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Curbside Consultation
How Is the Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis Established?
Jonathan Ari Erber, MD; Frank G. Gress, MD
Chronic pancreatitis is a syndrome of progressive destructive inflammatory changes in the pancreas that results in permanent structural damage, which...More »

Case Challenges
A 3-Year-Old Girl with Intermittent Fever and Abdominal Pain
Pediatric Annals, June 2008, Volume 37 Issue 6
This previously healthy 3-year-old girl was admitted following a 3-month history of intermittent fever and abdominal pain. She initially had a 2-week...More »

Imaging Analysis
Carcinoid tumor and bowel obstruction
Endocrine Today, November 2010
Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD; Varsha Vimalananda, MD
A 65-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure and nephropathy presented with severe,...More »

Perspective
CMS issues final rule on Physician Payment Sunshine Act
Endocrine Today, March 2013
CMS recently announced in a press release its final rule on the National Physician Payment Transparency Program: Open Payments, also known as the Sunshine...More »

Curbside Consultation
When Do I Need to Refer a Patient With Diverticular Bleeding for a Colectomy and What Tests Should Be Done Before This Happens?
Scott L. Itzkowitz, DO, FACP
Colonic diverticular bleeding is the most common cause of rapid hematochezia (maroon or bright red bleeding), accounting for approximately 42% of cases of...More »

Curbside Consultation
What Is the Best Bowel Preparation and Timing for an Emergency Colonoscopy for GI Bleeding?
Jerome D. Waye, MD
Lower GI bleeding is a frightening experience, but one which often stops spontaneously. Patients who have a bloody evacuation may report that the toilet...More »

Books
Common Liver Diseases and Transplantation: An Algorithmic Approach to Work Up and Management
Robert S Brown Jr, MD MPH
2012; ISBN 1-55642-903-7
208 Soft Cover, ISBN 978-1-55642-903-3, Order# 79037, $46.95...More »

Curbside Consultation
What Is the Best Approach to Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis?
Shishir K. Maithel, MD; Charles M. Vollmer Jr, MD
The role of nutrition in acute pancreatitis continues to evolve. The dogma in treating acute pancreatitis has been to restrict oral intake in order to “rest...More »

Curbside Consultation
Which Diseases Increase the Risk of Developing Small Bowel Carcinoma?
Caroline R. Tadros, MD
Despite the fact that the small intestine comprises 75% of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, small intestinal neoplasms only account for 1% to 2% of all GI...More »

Palliative care screenings identified more patients for referral
HemOnc Today, April 10, 2012
Screening identified more patients for referral to a hospital’s palliative care team than normal evaluation, according to findings of a single-center...More »

Curbside Consultation
My Patient Has Reflux Esophagitis in Spite of Daily Omeprazole. His Serum Gastrin on Omeprazole Is 750. What Is the Next Step in Evaluation for Gastrinoma?
Susan Truong III, HMS ; Alphonso Brown, MD, MS Clin Epi
Reflux esophagitis is best treated with anti-secretory therapy, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The step-up approach for heartburn, reflux esophagitis,...More »

Palliative Care
Treating bowel dysfunction
HemOnc Today, May 10, 2008
Stephen A. Bernard, MD
Management of symptoms related to bowel dysfunction remains a challenge for physicians who see patients with this condition. Loss of bowel function due to...More »

Meeting News Coverage
Sofosbuvir combination efficacious in difficult-to-treat HCV patients
Infectious Disease News, April 2013
ATLANTA — Among a population of patients with hepatitis C that are typically difficult to treat, sofosbuvir with weight-based ribavirin demonstrated...More »

Curbside Consultation
Can We Follow Flat Low-Grade Dysplasia? Is Any Dysplasia Really Flat or Just a Spectrum of Depth and Size?
Arun Swaminath, MD; Thomas A. Ullman, MD, FACG
Precisely when to recommend colectomy has remained a topic of concern since the institution of colonoscopic dysplasia surveillance in inflammatory bowel...More »

