Johnson on Gastroenterology

• GI Side Effects, Anesthesia Risks With GLP-1 Agonists   Dr David Johnson highlights new preoperative recommendations to protect against consequences of some diabetes and weight loss drugs that delay gastric emptying.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, August 04, 2023
• A Little Training Goes a Long Way in Improving Colonoscopy   Dr David Johnson highlights a new study showing that the use of a 30-minute online training program boosts adenoma detection rates considerably during colonoscopy.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 24, 2023
• 11 More Highlights From Digestive Disease Week 2023   Dr David Johnson offers yet more practice-changing observations from this year's meeting, which featured an abundance of data on novel treatments and new revelations about established interventions.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 25, 2023
• 9 Highlights From Digestive Disease Week 2023   In the first part of this overview, Dr David Johnson notes studies that touched on hot topics like AI for colonoscopy and emerging therapeutic classes, such as potassium-competitive acid blockers.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 25, 2023
• New Guidance on Alpha-Gal Syndrome’s GI Implications: What to Know   Knowing more about this allergy triggered by a tick bite will help physicians both in the United States and globally with their differential diagnoses, according to Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 14, 2023
• In Barrett Esophagus Surveillance, Slower Is Better   New evidence makes a compelling case that longer procedural times are needed to increase dysplasia detection, says Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 23, 2023
• Tips for Maximizing Colonoscopy Preps   Dr David Johnson shares some simple strategies for improving your patients' experience around the aspect of colonoscopy that they often dread the most.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, February 14, 2023
• AGA Offers Key Guidance on Managing Subepithelial GI Lesions   Dr David Johnson highlights new best practice recommendations on these lesions commonly encountered during routine endoscopy.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, January 10, 2023
• 13 Highlights From ACG 2022   Dr David Johnson shares the latest data from this year's meeting, which range from novel treatments for C difficile to the use of virtual reality in treating dyspepsia.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 01, 2022
• UEG 2022 Challenges to Colonoscopy as Gold Standard for CRC Screening?   A new study calls into question whether colonoscopy screening is as effective in preventing risks for colorectal cancer and related death. Dr David Johnson shares his perspective on the findings
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 13, 2022
• Sugar-Free Paradox: Do Artificial Sweeteners Help or Hurt?   Dr David Johnson on the paradoxical findings that the sugar-free options we recommend to patients may end up producing similarly negative effects.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, September 26, 2022
• 'Alarming' CRC Screening Preferences Among Younger Patients   Dr David Johnson on the risks of younger patients moving toward FIT screening and away from colonoscopy.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, September 21, 2022
• DDW 2022 10 Highlights From Digestive Disease Week 2022   With a focus on newly approved treatments and those seemingly on the verge, this year's meeting had clear practice-changing implications, says Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, June 08, 2022
• New Barrett's Esophagus Guidelines May Be Practice-Changing   Dr David Johnson discusses the impact these guidelines will have on the diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of this common condition.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 03, 2022
• Gastroenterologists Can Do Better at Managing Antithrombotics   We need to be more mindful of stopping anticoagulants/antiplatelets during acute GI bleeds and endoscopy, says Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 14, 2022
• 10 Considerations When Dilating Benign Esophageal Strictures   Dr David Johnson reviews a recently published set of expert tips and offers his own advice gleaned from more than 40 years of performing this procedure.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 10, 2022
• Top 10 Tips for Performing Surveillance in IBD   Dr David Johnson shares recent recommendations from Dr Uma Mahadevan, an expert in the field of IBD, and how to best follow these patients at risk for cancer.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 02, 2022
• Rumination Syndrome's Surprisingly High Global Prevalence   The largest-yet study of rumination syndrome leads Dr David Johnson to consider the best ways of differentiating it from other disorders.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, January 12, 2022
• 11 Studies to Know From ACG 2021   Dr David Johnson shares new data with "eye-opening" implications from this year's American College of Gastroenterology meeting.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 04, 2021
• The Time to Increase Our Adenoma Detection Rates Is Now   Dr David Johnson explains why we must aim for aspirational adenoma detection rates well beyond what we've had in years past.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, August 30, 2021