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FRONTIERS IN ENDOSCOPY, SERIES #89
Disposable Endoscopes: Current Status and Future Directions
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure that allows visualization and therapeutic maneuvers to be performed in the bile and pancreatic ducts. ERCP has traditionally been performed […]
NUTRITION REVIEWS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY, SERIES #10
Nitrogen Balance: Revisiting Clinical Applications in Contemporary Practice
Proteins play vital roles in metabolic reactions in both healthy and critically ill adults. Nitrogen balance (NB) studies serve as a key metric for protein metabolism. Despite its introduction in […]
DISPATCHES FROM THE GUILD CONFERENCE, SERIES #56
A Review on the Management of Postoperative Crohn’s Disease
Postoperative Crohn’s disease recurrence often precedes the emergence of clinical symptomatology and requires detection and management strategies for early objective recurrence. A multidisciplinary approach to optimize patients for surgery via […]
DISPATCHES FROM THE GUILD CONFERENCE, SERIES #55
Liver Masses: Work up and When to Worry
Liver lesions are common. A nodule found on ultrasound could be benign without the need for follow-up or malignant requiring urgent attention. This review examines the differential diagnosis, epidemiology, and […]
INTRODUCTION: DISPATCHES FROM THE GUILD CONFERENCE
Introduction: Dispatches from the GUILD Conference 2024
Welcome to the eighth annual Dispatches from GUILD Conference series. The Gastrointestinal Updates-Bowel-Liver Inflammatory Disease (GUILD) Conference is an annual CME conference held in Maui, Hawaii every February (GUILD 2024: […]
FROM THE PEDIATRIC LITERATURE
Use of Pictograms to Help Diagnose Functional Abdominal Pain
Functional abdominal pain (FAP) is a common presentation in both general pediatric and pediatric gastroenterology clinics, and there is no specific test to diagnose this disorder. A clinical history helps in determining […]
FRONTIERS IN ENDOSCOPY, SERIES #88
Radiofrequency Ablation for Indications Beyond Barrett’s Esophagus
INTRODUCTION Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) was first approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2001 for the treatment of Barrett’s esophagus and for gastric hemostatic applications.1 RFA uses […]
NUTRITION REVIEWS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY
Nutrition Care for Patients with Upper GI Malignancies: Part 2 – Gastric Cancer
Gastric cancer is a leading cause of cancer and cancer related deaths worldwide. While accounting for only 1.5% of cancers in the United States, gastric cancer has one of the […]
A CASE REPORT
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Fixation of Intrathoracic Gastric Volvulus and Giant Paraesophageal Hernia
by Karmen Gill, David Wozny, Satinder Gill Displacement of the stomach into the chest occurs secondary to a weakening of gastric anchoring ligaments and an enlargement of the esophageal hiatus.1 When […]
FRONTIERS IN ENDOSCOPY, SERIES #87
The Role of ERCP in Patients with Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Trauma
INTRODUCTION Abdominal trauma affects a wide range of demographics and is considered a significant cause of patient mortality. Abdominal trauma can be difficult to diagnose due to the broad presentation […]
LIVER DISORDERS
An Enhancing Review of Focal Liver Lesions
Liver lesions are commonly encountered in our current practice of medicine. Focal liver lesionsencompass the cystic and solid lesions that providers may encounter. Lesions vary greatly.Most encountered lesions are benign. […]
NUTRITION REVIEWS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY
Nutrition Care for Patients with Upper GI Malignancies: Part 1 – Head and Neck Cancer
Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) often present to their first oncology appointment with malnutrition. The various HNC treatments frequently exacerbate their malnutrition; if patients are not malnourished initially, […]