lancet

* Proton Pump Inhibitors Decrease Phlebotomy Need in HFE Hemochromatosis: Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial – Gastro

* Influence of Age and Eosinophilic Esophagits on Esophageal Distensibility in a Pediatric cohort – Am J Gastro

* Long-Term CRC Incidence After Negative Colonoscopy in the State of Utah: Teh effect of Family History. – Am J Gastro

* Fecal Incontinence Is associated with Mortality Among Older Adults with Complex Needs – Am J Gastro

* Screening for Occult Cancer in Patients with Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism – Annals of IM

* The Durability of Antireflux Surgery – JAMA

* Association of prophylactic endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients with upper GI bleeds and cardiopulmonary unplanned events – GIE

* Age of red cells for transfusion and outcomes in critically ill adults. – NEJM

* The Natural History of Sever Acute Liver Injury – Am J Gastro

* Esophageal Dilation with either bougie or balloon technique as a treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis – GIE

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Show Notes for September 1-15 2017  Episode 009

* Asthma Is Associated With Subsequent Development of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-based Case–Control Study  – CGH

* Laboratory predictors of bleeding and the effect of platelet and RBC transfusions on bleeding outcomes in the PLADO trial – Blood

* Therapeutic endoscopy-related GI bleeding and thromboembolic events in patients using warfarin or direct oral anticoagulants: results from a large nationwide database analysis – Gut

* Major Bleeding Risk During Anticoagulation with Warfarin, Dabigatran, Apixaban, or Rivaroxaban in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation. – J of Managed Care & Spec Pharm

* Oral administration of conditioned medium obtained from mesenchymal stem cell culture prevents subsequent stricture formation after esophageal submucosal dissection in pigs. – GIE

* High Dietary Intake of Specific Fatty Acids Increases Risk of Flares in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis in Remission During Treatment With Aminosalicylates – CGH

* The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Inherited Polyposis Syndromes – Dis of Col and Rectum.

* Measurement Bias of Polyp Size at Colonoscopy – Dis of Col and Rectum.

* Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Am J Gastro.

* Rural and Urban Residence During Early Life is Associated with Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease – AmJGastro

* What’s new in Rome IV – Neurogastro & Motility

* Fecal Calprotectin Levels Predict Histological Healing in Ulcerative Colitis – IBD Journal

* Weight and Metabolic Outcomes 12 Years after Gastric Bypass – NEJM

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Show Notes for last two weeks of August 007

* Celiac Disease and Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity – Jama

* Comparison of Infliximab and Adalimumab in Biologic-Naive Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study – Clin Gastro Hep

* Use of Thiopurines During Conceptions and Pregnancy is Not Associated with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes or Health of Infants at One year in a Prospective Study – CGH

* Efficacy of Rectal Tacrolimus for Induction Therapy in Patients With Resistant Ulcerative Proctitis – CGH

* Use of Liver Imaging and Biopsy in Clinical Practice – NEJM

* Hospital-Level Balloon Tamponade Use is Associated with Increased Mortality for All Patients Presenting with Acute Variceal Hemorrhage – Liver international

* Clinical Predictors of the Risk of Early Colectomy in Ulcerative Colitis: A Population-based Study – IBD journal

* High-Quality Diets Associate With Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer: Analyses of Diet Quality Indexes in the Multiethnic Cohort – CGH

* Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet

* Efficacy of dietary and physical activity intervention in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review. – BMJ – Gastro

* Safety of Adding Oats to a Gluten-Free Diet for Patients With Celiac Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical and Observational Studies – Gastro

* Global Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Gastro

* Undetectable negative tissue transglutaminase IgA antibodies predict mucosal healing in treated coeliac disease patients – Alimentary Phar and Ther

* Death of a Farm Worker After Exposure to Manure Gas in an Open Air Environment – MMWR

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Show Notes for 2017 First two weeks of August 007

* The colonoscopist’s guide to the vocabulary of colorectal neoplasia: histology, morphology, and management – GIE

* Use of enteroscopy for the detection of malignant and premalignant lesions of the small bowel in complicated celiac disease: a meta-analysis – GIE

* Impact of cap-assisted colonoscopy on detection of proximal colon adenomas: systematic review and meta-analysis – GIE

* Outcomes and quality-of-life assessment after gastric per-oral endoscopic pyloromyotomy – GIE

