Blackett, John W Kumta, Nikhil A Dixon, Rebekah E David, Yakira Nagula, Satish DiMaio, Christopher J Greenwald, David Sharaiha, Reem Z Sampath, Kartik Carr-Locke, David
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Digestive diseases and sciences
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted the practice of endoscopy, but characteristics of COVID patients undergoing endoscopy have not been adequately described. To compare findings, clinical outcomes, and patient characteristics of endoscopies performed during the pandemic in patients with and without COVID-19. ...
Grossi, Enzo Pace, Fabio
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Xiao, Alexander Hua Chang, Stephen Y Stevoff, Christian G Komanduri, Srinadh Pandolfino, John E Keswani, Rajesh N
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Digestive diseases and sciences
COVID-19 has caused a backlog of endoscopic procedures; colonoscopy must now be prioritized to those who would benefit most. We determined the proportion of screening and surveillance colonoscopies appropriate for rescheduling to a future year through strict adoption of US Multi-Society Task Force (USMSTF) guidelines. We conducted a single-center o...
Htet, Hein Basford, Pete
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Balakrishnan, Maya Seth, Aradhna Cortes-Santiago, Nahir Jain, Shilpa Sood, Gagan K El-Serag, Hashem B Thrift, Aaron P
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Digestive diseases and sciences
The development of point-of-care biomarkers of disease has become a major focus of interest in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS), BARD, FIB-4, and aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) are commonly used for advanced NAFLD fibrosis prediction. However, the performance of these scores among i...
Gupta, Pankaj Virk, Mandeep Gulati, Ajay Muktesh, Gaurav Shah, Jimil Samanta, Jayanta Mandavdhare, Harshal Sharma, Vishal Dutta, Usha Kochhar, Rakesh
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The presence of necrotic collection in acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) at intra-abdominal sites other than the retroperitoneum has not been systematically studied. To investigate unusual sites of necrotic collections at computed tomography (CT) and to evaluate association with pancreatic necrosis and clinical outcomes. This retrospective study...
Sobani, Zain A Ling, Christina Rustagi, Tarun
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Digestive diseases and sciences
The mainstay of management of acute cholecystitis is surgical. Despite the advances in anesthesia and laparoscopic surgery, there is a significant pool of patients that are not candidates for surgery given their significant comorbidities and limited functional reserve. Historically percutaneous gallbladder drainage has been utilized to temporize th...
Talukdar, Rupjyoti Aslam, Mohsin Reddy, D Nageshwar Nabi, Zaheer Shava, Upender Ravikanth, V V Avanthi, Steffie Govardhan, B
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Pancreas divisum (PD) as a cause of pancreatitis has been debated. In this study, we report the association of multiple gene polymorphisms on the risk of RAP in the presence of PD. We enrolled 687 individuals (167 IRAP, 276 ICP, and 244 unrelated healthy controls) from May 2015 to September 2016. Patients were divided into those with/without PD. As...
Simons-Linares, C Roberto Imam, Zaid Chahal, Prabhleen
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Infectious etiologies are rare cause of acute pancreatitis (AP). We sought to investigate the frequency of viral-attributed AP (VIAP) and describe its natural course and clinical features. Comprehensive review of PubMed and EMBASE in English until December 31, 2019, was performed. AP diagnosis and severity were defined per the Revised Atlanta Class...
Lopatin, Sarah Balzora, Sophie
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