Zori, Andreas Villanueva, Faith Hatamleh, Diana Ismael, Media Forde, Justin Mota, Manoela Johnson, Lindsey Cabrera, Roniel
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Many patients are not candidates for liver transplant for non-tumor-related reasons including medical comorbidities and non-adherence. The prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are not liver transplant candidates in the era of locoregional therapy (LRT) including y90 is not well defined. This study seeks to evaluate outcomes...
Mukhtar, Nizar A Evon, Donna M Yim, Colina Lok, Anna S Lisha, Nadra Lisker-Melman, Mauricio Hassan, Mohamed Janssen, Harry L A Khalili, Mandana
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Digestive diseases and sciences
A greater understanding of the determinants of health behavior among those with and at-risk of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is needed for effective design and implementation of public health initiatives. To determine factors associated with (1) willingness to accept HBV antiviral treatment and (2) satisfaction with provider communicati...
Oshima, Tadayuki Miwa, Hiroto
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Kido, Kazuhiko
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Akanbi, Olalekan Adejumo, Adeyinka Charles Soliman, Mohanad Kudaravalli, Praneeth
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Leaving against medical advice (LAMA) is an unfortunate occurrence in 1-2% of all hospitalized patients and is associated with worse outcomes. While this has been investigated across multiple clinical conditions, studies on patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) are lacking. We aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of this event among...
Sheng, Li-Ping Han, Chao-Qun Nie, Chi Xu, Tao Zhang, Kun Li, Xuan-Ji Xie, Xin-Ru Lin, Rong Ding, Zhen
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Pain associated with colonoscopies is a major barrier to patients participating in colorectal cancer screenings. While sedation and analgesia are used to reduce pain during the procedure, they are associated with increased complications and costs. Thus, it is necessary to identity novel techniques to relieve pain in a safe and cost-effective way. T...
Schupack, Daniel A Ravi, Karthik Geno, Debra M Pierce, Katrina Mara, Kristin Katzka, David A Alexander, Jeffrey A
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Eosinophilic esophagitis is an inflammatory condition in which eosinophil infiltration leads to esophageal remodeling and stricturing, with dilation therapy often needed. Achieving histologic remission reduces the need for repeat dilation, although little is known about the effects of long-term maintenance therapy. To further assess the relationshi...
Ding, Jian Shi, Feng Xie, Guangdong Zhu, Yong
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Previous studies have indicated that the dysregulation of long non-coding RNAs plays an important role in tumors. LINC01503 is a newly discovered lncRNA that promotes development of various tumor types. However, the function of LINC01503 in gastric cancer has not been reported yet. To explore the function of LINC01503 in gastric cancer development ...
Milling, Truman J Refaai, Majed A Sengupta, Neil
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Digestive diseases and sciences
Patients receiving anticoagulant therapies, such as vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) or direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), commonly experience gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding as a complication and may require anticoagulant reversal prior to endoscopic treatment. Anticoagulant reversal agents include prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs; including 3 o...
Yik, Barnabas Shah, Nimeesh
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Digestive diseases and sciences