Curbside Consultation
My Patient Had a Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography to Evaluate for Common Bile Duct Stones, but the Reading Includes a “Double Duct Sign.” What Does This Mean? Does It Need Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography?
Hui Hing (Jack) Tin, MD; Jai Mirchandani, MD
Although controversial in the past, the current accepted term, double duct sign, refers to narrowing of both the pancreatic and the common bile duct with...More »

Curbside Consultation
How Is Hypertriglyceridemia Treated When Suspected in Causing Acute Pancreatitis?
Susan Ramdhaney, MD; Scott Tenner, MD, MPH
Hypertriglyceridemia is seen in 12% to 22% of patients presenting with acute pancreatitis. The triglycerides should only be considered the etiology when...More »

Curbside Consultation
Is There a Relationship Between Surgery and IBS?
Ami D. Sperber, MD, MSPH
I find the question of a possible association between surgery and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) intriguing in relation to both my clinical practice and...More »

Books
Crohn's Disease: The Complete Guide to Medical Management
Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF
2011; ISBN 1-55642-944-2
496 Hard Cover, ISBN 978-1-55642-944-6, Order# 79446, $99.95...More »

Curbside Consultation
I Recently Did a Colonoscopy on a Patient With Rectal Bleeding. The Patient Had Inflammation in the Rectosigmoid and Also in the Cecal Area. Is This Crohn’s Disease?
Kleanthis Dendrinos, MD; Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc, FACG, FASGE
Colonoscopy plays an essential role in the evaluation of patients with rectal bleeding. In patients found to have colitis on colonoscopy, the distribution...More »

Curbside Consultation
What Is the Role of SSRIs in the Treatment of IBS?
Jan Tack, MD, PhD
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is probably the most commonly encountered disorder by gastroenterologists in the industrialized world. It is defined by the...More »

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How Is the Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis Established?

A 3-Year-Old Girl with Intermittent Fever and Abdominal Pain

Carcinoid tumor and bowel obstruction

CMS issues final rule on Physician Payment Sunshine Act

When Do I Need to Refer a Patient With Diverticular Bleeding for a Colectomy and What Tests Should Be Done Before This Happens?

What Is the Best Bowel Preparation and Timing for an Emergency Colonoscopy for GI Bleeding?

Common Liver Diseases and Transplantation: An Algorithmic Approach to Work Up and Management

What Is the Best Approach to Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis?

Which Diseases Increase the Risk of Developing Small Bowel Carcinoma?

Palliative care screenings identified more patients for referral

My Patient Has Reflux Esophagitis in Spite of Daily Omeprazole. His Serum Gastrin on Omeprazole Is 750. What Is the Next Step in Evaluation for Gastrinoma?

Treating bowel dysfunction

Sofosbuvir combination efficacious in difficult-to-treat HCV patients

Can We Follow Flat Low-Grade Dysplasia? Is Any Dysplasia Really Flat or Just a Spectrum of Depth and Size?

My Patient Had a Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography to Evaluate for Common Bile Duct Stones, but the Reading Includes a “Double Duct Sign.” What Does This Mean? Does It Need Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography?

How Is Hypertriglyceridemia Treated When Suspected in Causing Acute Pancreatitis?

Is There a Relationship Between Surgery and IBS?

Crohn's Disease: The Complete Guide to Medical Management

I Recently Did a Colonoscopy on a Patient With Rectal Bleeding. The Patient Had Inflammation in the Rectosigmoid and Also in the Cecal Area. Is This Crohn’s Disease?

What Is the Role of SSRIs in the Treatment of IBS?

Spleen stiffness predicted risk for large, bleeding esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Patrick Basu MD on RESTRAINT C results

What Options Exist for Enteral Feeding in Preoperative Patients With Esophageal Cancer Who Have Dysphagia?

Andrew Muir, MD, MHS analyzes recent hepatitis C clinical trial results

Clinicians offer insights into promising drugs in the pipeline

Eric J. Lawitz, MD, reviews COSMOS trial with HCV genotype 1 patients

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