* Randomized controlled trial of scleroligation versus band ligation alone for eradication of gastroesophageal varices – GIE

* Endoscopic multiple biopsy and rapid diagnosis by in situ fixation and histopathologic processing – GIE

* Diagnostic Accuracy of Fecal Immunochemical Test in Patients at Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-analysis – Jama:Int Med

* Older Adults’ Views and Communication Preferences About Cancer Screening Cessation – Jama Int Med

* Celiac Disese and Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity – A Review – JAMA

* Board Review Vignette: PPP Syndrome: Pancreatitis, Panniculitis, Polyarthritis – Am J Gastro

* EASL 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus infection – Journal of Hepatology

* The impact of a Prior Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus on Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Survival – Am J Gastro

* Old Farts – Fact or Fiction? Results From a Population-Based Survey of 16,000 Americans Examining the Association Between Age and Flatus – CGH

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Show Notes for 2017 First two weeks of July 006

* Treatment with Biologic Agents has not Reduced Surgeries among Patients with Crohn’s Disease with Short Bowel Syndrome – CGH

* Risk of colorectal cancer in chronic liver diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis – GIE

* Effect of Alternate-Day Fasting on Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance, and Cardioprotection among Metabolically Healthy Obese Adults – JAMA Internal Medicine

* Urgent colonoscopy in patients with lower GI bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis – GIE

* Mobile phone in the stomach:call the emergency endoscopist! – GIE

* Impact of gum chewing on the quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy: an endoscopist-blinded, randomized controlled trial – GIE

* Hepatitis B reactivation in Hepatitis B and C coinfected Patients treated with Antiviral Agents: A systematic Review and Meta-analysis. – Hepatology

* Gastostomies Preserve But Do Not Increease Quality of Life for Patients and Caregivers – CGH

* “Errare Humanum Est, Perseverare Autem Diabolicum” – Gastro

* Association of Changes in Diet Quality with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality – NEJM

* Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Cognitive Function in Women – Gastro

* Increased Rate of Adenoma Detection Associates with Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Death – Gastro

* Risk Factors for 30-day Hospital Readmission for Diverticular Hemorrhage. – J of Clinical Gastro

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Show Notes for 2017 Second two weeks of June 005

* Cost Utility Analysis of Topical Steroids Compared With Dietary Elimination for Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis – CGH

* Incidence and Prevalence of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in Olmsted County, Minnesota From 1970 Through 2010 – CGH

* Fecal Immunochemical Test Detects Sessile Serrated Adenomas and Polyps With a Low Level of Sensitivity – CGH

* Comparison of Two Intensive Bowel Cleansing Regimens in Patients With Previous Poor Bowel Preparation: A Randomized Controlled Study. – GIE

* Acute Fatty Liver Disease of Pregnancy: Updates in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management – ACG

* Disentangling the Association between Statins, Cholesterol, and Colorectal Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study – PLOS Medicine

* Association of Gastric Acid Suppression With Recurrent Clostridium difficile InfectionA Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Med

* Amanita phalloides Mushroom Poisonings — Northern California, December 2016 – MMWR June 2017

* Wild Mushrooms: An Exclusive Delicacy or Last Meal – ACG

* Treatment of NASH: What Helps Beyond Weight Loss? – ACG

* Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and Celiac disease: A systematic review with pooled-data analysis – Neurogastro & Motility

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Show Notes for 2017 June  1- 15 004

* Indomethacin and diclofenac in the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective controlled trials – GIE

* Retention associated with video capsule endoscopy: systematic review and meta-analysis – GIE

* Natural history of diminutive and small colorectal polyps: a systematic literature review – GIE

* Comparison of carbon dioxide and air insufflation during consecutive EGD and colonoscopy in moderate-sedation patients: a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial – GIE

* Metformin alters the gut microbiome of individuals with treatment-naive type 2 diabetes, contributing to the therapeutic effects of the drug. – Nature Medicine

* A Clinicopathologic Evaluation of Incidental Fundic Gland Polyps With Dysplasia: Implications for Clinical Management – The AmJ of Gastro

* Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study –  BMJ

* Timely Use of Probiotics in Hospitalized Adults Prevents Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review With Meta-Regression Analysis – Gastro Journal

* Complications of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy – Gastro

* Effect of antibiotic stewardship on the incidence of infection and colonisation with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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