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High mortality seen in acute-on-chronic liver failure
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- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Acute-on-chronic liver failure syndrome can be divided into three classes and is distinct from acute decompensation of chronic...
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Test-and-treat approach best in Crohn's disease
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major finding: A test-and-treat approach to refractory Crohn’s disease was less expensive, at $31,870, compared with $37,266 for an empiric...
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Celiac disease patients protected from type 2 diabetes
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- Denise Napoli
Major finding: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes among celiac disease patients was 3.1%, compared with 9.6% among control patients without celiac...
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Concurrent NSAID, PPI use tapers over long term
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- Denise Napoli
Major finding: By 24 months after initial NSAID/PPI coprescription, the persistence probability of still having an active PPI prescription fell to...
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Consider steroids in anti-TNF liver injury
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- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Peak ALT levels ranged from 140 to 2,250 U/L among patients with liver injury secondary to tumor necrosis factor–alpha antagonists....
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Gluten-free diet may hold benefit in IBS
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- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Irritable bowel syndrome patients on a gluten-free diet had fewer bowel movements per day than did gluten-consuming counterparts (P...
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Sofosbuvir shows sustained virologic response in HCV
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major finding: A regimen containing sofosbuvir gave 90% of patients with genotype 1 or 4 HCV infection an SVR at 12 weeks, whereas genotype 2 and...
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Twelve-step programs beneficial in comorbid substance use, psychotic disorders
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Patients with comorbid substance use and psychotic disorders can benefit from standard substance use treatments, even though they...
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Manometric type II achalasia patients have best outcomes
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Patients with manometric type II achalasia have higher success rates after dilation (93%) as well as myotomy (100%) at 1 year,...
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MR colonography has utility in high-risk lesions
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Magnetic resonance colonography had a sensitivity of 78.4% for detecting adenomas greater than or equal to 6 mm.Data source: A...
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PPIs lower progression risk in Barrett's esophagus
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- Denise Napoli
Major finding: In Barrett’s esophagus, use of proton pump inhibitors was associated with a hazard ratio of 0.21 for neoplastic progression.Data...
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Rheumatoid arthritis associated with higher post-MI death risk
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- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Rheumatoid arthritis patients who had an MI had a 47% greater risk of death than did matched control patients after a median follow...
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Mycophenolate boosted vital capacity in connective tissue ILD
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major finding: At 156 weeks after initiation of mycophenolate mofetil, patients with connective tissue disease–associated interstitial lung...
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GAF misses social cognition in schizophrenia
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Among patients with schizophrenia, a task designed to assess social cognition was unable to explain any variation on the Global...
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At-risk psychosis patients show anxiety, depression
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major finding: Among patients with ultrahigh risk for psychosis, 58.2% had clinical depression; 42.3% had social phobia.Data source: A total of...