{"title":"Predictors for Achieving Textbook Outcomes After Endoscopic Resection of Giant Submucosal Tumors in the Esophagus and Cardia.","authors":"Wei Su, Yun Wang, Haihan Xu, Ji-Yuan Zhang, Xi-Guo Fang, Hao Hu, Quan-Lin Li, Yun-Shi Zhong, Yi-Qun Zhang, Wei-Feng Chen, Ping-Hong Zhou, Sheng-Li Lin","doi":"10.1007/s10620-025-09377-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-025-09377-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Endoscopic resection for submucosal tumors (SMTs) in the esophagus and cardia is challenging with hazards of adverse events and the exploration of its achieving textbook outcome (TO) was unknown. We aim to investigate the predictors of TO for giant SMTs with a long diameter ≥ 7 cm or a transverse diameter ≥ 3.5 cm.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective review was conducted for endoscopic resection of consecutive patients with giant SMTs in the esophagus and cardia between July 2017 and February 2022 at the Endoscopy center of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University. TO was mainly defined as absences of major adverse events, piecemeal resection, and prolonged hospital stay. Clinicopathologic, procedural characteristics, adverse events, and follow-up outcomes were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 109 patients who completed endoscopic resection were analyzed. The median long and transverse diameter of the tumors were 7.5 cm (range, 4-15 cm) and 4 cm (range, 1.5-7 cm), respectively. The en bloc resection rate was 78.9%. Transverse diameter < 4.5 cm and regular shape were independent predictors for TO. Major adverse events (mAEs) occurred in 14 patients (12.8%). Long diameter ≥ 9 cm and piecemeal resection were significantly associated with mAEs. During a median follow-up of 33.5 months, there was no tumor recurrence or metastasis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Giant esophageal or cardia SMTs with a long diameter < 9 cm and transverse diameter < 4.5 cm indicated a safe and credible outcome for endoscopic resection.</p>","PeriodicalId":11378,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases and Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144999906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ning Su, Jiyu Zhang, Qingfen Zheng, Lixia Zhao, Bingrong Liu
{"title":"Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Followed by Endoscopic Full-Thickness Resection for Hidden Major Duodenal Papillary Neoplasm (with Video).","authors":"Ning Su, Jiyu Zhang, Qingfen Zheng, Lixia Zhao, Bingrong Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10620-025-09365-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-025-09365-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11378,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases and Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144999964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concerns Regarding Generalizability of IEL Cut-offs in Pediatric-Only Study for Celiac Disease Diagnosis.","authors":"Aiman Ashfaq","doi":"10.1007/s10620-025-09345-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-025-09345-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11378,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases and Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144999973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaitlin Payne, Claire Jansson-Knodell, Emily Trommer, Andrew Ford, Kendra Weekley, David Gardinier, Alberto Rubio-Tapia
{"title":"Adult Patients with Celiac Disease Are Under-Vaccinated Against Pneumococcal Disease: A Quality Improvement Study.","authors":"Kaitlin Payne, Claire Jansson-Knodell, Emily Trommer, Andrew Ford, Kendra Weekley, David Gardinier, Alberto Rubio-Tapia","doi":"10.1007/s10620-025-09350-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-025-09350-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Patients with celiac disease (CeD) are at increased risk of pneumococcal infections, and guidelines recommend vaccination against pneumococcal disease as a safe and effective strategy at reducing the risk of infection. The rate of vaccination amongst patients with CeD is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate current underlying vaccination rates and to improve vaccination rates through a quality improvement initiative.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data regarding rates of pneumococcal vaccination amongst patients with biopsy-confirmed CeD were retrospectively collected. A prospective quality improvement initiative was then performed. An educational handout was provided to patients seen during in-person clinic visits, and the pneumococcal conjugate 20 vaccine (PCV20) was offered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 340 patients were initially reviewed. Only 78 patients (21%) were adequately vaccinated against pneumococcal infection. In the prospective portion, 93 CeD patients were seen in the office during the period of intervention, 33 of whom were already vaccinated (35%). The handout was given to 42/60 eligible patients, the majority of whom were vaccinated during the same clinic visit (62%). Of patients who did not receive the flier, 2/18 were vaccinated in the office. Patients were significantly more likely to get vaccinated after receiving the handout (odds ratio (OR) 13.0; 95% CI 2.6-64.2; p = 0.0016).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Patients with CeD are under-vaccinated against pneumococcal disease. Providing educational resources and administering PCV20 during in-person GI office visits appears to be an effective strategy to increase vaccination rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":11378,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases and Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144991712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Mironova, Zachary Zaiman, Mathew C Samuel, Judy Wawira Gichoya, Andre L Holder, Leo Anthony Celi, Daniel J Stein
{"title":"Real World Performance of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Across Different Races and Ethnicities.","authors":"Maria Mironova, Zachary Zaiman, Mathew C Samuel, Judy Wawira Gichoya, Andre L Holder, Leo Anthony Celi, Daniel J Stein","doi":"10.1007/s10620-025-09362-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10620-025-09362-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>The MELD score assesses liver disease severity and guides liver allocation in the United States. This study aims to address the knowledge gap regarding potential disparities in the performance of MELD-Na and MELD 3.0 scores across races and ethnicities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective cohort study of Asian, White, African American, and Hispanic patients with cirrhosis from MIMIC-IV (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) and Emory University databases. The performance of the MELD scores in predicting a composite outcome of death or liver transplant (LT) during the hospital stay or within 90 days was analyzed using AUROC for discrimination, and calibration curves for calibration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 4,306 patients with cirrhosis from MIMIC-IV and 5801 patients from Emory were included. Across both datasets, no significant differences were found in the discriminative ability of both scores to predict in-hospital death or LT across races and ethnicities (p > 0.05). A small group of Asian patients influenced score performance differences at 90 days in MIMIC-IV. Calibration plots showed both scores tend to overpredict outcomes at higher values, particularly MELD-Na in MIMIC-IV among African Americans.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both scores demonstrated consistent discriminative ability across major ethnic/racial groups. Both scores predicted outcomes better in Emory, a high-volume LT center, than in MIMIC-IV, suggesting site-specific differences and the Emory cohort's closer resemblance to populations used for MELD derivation. These findings suggest disparities in cirrhosis care may relate to socioeconomic factors rather than score performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":11378,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases and Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144946993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing Risk Stratification in HTG-AP and DKA: The Case for Broader Biomarker Inclusion.","authors":"Hira Khalid, Sakan Binte Imran","doi":"10.1007/s10620-025-09367-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-025-09367-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11378,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases and Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144991710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methodological Considerations for Machine Learning-Based Identification of IBD Cohorts.","authors":"Meerab Ali Khan, Muhammad Yousaf","doi":"10.1007/s10620-025-09378-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-025-09378-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11378,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Diseases and Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144991714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}