{"title":"32nd United European Gastroenterology Week 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ueg2.12614","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11470993/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"32nd United European Gastroenterology Week 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ueg2.12610","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11470997/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"32nd United European Gastroenterology Week 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ueg2.12616","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11470992/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Young GI angle: Challenges in education of liver transplantation gastroenterologists.","authors":"Iva Košuta, Patrizia Burra","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12620","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ueg2.12620","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11485404/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"32nd United European Gastroenterology Week 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ueg2.12613","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11471002/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexey Surov, Andreas Wienke, Jan Borggrefe, Mattes Hinnerichs, Ricarda Seidensticker, Osman Öcal, Kerstin Schütte, Christoph J Zech, Christian Loewe, Otto van Delden, Vincent Vandecaveye, Chris Verslype, Bernhard Gebauer, Christian Sengel, Irene Bargellini, Roberto Iezzi, Peter Malfertheiner, Thomas Berg, Heinz J Klümpen, Julia Benckert, Antonio Gasbarrini, Holger Amthauer, Bruno Sangro, Jens Ricke, Max Seidensticker
{"title":"Skeletal muscle quality predicts overall survival in advanced liver hepatocellular carcinoma treated with SIRT and sorafenib: A subanalysis of the SORAMIC trial.","authors":"Alexey Surov, Andreas Wienke, Jan Borggrefe, Mattes Hinnerichs, Ricarda Seidensticker, Osman Öcal, Kerstin Schütte, Christoph J Zech, Christian Loewe, Otto van Delden, Vincent Vandecaveye, Chris Verslype, Bernhard Gebauer, Christian Sengel, Irene Bargellini, Roberto Iezzi, Peter Malfertheiner, Thomas Berg, Heinz J Klümpen, Julia Benckert, Antonio Gasbarrini, Holger Amthauer, Bruno Sangro, Jens Ricke, Max Seidensticker","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12627","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ueg2.12627","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Our purpose was to assess the impact of muscle quality on overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced HCC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a subanalysis of the SORAMIC trial. Overall, 363 patients were included. The SIRT/Sorafenib treatment group comprised 182 patients and the sorafenib group 181 patients. Myosteatosis was defined as skeletal muscle density (SMD) < 41 HU for patients with a body mass index up to 24.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup> and <33 HU for patients with a body mass index ≥25 kg/m<sup>2</sup>. Albumin-gauge score was calculated as follows: serum albumin (g/dL) × SMD (HU). To assess the impact of muscle quality on clinical variables and OS, a Cox regression model was used. Hazard ratios are presented together with 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI). Kaplan-Meier curves were used for survival analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the SIRT/sorafenib cohort, low albumin-gauge score was an independent predictor of worse OS, HR = 1.74, CI 95% (1.16-2.62), p = 0.01. In the sorafenib cohort, muscle quality parameters did not predict OS. In alcohol-induced HCC (n = 129), myosteatosis independently predicted OS, HR = 1.85, CI 95% (1.10; 3.12), p = 0.02. In viral-induced HCC (n = 99), parameters of muscle quality did not predict OS. In patients with NASH/Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) induced HCC, albumin-gauge score was a strong independent predictor of worse OS in the subgroup undergoing combined treatment with SIRT and sorafenib, HR = 9.86, CI 95% (1.12; 86.5), p = 0.04.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Myosteatosis predicts independently worse OS in patients with alcohol-induced HCC undergoing combined treatment with SIRT and sorafenib. In patients with NASH/NAFLD induced HCC undergoing treatment with SIRT and sorafenib, albumin-gauge score predicts independently worse OS.</p><p><strong>Impact and implications: </strong>Associations between parameters of muscle quality and OS are different in accordance to the treatment strategy and etiology of HCC. These findings highlight the prognostic potential of skeletal muscle quality in patients with advanced HCC.</p>","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11485303/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141617181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Bergman, Fahim Ebrahimi, Jiangwei Sun, Cecilia Norin, Kaziwe Mollazadegan, Jonas F Ludvigsson
