{"title":"A case of nausea and vomiting : clinical case","authors":"J. Wright","doi":"10.4314/SAGR.V1I1.30698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAGR.V1I1.30698","url":null,"abstract":"Extracted from text ... CLINICAL CASE \u0000The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2003 22 \u0000A case of nausea and vomiting \u0000bowel gas. A diagnosis of a partial proximal small bowel obstruction \u0000was made. \u0000The most likely diagnosis was an obstruction in the area of \u0000A 70 year-old Scotsman visited his family in South Africa and \u0000presented with a history that 6 weeks ago he had become mildly \u0000anorexic and 2 weeks later suddenly experienced severe nausea \u0000and vomiting. His previous history of chronic constipation \u0000was now replaced by the passage of a daily soft stool. He was \u0000on Warfarin for chronic atrial ..","PeriodicalId":39144,"journal":{"name":"South African Gastroenterology Review","volume":"5 1","pages":"22-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70615438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hepatitis C virus infection: review","authors":"J. F. Botha","doi":"10.4314/SAGR.V1I2.30700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAGR.V1I2.30700","url":null,"abstract":"Extracted from text ... REVIEW \u0000The South African Gastroenterology Review - November 2003 4 \u0000Hepatitis C virus infection \u0000subtypes with sequence homology of 77 - 80 %.5 Certain \u0000genotypes predominate in certain geographic areas \u0000and genotype 5 is found almost exclusively in South \u0000Africa. Genotype predicts responsiveness to antiviral \u0000therapy6 and it is more difficult to achieve a sustained \u0000viral response in patients with genotype 1 than in those \u0000with genotypes 2 and 3. Preliminary data suggest that \u0000genotype 5 is also less responsive to anti-viral therapy. \u0000Quasispecies are closely related yet heterogenous sequences \u0000of the HCV genome within an infected individual. \u00007 ..","PeriodicalId":39144,"journal":{"name":"South African Gastroenterology Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"4-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70615596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IBS - the beginning and the end: clinical review","authors":"K. Pettengell","doi":"10.4314/sagr.v1i1.30693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/sagr.v1i1.30693","url":null,"abstract":"Extracted from text ... CLINICAL REVIEW \u0000The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2003 9 \u0000IBS - the beginning and the end \u0000malities have been found in the body of the oesophagus \u0000including an association with achalasia and poor lower \u0000oesophageal sphincter relaxation as well as non specific \u0000motor abnormalities with normal lower oesophageal \u0000sphincter function. These findings, however, appear to \u0000be inconsistent and as with pH studies, oesophageal \u0000motility tests reveal no diagnostically useful information. \u0000In the absence of physiological markers of the disease \u0000the condition is defined, as is the case with other functional \u0000disorders, on the basis of symptoms, the ..","PeriodicalId":39144,"journal":{"name":"South African Gastroenterology Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"9-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70615294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New guidelines published for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance : have you had your screening colonoscopy yet? : guidelines","authors":"J. P. Wright","doi":"10.4314/SAGR.V1I1.30697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAGR.V1I1.30697","url":null,"abstract":"Extracted from text ... GUIDELINES \u0000The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2003 19 \u0000New guidelines published for colorectal \u0000cancer screening and surveillance \u0000Have you had your screening colonoscopy yet ? \u0000will need a full examination of the colon and rectum by \u0000colonoscopy or double contrast barium enema if colonoscopy \u0000is not available. \u0000All persons with increased risk of colon cancer because of \u0000a previous history of colorectal cancer, adenomatous polyps \u0000or inflammatory bowel disease need colonoscopic surveillance. \u0000All providers involved in screening programmes must take \u0000responsibility for the clinical evaluation of results obtained \u0000and the reminding of patients for the need of ..","PeriodicalId":39144,"journal":{"name":"South African Gastroenterology Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"19-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70615405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gastric outlet obstruction caused by drug-induced focal pancreatitis: case report","authors":"A. Cariem","doi":"10.4314/SAGR.V1I2.30703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAGR.V1I2.30703","url":null,"abstract":"Gastric outlet obstruction caused by drug-induced focal pancreatitis finding of note was on abdominal examination. There was a fullness in the epigastrium which was tympanic on percussion. He had mild tenderness in the epigastrium. There was no palpable mass. Blood tests showed an Hb of 14gm/dl, a white count of 18,900/mm3 with an absolute neutrophilia and a left shift. The ESR was 40mm/hour. The C-reactive protein was 7mg/l (normal <10).","PeriodicalId":39144,"journal":{"name":"South African Gastroenterology Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"16-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70615574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indications for liver biopsy in patients with asymptomatic elevated transaminases: review","authors":"C. Kassianides, P. Hall","doi":"10.4314/SAGR.V1I2.30701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAGR.V1I2.30701","url":null,"abstract":"Extracted from text ... REVIEW \u0000The South African Gastroenterology Review - November 2003 8 \u0000Indications for liver biopsy in patients \u0000with asymptomatic elevated \u0000transaminases \u0000the duration of the intrahepatic phase of the biopsy to a \u0000fraction of a second.3 Since then percutaneous liver biopsy \u0000has been the standard method of obtaining liver tissue. \u0000The technique is done blindly using either a standard \u0000thin bore (1.4 to 1.8 mm diameter) aspiration \u0000Menghini -type needle or a Tru-Cut needle (2.05 mm \u0000diameter) where tissue is obtained by cutting. \u0000Outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy can be performed \u0000safely in most patients although complications requiring \u0000hospitalisation may occur ..","PeriodicalId":39144,"journal":{"name":"South African Gastroenterology Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"8-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70615500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}