What are Potential Problems Associated with Helicobacter pylori?
Discussion
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a microaerophilis, spiral bacterium that is a prevalent human pathogen. How this infection affects individuals is different in adults and children. Overall seroprevalence rate in children world-wide was estimated to be ~33%, but this seroprevalence rate is decreasing in the developed world for both adults and children. It is acquired in childhood and can persist through colonization throughout life if untreated. Fortunately, it often is asymptomatic and generally does not cause serious disease in children.
Some serotyping data shows that within families children acquire it more...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 23, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Ahsm
The Association for Healthcare Social Media (AHSM) is a professional society devoted to the use of social media by healthcare professionals. The multispecialty and multidisciplinary AHSM assists health professionals in utilizing social media platforms to serve as disseminators of accurate health information while doing so responsibly. AHSM members include many of the virtual physicians and nurses of TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube who are disseminating important healthcare-related information to their audiences.We spoke with Austin Chiang, MD, MPH, a founding member of the AHSM and the chief medical social media...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 11, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Interview with the Association for Healthcare Social Media
The Association for Healthcare Social Media (AHSM) is a professional society devoted to the use of social media by healthcare professionals. The multispecialty and multidisciplinary AHSM assists health professionals in utilizing social media platforms to serve as disseminators of accurate health information while doing so responsibly. AHSM members include many of the virtual physicians and nurses of TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube who are disseminating important healthcare-related information to their audiences.We spoke with Austin Chiang, MD, MPH, a founding member of the AHSM and the chief medical social media...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 11, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Endoscopy Center Draws $3.3M Transaction (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Stage Equity Partners bought the 9,969-SF medical office building in midtown Little Rock from a group led by Dr. Dean Kumpuris. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 9, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Video Capsule Endoscopy May Reduce Exposure to COVID Video Capsule Endoscopy May Reduce Exposure to COVID
Video capsule endoscopy provides an alternative triage tool for acute GI bleeding that could reduce personnel exposure to SARS-CoV-2, a cohort study shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 30, 2020 Category: Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Endoscopy services during COVID-19 second wave, BSG
Endoscopy and other specialised services have begun to recover, but in most areas remain well below their pre-COVID capacity. Hospital admissions with COVID-19 have started to increase and a second surge appears to have already started. There is real concern that the already fragile endoscopy services may become even more stretched, risking further delays to the diagnosis and treatment of potentially serious gastrointestinal and liver disorders. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Enhanced-image endoscopy more effective than conventional imaging for detecting upper GI cancers
(American College of Physicians) Linked color imaging (LCI), a new image-enhanced endoscopy technique that allows users to recognize slight differences in mucosal color, is more effective than conventional white light imaging (WLI) for detecting tumors in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Findings from a randomized controlled trial are published in Annals of Internal Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - October 19, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
An Update to AGIP Council Advice concerning GI Physiology Provision during the COVID-19 Pandemic, BSG
The AGIP Council is aware that much has changed since their initial advice was issued in May. AGIP continues to maintain that oesophageal manometry and pH measurement is an inherently aerosol generating procedure. AGIP acknowledges the recent advice issued by BSG for Endoscopy and recommend where appropriate aligning GI physiology procedures to those implemented by Endoscopy in your hospital. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Endoscopy Center Sells for $3.2M
Medical, retail, office and apartments provide the settings for this week’s quartet of million-dollar real estate transactions. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - October 5, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Medknow journals in EMBASE / EMCARE from 2009
Following journals included in EMBASE / EMCARE from 2009Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnnals of Tropical Medicine and Public HealthAsian Journal of PharmaceuticsAsian Journal of Transfusion ScienceHepatitis B AnnualIndian Journal of Community MedicineIndian Journal of NephrologyIndian Journal of Nuclear MedicineIndian Journal of PsychiatryIndian Journal of Sexually Transmitted DiseasesInternational Journal of Green PharmacyInternational Journal of YogaJournal of Conservative DentistryJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and ShockJournal of Gynecological Endoscopy and SurgeryJournal of Human Reproductive SciencesJournal of Indian...
Source: Medknow News - September 30, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New journal on gynecological endoscopy from 2008
Medknow would be publishing Journal of Gynecological Endoscopy and Surgery (JGES) a semi-annual peer-reviewed international journal under the auspices of Indian Association of Gynaecological Encoscopists. The journal's website will be online at www.gynecendoscopy.org. With the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing articles 'Ahead of Print' immediately on acceptance. In addition, the journal would allow free access (Open Access) to its contents without charging the authors / authors' institutions for submission, processing or publishing of manuscripts. The jou...
Source: Medknow News - September 30, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Tenure-track or tenure-eligible investigator in biomedical image processing
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is recruiting for a tenure-track or tenure-eligible investigator within its Intramural Research Program (IRP) in Bethesda, MD. The recruitment is part of a planned expansion of NLM ’s intramural research in computational health sciences. The goal of this search is to identify candidates with the potential to develop a dynamic, innovative, and independent research program with a focus on clinical image processing (e.g., radiology, pathology, endoscopy). (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - September 14, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
AGA recommends bidirectional endoscopy for most patients with iron deficiency anemia
(American Gastroenterological Association) The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published new clinical guidelines outlining an evidence-based approach for the initial gastrointestinal evaluation of chronic iron deficiency anemia in asymptomatic patients. Iron deficiency anemia is extremely common worldwide, and a gastrointestinal cause should be considered in all patients without an obvious cause for their anemia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How can gastroenterology training thrive in a post-COVID world?, BMJ
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated dramatic restructuring of the workforce, with gastroenterology trainees widely redeployed and elective activity reduced. The impact on specialty training is substantial, with key examples summarised in table 1. Reduced endoscopy training is a particular challenge internationally,6 and will disproportionately affect junior trainees who cannot work under remote supervision. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gastrointestinal and liver conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response [NG172], NICE (updated 21st August 2020)
The purpose of this guideline is to maximise the safety of children and adults who have gastrointestinal or liver conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response during the COVID 19 pandemic.
21 August 2020: We updated recommendations in section 4 on delivering planned care in line with our guideline on arranging planned care in hospitals and diagnostic services, and linked to British Society of Gastroenterology guidance on restarting gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Minor ch anges since publication
7 July 2020: We changed the wording of the links in recommendation 2.5 to match the titles of the ...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