{"title":"Inflammatory eye disease is a risk factor for future microscopic colitis: A nationwide population-based matched case control study.","authors":"David Bergman, Fahim Ebrahimi, Jiangwei Sun, Cecilia Norin, Kaziwe Mollazadegan, Jonas F Ludvigsson","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12623","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ueg2.12623","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Microscopic colitis (MC) is an inflammatory disorder of the colon. To date, the relationship between inflammatory eye diseases and MC is unclear.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess whether inflammatory eye disease (iridocyclitis and episcleritis) is a risk factor for MC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a nationwide matched case control study in Sweden leveraging the ESPRESSO-study (a Swedish database containing data on all biopsies from the gastrointestinal tract from 1965 to 2017). In total, we identified 14,338 patients with biopsy-verified MC (diagnosed from 1981 to 2017). Patients with MC were matched (by age, sex, county and year of birth) with 68,753 controls from the general population and the occurrence of preceding inflammatory eye diseases (defined as diagnosis of episcleritis or iridocyclitis) in the two groups was compared. Multivariable adjusted odds ratios (aORs) were calculated using conditional logistic regression conditioned on the matching variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A majority of patients with MC were women (71.9%) and the median age at MC diagnosis was 63.3 years (interquartile range (IQR) = 50.7-72.6). Some 225 (1.6%) MC patients had an earlier record of inflammatory eye disease compared with 614 (0.9%) in controls. These figures corresponded to an aOR of 1.77 (95% CI = 1.52-2.07) for inflammatory eye diseases in patients with MC. Compared to siblings, the aOR for previous inflammatory eye diseases in MC was 1.52 (95% CI = 1.17-1.98) and patients treated with budesonide, as a proxy for clinically significant disease, had a somewhat higher aOR for previous inflammatory eye diseases.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Inflammatory eye diseases are more common in patients subsequently being diagnosed with MC. Our findings highlight that these conditions may have shared causes and inflammatory pathways and are of clinical interest to gastroenterologists, ophthalmologists and general practitioners.</p>","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11485298/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141535420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Malin Fromme, Laura Rademacher, Samira Amzou, Christi D Cook, Isabel Zacharias, Lanju Zhang, John E Ripollone, Pavel Strnad
{"title":"Association of circulating Z-polymer with adverse clinical outcomes and liver fibrosis in adults with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.","authors":"Malin Fromme, Laura Rademacher, Samira Amzou, Christi D Cook, Isabel Zacharias, Lanju Zhang, John E Ripollone, Pavel Strnad","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12629","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ueg2.12629","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Circulating polymerized mutant Z-alpha-1 antitrypsin (Z-polymer) constitutes a characteristic feature in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), but there is limited knowledge about its association with adverse clinical outcomes and liver fibrosis. We explored this association using data from a large cohort of adults with AATD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 836 (431 PiZZ, 405 PiMZ) adults with AATD and 312 controls (PiMM) from the European Alpha-1 Liver Cohort (2015-2020) were included. Time-to-event analyses were conducted for adults with the PiZZ genotype followed for adverse clinical outcomes (earliest occurrence of liver-related hospitalization, liver transplant or all-cause mortality). Cox proportional hazard models were used to describe the association between binary circulating Z-polymer levels and adverse clinical outcomes. Correlations between baseline circulating Z-polymer levels and baseline liver fibrosis (liver stiffness measurement [LSM] determined by transient elastography [FibroScan®]) were evaluated. The analyses were stratified by augmentation therapy status.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 324 adults with the PiZZ genotype and longitudinal follow-up data, 28 reported adverse clinical outcomes. Higher baseline circulating Z-polymer levels were associated with an increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes in both crude (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval, CI], 2.88 [1.21, 6.87]) and age-adjusted (1.96 [0.78, 4.94]) analyses. In adults with the PiZZ genotype, circulating Z-polymer levels were weakly positively correlated with baseline LSM (Spearman's rho [95% CI]: 0.21 [0.11, 0.31]). Similar results were observed after stratification by augmentation therapy status.