Even Small Changes Can Make Endoscopy More Sustainable: Study Even Small Changes Can Make Endoscopy More Sustainable: Study
Although the reduction in carbon footprint was modest in this single department, it shows how small steps can contribute to climate change mitigation.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - September 19, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Intestinal Ultrasound Accurate for Assessing Response in UC
(MedPage Today) -- Intestinal ultrasound proved its mettle against endoscopy for analyzing treatment response and remission in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) followed in a small prospective Dutch study.
Bowel wall thickness (BWT) was the... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 26, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
IBD Biologics After COVID; Cutting Endoscopy Waste; New Humira Biosimilar OK'd
(MedPage Today) -- How soon after a COVID-19 infection is it OK to administer biologics for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? (Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Compared with second-dose side effects, gastrointestinal symptoms... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 26, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Intensive Endoscopy Might Not Be One-and-Done for Gastric Cancer Surveillance
(MedPage Today) -- The use of intensive index endoscopy was not associated with subsequently reduced detection of new gastric cancers after 1 year for high-risk patients, according to a case-control study from Japan.
Early gastric cancer detection... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 23, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Microbial bioburden of inpatient and outpatient areas beyond patient hospital rooms.
Conclusions: Surfaces in hospitals outside patient rooms and in outpatient facilities are frequently contaminated with healthcare-associated pathogens. Improvements in cleaning and disinfection practices are needed to reduce contamination. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Improving Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy Visualization
(MedPage Today) -- A shorter time lapse between ingestion of last laxative dose and small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) was associated with better visualization of the mucosa, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.
In a pooled analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 26, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Is Pre-endoscopy COVID Testing Still Needed? Is Pre-endoscopy COVID Testing Still Needed?
Personal protective equipment and COVID-19 vaccination might be enough to reduce COVID-19 transmission.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - July 22, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Travis Barker's Pancreatitis
(MedPage Today) -- Musician Travis Barker, most famously known as the drummer for Blink-182, was recently hospitalized with a severe case of acute pancreatitis.
"I went in for an endoscopy Monday feeling great," Barker wrote in an Instagram Story... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 12, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
How to Remove Foreign Bodies?
Discussion
Living in the world makes the human body susceptible to foreign bodies. Orifices are particularly inviting for children to explore and see how it feels if the opening is touched by their hands or an object. Small objects are easily inserted or even just retained (such as toilet tissue in the genital area, or tissue in the nose). The mouth is particularly inviting to explore objects with as oral sensations are paramount to survival even at birth. Food can be considered a foreign body and often acts like one when stuck in the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract but is necessary to sustain life.
When someone says...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 4, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
ACG Clinical Practice Guideline on Upper GI and Ulcer Bleeding ACG Clinical Practice Guideline on Upper GI and Ulcer Bleeding
This brief review summarizes important highlights of the 2021 ACG Clinical Guidelines on upper GI bleeding, including risk stratification, preendoscopic therapy, and endoscopy timing.Southern Medical Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Rectal cancer: researchers hail ‘breakthrough’ experimental treatment
Every patient treated with immunotherapy drug went into remission, researchers in New York reportedEvery patient treated for rectal cancer with an experimental immunotherapy drug went into remission, in findings that researchers have hailed as a breakthrough.All 14 patients who were given the new drug, dostarlimab, were found after six months to have no trace of cancer. Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer center in New York could find no sign of the disease through physical examination, endoscopies, MRIs or other scans.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 8, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Ed Pilkington in New York Tags: Cancer research Medical research Science Source Type: news
Tumour vanishes in all 12 rectal cancer patients in rare medical trial result
Besides their tumours disappearing completely, none of the participants reported any severe side-effects either, says the research paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine recently. The patients underwent a series of medical exams -- physical, endoscopy, bioscopy, PET scans and MRI scans -- and none of the reports showed a tumour. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - June 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Digestive Disease Week, May 21-24
Digestive Disease Week, the annual meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and Society for Surgery of the Alimentary... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 2, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
DDW: Cannabinoid Use Ups Sedation Requirements During Endoscopy
However, patients with cannabis use do not have increased awareness or discomfort during procedures (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - May 26, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pharmacy, Anesthesiology & amp; Pain, Conference News, Source Type: news
DDW: Cannabinoid Use Ups Sedation Requirements During Endoscopy
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 -- Baseline cannabinoid use is associated with higher sedation use during endoscopy with endoscopist-directed conscious sedation, according to a study presented at the 2022 Digestive Disease Week, held from May 21 to 24 in San... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 26, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
