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Clostridioides difficile: Two sets of guidelines disagree
July 8, 2021
Clinicians may find themselves trying to reconcile conflicts between the American College of Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines.
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C. difficile guidelines offer new possibilities
June 24, 2021
Updated recommendations address issues of diagnosis, recurrence, and fecal microbial transplant.
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Fact or fiction? Intravascular contrast and acute kidney injury
June 22, 2021
The risks of contrast-associated AKI are overstated, implying the truer danger lies with inadequate imaging.
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Safety-net burden linked with poorer inpatient cirrhosis outcomes
June 21, 2021
Even so, hospitalizations and mortality were still higher in Black patients than White patients after controlling for hospitals’ safety-net burden.
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In acute lower GI bleeding, there may be no benefit to early colonoscopy
June 4, 2021
Does early colonoscopy within 24 hours of presentation for adults with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding improve outcomes, compared with elective colonoscopy beyond 24 hours?
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Microbiome therapeutic offers durable protection against C. difficile recurrence
May 28, 2021
“The hope would be that one or more ... would probably replace the vast majority of FMT [procedures] that we do clinically,”said Dr. Sahil Khanna.
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Fecal microbiota transplantation impacts microRNAs implicated in recurrent C. difficile
May 4, 2021
“The findings from this study are extremely exciting and promising for the creation of novel therapeutics for patients with C. difficile.”
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FMT cuts risk of bloodstream infections in patients with recurrent CDI
April 29, 2021
In patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI), does fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) decrease the risk of bloodstream infection (BSI) and related complications including hospital length of stay and death?
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Emergent ERCP in acute cholangitis linked with better outcomes
March 22, 2021
Are outcomes better for patients with acute cholangitis (AC) if endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is done emergently (within 48 hours) versus urgently (more than 48 hours)?
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COVID-19 may alter gut microbiota
January 29, 2021
Changes in gut microorganisms may contribute to severe disease and long-term symptoms after the virus clears.
