Gastroenterology News

• Endoscopy During COVID-19 Pandemic Requires Extra Safety Precautions Extra safety precautions are needed to avoid the transmission of COVID-19 in the endoscopy unit, according to two new reports.
  Reuters Health Information, April 02, 2020
• No Benefit Seen for Rushing Endoscopy in Some High-Risk GI Patients Performing endoscopy during the first six hours after a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding is handed off to a specialist does not lower the 30-day mortality rate compared to procedures done six to 24 hours after consultation, according to a new study of 516 volunteers reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
  Reuters Health Information, April 01, 2020
• Anticoagulant Use Tied to Improved Outcomes of Portal Vein Thrombosis in IBD Anticoagulant treatment is associated with better outcomes of portal-vein thrombosis (PVT) related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to new research.
  Reuters Health Information, April 01, 2020
• Switch to Adalimumab Biosimilars in Denmark Cut Costs Markedly The switch from brand-name adalimumab to biosimilars resulted in substantial cost reductions in Denmark, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, March 31, 2020
• Shorter Fast After Endoscopic Hemostasis May Not Cause More Ulcer Rebleeds Refeeding at 24 hours after endoscopic hemostasis for peptic ulcer bleeding appears no worse than refeeding at 48 hours in terms of rebleeding in high-risk patients, a new single-center randomized trial shows.
  Reuters Health Information, March 31, 2020
• Any Type of Polyp Increases the Risk for Colorectal Cancer Findings from a large Swedish cohort show that any subtype of polyps will increase the risk for colorectal cancer, but only certain types raise the risk for cancer-related mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• ENDO 2020Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing a Potential Nondrug Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes The Revita procedure for duodenal mucosal resurfacing (DMR) improves blood glucose control, insulin sensitivity and pancreatic beta-cell function in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, according to data from the REVITA-2 trial.
  Reuters Health Information, March 31, 2020
• Wide Variation Among U.S. Hospitals in Safety of Geriatric Emergency Surgery Standardized mortality ratios for emergency geriatric surgery vary widely at U.S. hospitals, from a high of 2.3 to a low of 0.3, suggests an analysis of California data.
  Reuters Health Information, March 30, 2020
• Prophylactic Endoscopic Clipping Does Not Prevent Delayed Postpolypectomy Bleeding Prophylactic endoscopic clipping does not prevent delayed postpolypectomy bleeding (DPPB) and should not be used routinely in most patients, according to a new review of medical records.
  Reuters Health Information, March 27, 2020
• Surgeons' Attitudes Variable on Hernia Repair in Women of Childbearing Age Surgeons' opinions on abdominal hernia repair in women of childbearing age are quite variable, a small survey finds.
  Reuters Health Information, March 27, 2020
• ACC 2020CARAVAGGIO Expands DOAC Pool in Cancer-related VTE Randomized but open-label data show apixaban was noninferior to dalteparin for efficacy but with less major bleeding, including problematic GI bleeds.
  Medscape Medical News, March 29, 2020
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Not Linked to Increased Mortality Risk In a nationwide prospective cohort study in Sweden, people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) had no increased mortality risk, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, March 26, 2020
• Biomarker Panel Predicts Crohn's Disease Years Before Diagnosis Levels of serum biomarkers can predict patients who will go on to develop Crohn's disease (CD) up to five years before they are diagnosed, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, March 25, 2020
• Medical Meetings May Be Forever Changed COVID-19 has caused medical conferences to be canceled this spring. Some regular attendees are expressing relief. Will this disruption lead to lasting changes?
  Medscape Medical News, March 27, 2020
• Guidelines on Delaying Cancer Surgery During COVID-19 Cancer surgeries may need to be delayed as hospitals are forced to allocate resources to a surge of COVID-19 patients, says the American College of Surgeons.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2020
• AAAAI 2020Acid Suppressants Worsen Respiratory Symptoms in Infants Children exposed to proton pump inhibitors and histamine 2 antagonists in their first year of life are more likely to have recurrent wheezing by the time they are 3 years of age, researchers warn.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2020
• Intensive Program Prevents COVID-19 in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis An intensive program implemented in Wuhan, China, prevented COVID-19 in 82 outpatients and 29 inpatients with decompensated cirrhosis.
  Reuters Health Information, March 24, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2 Persists in Stool After Respiratory Samples Test Negative SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA can persist in stool samples long after respiratory samples have tested negative for the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, March 24, 2020
• State Lines Erased for Doctors During COVID-19 With the global pandemic stressing healthcare, states are allowing physicians to treat patients in other locations in person or via telehealth.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2020
• Seven Physicians Lose Hospital Privileges in Paperwork Jam In Florida, seven oncologists lost privileges at the only hospital in town and sued to be reinstated. Their battle is part of a larger war, said the judge.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2020