{"title":"Predicting Risk of Colorectal Cancer After Adenoma Removal.","authors":"Shih-Wei Lai, Kuan-Fu Liao","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003284","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143045563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scott Silvey, Nilang Patel, Jacqueline G O'Leary, Jasmohan S Bajaj
{"title":"ENHANCEMENT OF CIRRHOSIS MORTALITY PREDICTION BY INCLUDING HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY TO MELD3.0 IN A NATIONAL VETERAN COHORT.","authors":"Scott Silvey, Nilang Patel, Jacqueline G O'Leary, Jasmohan S Bajaj","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite negative outcomes, hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is not included in model-for-end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores, including MELD3.0. In a national Veterans affairs (VA) database, we studied the additive mortality predictive impact of a documented inpatient overt HE diagnosis on MELD3.0 and MELD-Na scores in 75,327 Veterans (26.8% with HE, 22% 90-day and 37% 1-year mortality). The addition of HE to MELD3.0 and MELD-Na significantly improved their mortality prediction with interactions at 90-days and 1-year on multivariable regression. A documented inpatient HE episode is additive to the mortality prediction of MELD3.0 by 4-5 extra points and could enhance future MELD iterations.</p>","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142998463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-Term Natural History of Autoimmune Gastritis: Results From a Prospective, Monocentric Series.","authors":"Jiayi Hong, Zijin Liu, Huihong Zhai","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003182","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142982377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah L Melton, Jonathan Abdelmalak, Rebecca Burgell, Jessica A Fitzpatrick
{"title":"The Importance of Dietary Measures for Clinical Utility.","authors":"Sarah L Melton, Jonathan Abdelmalak, Rebecca Burgell, Jessica A Fitzpatrick","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003260","DOIUrl":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003260","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142982382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Later Is Not Always Better: Timing of Oral Anticoagulant Resumption After Endoscopic Procedures, Between New Data and Residual Uncertainties.","authors":"Giulio Francesco Romiti, Gregory Y H Lip","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003214","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142982373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rena Yadlapati, Dayna Early, Prasad G Iyer, Douglas R Morgan, Neil Sengupta, Prateek Sharma, Nicholas J Shaheen
{"title":"Quality Indicators for Upper GI Endoscopy.","authors":"Rena Yadlapati, Dayna Early, Prasad G Iyer, Douglas R Morgan, Neil Sengupta, Prateek Sharma, Nicholas J Shaheen","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003252","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142982379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anisa Choudhary, Katha Makwana, Judy Nee, Qasim Aziz
{"title":"Hypermobility syndromes and their impact on GI illnesses: a review for gastroenterologists.","authors":"Anisa Choudhary, Katha Makwana, Judy Nee, Qasim Aziz","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003315","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142942717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lluís Mundet, Tennekoon Buddhika Karunaratne, Omar Ortega, Alba Raventós, Pere Clavé
{"title":"Study of the cortico-anorectal neurophysiology in women with fecal incontinence.","authors":"Lluís Mundet, Tennekoon Buddhika Karunaratne, Omar Ortega, Alba Raventós, Pere Clavé","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003295","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Fecal incontinence (FI) is a prevalent condition that disproportionately impacts women. Although sphincter biomechanics are well studied, the integrity of the cortico-anal motor pathway remains elusive. We evaluated the cortico-spino-anorectal pathway in women with FI against age-matched (AM-HV) and young healthy (Y-HV) volunteers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Observational study with 18 women with FI (mean age: 63.4±11.1), 15 AM-HV (60.7±9.01, and 15 Y-HV (24.2±5.39), conducted in a tertiary hospital. Participants underwent clinical evaluation, high-resolution anorectal manometry (HRAM), endoanal ultrasound, and transcranial/translumbosacral magnetic stimulation to assess anorectal motor evoked potentials (MEP). Clinical severity was measured with St. Mark's score, and quality of life with FIQL and EQ5D.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients had longer MEP latencies than AM-HV in the cortico-anal (25.93±3.67 ms vs 22.89±1.38 ms) andright lumbo-rectal segments (5.64±1.35 ms vs4.39±1.27 ms; p<0.05) but not in the tibial segment (control)(33.35±2.88 ms vs 32.08±2.05 ms; p>0.05). However, tibial latencies were longer in AM-HV compared to Y-HV (32.08±2.05 ms vs 29.21±2.75 ms; p=0.003). In FI, 41.1% had cortico-anorectal impairments, 50% lumbo-anal, and 44.4% sacral. Overall, 82.4% showed delayed latencies in at least one of the 12 segments. HRAM revealed 83.24% had external anal sphincter (EAS) dysfunction, 40% internal sphincter dysfunction, and 23.57% both. MEP latencies inversely correlated with EAS squeeze strength. FI patients had significantly poorer EQ5D scores compared to both control groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Women with FI show significant neuropathy in the cortico-spino-anorectal pathway linked to impaired anorectal function. These findings underscore the brain-gut axis's role in FI pathophysiology, advocating for advanced neurophysiological diagnostics and targeted interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142942723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Ezquerra-Durán, L Alcalá-González, I K Araujo, J Alcedo, J Serra, E Barba
{"title":"Prospective evaluation of opioid cessation in patients with suspected Opioid-induced esophageal dysfunction (OIED).","authors":"A Ezquerra-Durán, L Alcalá-González, I K Araujo, J Alcedo, J Serra, E Barba","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003297","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The causal relationship between chronic opioid use and esophageal motor dysfunction in symptomatic patients has not been established.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective before-and-after multicenter study, including chronic active opioid patients referred for esophageal motility tests due to non-obstructive dysphagia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>37 patients were evaluated, 27 (73%) had criteria of opioid-induced esophageal dysfunction (OIED). In 19 patients who discontinued opioids for at least 7 days, esophageal motor disorders resolved in 10 (52.6%), accompanied by a clinical success response (defined as Eckardt ≤3) in 64.3%.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Discontinuation of opioids is associated with clinical and esophageal motility improvement in up to half of the patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142942722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rahul Karna, David Cartwright, James S Mallery, Guru Trikudanathan
{"title":"Isolated IgG4 Related Cholecystitis: A Rare Presentation Of IgG4 Disease.","authors":"Rahul Karna, David Cartwright, James S Mallery, Guru Trikudanathan","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003314","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142942720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}