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Do prophylactic PPIs improve mortality in critically ill patients?
July 25, 2019
Does the use of prophylactic proton pump inhibitors improve mortality or cause more adverse events in critically ill ICU patients at high risk of gastrointestinal bleeding?
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Rivaroxaban tied to higher GI bleeding than other NOACs
June 17, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Real-world studies comparing the GI bleeding rates among different non–vitamin K anticoagulants have been limited.
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FDA warns about fecal microbiota for transplantation
June 17, 2019
The American Gastroenterological Association is working with physicians and patients to track FMT usage, patient outcomes, and adverse events.
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Fewer antibiotics prescribed with PCR than conventional stool testing
June 11, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Endoscopy, abdominal imaging also less common with polymerase chain reaction–based testing.
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p-TIPS improves outcomes for high-risk variceal bleeding
May 22, 2019
Do high-risk patients undergoing preemptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (p-TIPS) procedures experience improvements in mortality when compared with usual care with medications and endoscopy?
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Weekly ciprofloxacin as effective as daily norfloxacin in prevention of SBP
May 17, 2019
Does ciprofloxacin administered once weekly prevent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) as effectively as daily norfloxacin?
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More fiber looks safe, might benefit ICU patients
March 27, 2019
MIAMI – Each 10-g increase in fiber intake over 72 hours correlated with a 0.3% median increase in the relative abundance of short-chain fatty acid–producing bacteria (P less than .01).
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Women survive more often than men do when hospitalized with cirrhosis
March 6, 2019
Women more often had infections and comorbidities, while men more often had liver decompensation, which contributed most significantly to their higher mortality rate.
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Positive FIT test should prompt colonoscopy
February 4, 2019
Retrospective study in a Korean population shows increased risk even if a colonoscopy was recently performed; backs up U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on CRC Screening recommendation.
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Risk models fail to predict lower-GI bleeding outcomes
January 31, 2019
Seven complex clinical risk stratification models did not do as well.