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In adults with the PiZZ genotype, higher circulating Z-polymer levels were associated with a shorter time to adverse clinical outcome, and positively correlated with baseline LSM. Circulating Z-polymer levels may be a prognostic biomarker of clinically relevant disease in AATD.</p>","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11485299/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141724603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexandros Ioannou, Konstantina Dimopoulou, Evripidis Rizos, Eleni Manthopoulou, Orestis Sidiropoulos, Evgenia Papathanasiou, Georgios Tziatzios, Konstantina Paraskeva, Ioannis S Papanikolaou
{"title":"Evaluation of gastroenterology training curriculum in Greece.","authors":"Alexandros Ioannou, Konstantina Dimopoulou, Evripidis Rizos, Eleni Manthopoulou, Orestis Sidiropoulos, Evgenia Papathanasiou, Georgios Tziatzios, Konstantina Paraskeva, Ioannis S Papanikolaou","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12630","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ueg2.12630","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Resident Survey of Gastroenterology Training in Greece.</p>","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11485296/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cecilie Siggaard Knoph, James Lucocq, Sivesh Kathir Kamarajah, Søren Schou Olesen, Michael Jones, Jayanta Samanta, Rupjyoti Talukdar, Gabriele Capurso, Enrique de-Madaria, Dhiraj Yadav, Ajith K Siriwardena, John Windsor, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Manu Nayar, Sanjay Pandanaboyana
{"title":"Global trends in opioid use for pain management in acute pancreatitis: A multicentre prospective observational study.","authors":"Cecilie Siggaard Knoph, James Lucocq, Sivesh Kathir Kamarajah, Søren Schou Olesen, Michael Jones, Jayanta Samanta, Rupjyoti Talukdar, Gabriele Capurso, Enrique de-Madaria, Dhiraj Yadav, Ajith K Siriwardena, John Windsor, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Manu Nayar, Sanjay Pandanaboyana","doi":"10.1002/ueg2.12641","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ueg2.12641","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Since there is no current international consensus on the optimal approach for pain management in acute pancreatitis (AP), analgesic practices may vary across different healthcare settings.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study explored global disparities in analgesic use, in particular opioids, during admission and at discharge in hospitalised AP patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a post hoc analysis of the prospective PAINAP database, which included all admissions for AP between April and June 2022 with a 1-month follow-up. Demographic details, analgesic use, and clinical outcomes were recorded during admission and at discharge. Odds ratios (ORs) for opioid use during admission and at discharge were identified using multivariable regression analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Amongst the 1864 patients (52% males, median age 56 (interquartile range, 41-71)) across three different continents, simple analgesics were predominantly used as the primary analgesic (70%). Opioid use during admission was lowest in European centres (67%). Admission in Asian (OR, 2.53 (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.59-4.04), p < 0.001), and Australian (OR, 5.81 (95% CI, 3.19-10.56), p < 0.001) centres was associated with opioid administration during admission compared with European centres. Increased pain severity, longer pre-admission pain duration, organ failure, and longer length of admission increased opioid use during admission. At discharge, Asian (OR, 2.01 (95% CI, 1.40-2.88), p < 0.001) and Australian (OR, 1.91 (95% CI, 1.28-2.85), p = 0.002) centres were associated with opioid prescription compared with European centres. Increased pain severity, longer pre-admission pain duration, acute necrotic collections, and walled-off necrosis also increased the likelihood of opioid prescription at discharge.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There are substantial intercontinental differences in opioid use for AP pain. Accordingly, there is a need for international guidelines on pain management in AP.</p>","PeriodicalId":23444,"journal":{"name":"United European Gastroenterology Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11485295/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141976670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}