Therapeutic Options for Patients Bleeding with Peptic Ulcers by ABR Thomson

“…It is likely that the best outcome for the patient with an acute upper gastrointestinal bleed (GIB) includes early diagnosis: for a bleeding lesion with a high risk of rebleeding, in an older patient with systolic h.ypotension or in a person with multiple medical problems. Early therapeutic endoscopy with meticulous control of intragastric pH will Likely achieve the best outcome. …”
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Tracheostomy Wound Myiasis in a Child: Case Report and Review of the Literature by J. Blejter

“…The procedure had to be repeated three more times to extract all the larvae. An airway endoscopy was performed and ruled out the presence of larvae in the airway, as well as any damage to the wall of the trachea. …”
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A Multicenter, Prospective Study of a New Fully Covered Expandable Metal Biliary Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction by Bret T. Petersen, Michel Kahaleh, Richard A. Kozarek, David Loren, Kapil Gupta, Thomas Kowalski, Martin Freeman, Yang K. Chen, Malcolm S. Branch, Steven Edmundowicz, Michael Gluck, Kenneth Binmoeller, Todd H. Baron, Raj J. Shah, Timothy Kinney, William Ross, Paul Jowell, David Carr-Locke

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Diagnostic Performance of Gastric Imprint Smear for Determination of Helicobacter pylori Infection by J Al-Ali, F Al-Asfar, R Dhar, PM Dhar, K Kapila

“…BACKGROUND: Despite the availability of several methods (invasive and noninvasive) for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, no test is considered to be the ‘gold standard’. Endoscopy-based tests are regarded as the reference method in most studies.…”
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A Rare Metastatic Site of Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report by Sara Husain, Mohamed Isa, Raed Almarzooq

“…Here, we report a case of a 42-year-old female patient with left lobular breast cancer-gastric metastasis (initially misdiagnosed five years ago as an invasive ductal carcinoma) presenting with dyspepsia, weight loss, and persistent vomiting lasting for four weeks. Upper GI endoscopy revealed evidence of linitis plastica, and histological and immunocytochemical analyses of the biopsy confirmed gastric metastasis secondary to invasive lobular breast carcinoma.…”
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Effects of bronchoscopic alveolar lavage–assisted mechanical ventilation on postoperative pulmonary infection and inflammatory factors in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery by Hui Zhu, Haiyang Lu

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Over-the-Scope Clip-Associated Endoscopic Muscular Dissection for Seven Cases of Small Gastric Submucosal Tumor: A Video-Based Case Series by Xin Li, Rongfen Wei, Jianfu Qin, Fei Qin, Peng Peng, Mengbin Qin, Shiquan Liu, Jiean Huang

“…All tumors were completely dissected without any perforation or infection during and after the procedure in all cases, while three patients had mild abdominal pain, and one experienced postoperative bleeding after the procedure which was treated by the endoscopy with titanium clips. All the patients were followed by endoscopy three months later, all the wounds healed well, and all the OTSCs were still in the gastric wall. …”
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Application of failure model and effect analysis in nursing care for patients who have undergone endoscopic sub-mucosal dissection by Ying Liu, Kun-Kun Li, Lu Li, Ning Chang, Xiang-Ling Lun, Zhi-Hua Guan

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Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Complex Bacteremia in a Chinese Tertiary Hospital: A Decade Review (2013–2022) by Han M, Hua M, Xie H, Li J, Wang Y, Shen H, Cao X

“…ICU admission is an independent risk factor for polymicrobial bacteremia, both endoscopy and blood transfusion are linked to higher mortality. …”
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Utility of Computed Tomographic Enteroclysis/Enterography for the Assessment of Mucosal Healing in Crohn's Disease by Shinichi Hashimoto, Kensaku Shimizu, Hiroaki Shibata, Satoko Kanayama, Ryo Tanabe, Hideko Onoda, Naohumi Matsunaga, Isao Sakaida

