March 2009 Volume 6 Number 3
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New ACG Guidelines Issued for the Management of IBS
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) has updated its 2002
Evidence-Based Position Statement on the Management of Irritable Bowel
Syndrome - complete with new treatments, new graded recommendations and
new recommendations on diagnostic testing.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is one of the most common disorders managed
by gastroenterologists and primary care physicians, and in light of the
changes in the clinical landscape relating to IBS therapy in recent
years the ACG has decided to update its position statement.
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EDITORIAL
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A perfect storm
Stephen B Hanauer
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Finnish public health colorectal cancer screening program justifies
continuation
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Fecal calprotectin: a useful diagnostic marker for acute, bacterial diarrhea
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Improved diagnostic accuracy of wireless esophageal pH monitoring
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Similar risk of lower gastrointestinal events with etoricoxib and diclofenac
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Adalimumab maintenance therapy improves quality of life in patients with
Crohn's disease
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Pretreatment algorithm predicts response to HCV antiviral therapy
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Sex-related disparities still exist in liver transplant allocation
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A reliable DNA microarray approach for identification of bacterial stool
pathogens
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Administration of physiologic plasma lipid reduces food intake in rats and
mice
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PRACTICE POINTS
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Feasibility of combined EUS-FNA and ERCP for obstructive jaundice from
presumed pancreatic malignancy
Shajan Peter and Mohamad A Eloubeidi
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Is chromoendoscopy the new standard for cancer surveillance in patients
with ulcerative colitis?
Markus F Neurath and Ralf Kiesslich
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Is weight loss more successful after gastric bypass than gastric banding
for obese patients?
Paul O'Brien
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High-dose versus standard-dose PPI in triple therapy for Helicobacter
pylori eradication
Mitsushige Sugimoto and David Y Graham
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Which fecal occult blood test is best to screen for colorectal cancer?
Graeme P Young and Stephen R Cole
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Combining two imaging techniques is best to diagnose small-bowel Crohn's
disease
Giovanni Maconi and Gabriele Bianchi Porro
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Crohn's colitis versus ulcerative colitis: should surveillance for dysplasia
and cancer differ?
Burton I Korelitz
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VIEWPOINTS
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What is the optimal duration of stent placement for refractory, benign
esophageal strictures?
Peter D Siersema and Meike MC Hirdes
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Behavioral therapy for IBS
Peter J Whorwell
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REVIEWS
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Pathogenesis of portal hypertensive gastropathy: translating basic research
into clinical practice
Rafael F Perini, Paula RS Camara and Jose GP Ferraz
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Multimodal approaches to the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
Giuseppe Cabibbo, Federica Latteri, Michela Antonucci and Antonio Craxi
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Proteomic and metabolic prediction of response to therapy in
gastrointestinal cancers
Ken Herrmann, Axel Walch, Benjamin Balluff, Marc Tanzer, Heinz Hofler,
Bernd J Krause, Markus Schwaiger, Helmut Friess, Roland M Schmid and
Matthias PA Ebert
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CASE STUDY
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A case of Cowden's syndrome presenting with gastric carcinomas and
gastrointestinal polyposis
Khalid Al-Thihli, Laura Palma, Victoria Marcus, Matthew Cesari, Yael B
Kushner, Alan Barkun and William D Foulkes
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ARTICLE RESPONSES
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Duration of treatment with albendazole for hepatic toxocariasis
Masahide Yoshikawa
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Probiotic prophylaxis in acute pancreatitis: prudence required
Marc GH Besselink, Hjalmar C van Santvoort, Marja A Boermeester, Erik
Buskens, Louis MA Akkermans and Hein G Gooszen
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Misconception of treatment for liver disease unique to pregnancy
Weekitt Kittisupamongkol
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Gastric electric stimulation is a viable option in gastroparesis treatment
Thomas L Abell
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