Yu, Yang Li, Xingzhao Wan, Taihu
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Digestive diseases and sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new problems to patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). We aim to know the effects of HBV infection on patients with COVID-19. We searched PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science for data and utilized Stata 14.0 software for this meta-analysis with a random-effects model. This paper was conducted in alignment wi...
Unalp-Arida, Aynur Ruhl, Constance E
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Fatty liver disease is a growing public health burden. We estimated prepandemic fatty liver disease prevalence determined by transient elastography-assessed hepatic steatosis and fibrosis, and examined associations with lifestyle and other factors in a United States population sample. Liver stiffness and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) were ...
Demb, Joshua Liu, Lin Bustamante, Ranier Dominitz, Jason A Earles, Ashley Shah, Shailja C Gawron, Andrew J Martinez, Maria Elena Gupta, Samir
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Delays in colonoscopy work-up for red flag signs or symptoms of colorectal cancer (CRC) during the COVID-19 pandemic are not well characterized. To examine colonoscopy uptake and time to colonoscopy after red flag diagnosis, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cohort study of adults ages 50-75 with iron deficiency anemia (IDA), hematochezia, o...
Shah, Raj Kurin, Michael Satyavada, Sagarika Ismail, Mayada Smith, Zachary Davitkov, Perica Isenberg, Gerard Gottumukkala, Raju Faulx, Ashley Falck-Ytter, Yngve
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Digestive diseases and sciences
The development of guidelines by gastroenterology societies increasingly stresses evidence-based endoscopic practice. We performed a systematic assessment to determine whether endoscopic video teaching platforms incorporate evidence-based educational strategies and methods in order to disseminate guideline-based endoscopic management strategies. Pl...
Wang, Connie W Mclean I, Richard Cheng, Yao-Wen Kim, Stephanie Terdiman, Jonathan Kathpalia, Priya Beck, Kendall R
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Digestive diseases and sciences
The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted healthcare delivery including elective endoscopy. We aimed to determine the prevalence of endoscopy cancellations in the COVID-19 era and identify patient characteristics associated with cancellation due to the pandemic. Medical charts were reviewed for adults who cancelled an outpatient ...
Rao, Ashwin Rule, Jody A Cerro-Chiang, Giuliana Stravitz, Richard T McGuire, Brendan M Lee, Goo Fontana, Robert J Lee, William M
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Digestive diseases and sciences
While hepatitis A and B are well-known causes of acute liver failure (ALF), few well-documented cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (absent preexisting liver disease or other liver insults) have been described that result in ALF. We reviewed the Acute Liver Failure Study Group registry for evidence of HCV as a primary or contributing cause t...
Jones, Emma Watkins, Margaret Anderson, Erin Gelow, Kayla Green, Kelsey Draucker, Claire Lammert, Craig
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Significant reduction in quality of life among patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) patients has been observed in several studies. While acute symptoms associated with AIH have been well described, little is known about the overall impact of living with AIH on patients' quality of life. The aim of this qualitative descriptive study was to descr...
Merchant, Juanita L
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Bravo-Vázquez, Luis Alberto Medina-Ríos, Ixchel Márquez-Gallardo, Luis David Reyes-Muñoz, Josué Serrano-Cano, Francisco I Pathak, Surajit Banerjee, Antara Bandyopadhyay, Anindya Duttaroy, Asim K Paul, Sujay
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Digestive diseases and sciences
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are tiny (20-24 nucleotides long), non-coding, highly conserved RNA molecules that play a crucial role within the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression via sequence-specific mechanisms. Since the miRNA transcriptome is involved in multiple molecular processes needed for cellular homeostasis, its altered expression ca...
Sleiman, Joseph Duong, Nikki Aby, Elizabeth S Guerrero Vinsard, Daniela Advani, Rashmi Bilal, Mohammad
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Digestive diseases and sciences