“…Of the patients who underwent CTE for CD, 39 patients were examined whose mucosal findings could be confirmed by colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy, balloon endoscopy, or with the resected surgical specimens. …”
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Drug Related Esophagitis by René Beaudry, Franco Colizza

“…The main presenting symptoms were odynophagia and dysphagia for both solids and liquids following the first two or three doses. Esophageal endoscopy revealed the presence of acute esophageal ulcers in both cases. …”
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Barrett's Esophagus and Adenocarcinoma by Z.W. Li, A.B.R. Thomson

“…Routine surveillance endoscopy is suggested with generous biopsy material and brush cytology to detect either high grade dysplasia or intramucosal carcinoma in patients with Barrett's esophagus. …”
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2009 Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Educational Needs Assessment Report by Alaa Rostom, Sandra Daniels

“…Other highly rated areas were endoscopic techniques and therapeutics, celiac disease, approach to gastrointestinal (GI) infections and live endoscopy. The two most popular educational formats were ‘Lectures/presentations streamed to computer/podcasts’ and ‘A CAG educational portal to on-line presentations, self-assessments and maintenance of certification (MainCert) point tracking’.…”
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Association between gastroesophageal reflux disease and metabolic syndrome: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Tao He, Xiaoling Geng, Xue Lin, Yufei Li, Zhijun Duan

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Small Bowel Obstruction from Internal Hernia as a Complicaton of Colonscopy by Robert Patterson, Gerhard Klassen

“…Several cases of incarcerated inguinal hernia resulting from endoscopy are described in the medical literature; this is the first reported case of an incarcerated internal hernia as a complication of colonoscopy.…”
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Bleeding Ectopic Varices as the First Manifestation of Portal Hypertension by Brij Sharma, Sujeet Raina, Rajesh Sharma

“…We diagnosed ectopic duodenal varices without gastroesophageal varices on upper GI endoscopy and extrahepatic portal venous obstruction (EHPVO) on CT angiography and managed this case.…”
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Clinicians’ Guide to the Use of Fecal Calprotectin to Identify and Monitor Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Brian Bressler, Remo Panaccione, Richard N Fedorak, Ernest G Seidman

“…BACKGROUND: Objective monitoring of the severity of inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an essential part of disease management. However, repeat endoscopy to define extent and severity of inflammation is not practical. …”
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Application of Medical-Nursing Integration Multidisciplinary-Assisted Surgical Wound Nursing Mode in Improving the Quality of Wound Treatment by Jinyan Wang, Ting Yuan, Jun Shi

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Clinical Recommendations of Russian Gastroenterological Association and RENDO Endoscopic Society on Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastritis and Duodenitis by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, T. L. Lapina, E. D. Fedorov, A. A. Sheptulin, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. V. Kononov, R. A. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, E. K. Baranskaya, N. N. Dekhnich, I. L. Klyaritskaya, R. S. Kozlov, E. A. Kogan, M. P. Korolev, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. A. Kurilovich, M. A. Livsan, M. F. Osipenko, P. V. Pavlov, S. S. Pirogov, A. S. Sarsenbaeva, V. I. Simanenkov, A. S. Tertychny, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. P. Uspensky, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…With focal restricted intestinal metaplasia, follow-up is not required in most cases, mainly when advanced atrophic gastritis is ruled out in high-quality endoscopy with biopsy. However, a familial history of gastric cancer, incomplete intestinal metaplasia and persistent H. pylori infection render endoscopy monitoring with chromoendoscopy and targeted biopsy desirable once in three years. …”
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Clinicopathological Features of Advanced Gastric Cancers which Were Misjudged and Subjected to Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Yorinari Ochiai, Daisuke Kikuchi, Naoko Inoshita, Junnosuke Hayasaka, Yugo Suzuki, Masami Tanaka, Kosuke Nomura, Hiroyuki Odagiri, Satoshi Yamashita, Akira Matsui, Toshiro Iizuka, Masanobu Kitagawa, Shu Hoteya

“…In rare cases, advanced gastric cancer could not be accurately diagnosed by endoscopy using various modalities. Each case had special characteristics making identification of deep infiltration difficult.…”
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