{"title":"Effects of mesalazine suppository combined with Kangfuxin solution retention enema on inflammatory markers and adverse reactions in patients with active ulcerative colitis.","authors":"Fan Xie, Yan Zhang, Tianye Wang","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.24.03720-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S2724-5985.24.03720-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94142,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134955","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}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-01-24DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03589-1
Paolo Costa, Gian M Rosa, Gianni Testino, Ulrico Dorighi, Italo Porto
{"title":"Liver involvement in presence of heart disease and heart involvement in presence of liver disease: a conundrum.","authors":"Paolo Costa, Gian M Rosa, Gianni Testino, Ulrico Dorighi, Italo Porto","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03589-1","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03589-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data from literature show a cross-talk between the heart and liver during diseases which primarily involve one of the two organs, but data regarding this relationship are scant. Aim of this study was to investigate this relationship. In this narrative review we critically explored the most recent literature on this topic using PubMed and Medline and examining the most recent studies about liver involvement in heart failure and heart involvement in course of liver disease. Patients with acute and chronic heart failure and those who undergo heart transplatation (HT) manifest various signs of liver damage with a rate of incidence which is higher in candidates for left ventricular assist device. In presence of cardiogenic shock a very marked hepatocellular necrosis may occur while in the setting of chronic heart failure congestive hepatopathy and-or the so-called cardiac cirrhosis are observed. On the other side in presence of chronic liver disease and in case of liver transplantation (LT) heart functions may be altered and cirrhotic cardiomyopathy, which is a syndrome characterized by systolic, diastolic and electrophysiological abnormalities may occur. In this review we have analyzed the relationship between heart and liver disease, even in case of LT and HT. Furthermore we have underscored the effects of chronic alcoholism and of systemic disorders such as hemochromatosis and amyloidosis on both heart and liver.</p>","PeriodicalId":94142,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"359-373"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139543839","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}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2023-10-02DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03525-8
Haixia Liang, Lichun Niu, Jie Cheng, Jinge Li, Huifang Song, Ying Zhang, Xuejing Zhao, Kui Zhang
{"title":"Challenges and solutions in laparoscopy for super obese gynecological patients: an elderly endometrial cancer patient.","authors":"Haixia Liang, Lichun Niu, Jie Cheng, Jinge Li, Huifang Song, Ying Zhang, Xuejing Zhao, Kui Zhang","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03525-8","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03525-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94142,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"387-390"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41144203","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}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2023-10-27DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03422-8
Manesh K Gangwani, Zohaib Ahmed, Rizwan Ishtiaq, Muhammad Aziz, Anooja Rani, Dushyant S Dahiya, Fnu Priyanka, Syeda F Arif, Wade Lee-Smith, Amir H Sohail, Sumant Inamdar, Mona Hassan
{"title":"Hepatic encephalopathy with proton pump inhibitor use in post tips patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Manesh K Gangwani, Zohaib Ahmed, Rizwan Ishtiaq, Muhammad Aziz, Anooja Rani, Dushyant S Dahiya, Fnu Priyanka, Syeda F Arif, Wade Lee-Smith, Amir H Sohail, Sumant Inamdar, Mona Hassan","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03422-8","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03422-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) after Trans-jugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a common clinical problem. According to recent studies, Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use can serve as an independent risk factor for HE. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyze the association between HE with PPI use versus without PPI use in patients undergoing TIPS.</p><p><strong>Evidence acquisition: </strong>We conducted a comprehensive literature search from inception through February 15<sup>th</sup>, 2022 on MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science databases. Odds ratio (OR) was calculated when comparing dichotomous variables of patients with HE vs. no HE in PPI use versus no PPI use in post TIPS patients. A 95% confidence interval (CI) and P values (<0.05 considered significant) were also generated.</p><p><strong>Evidence synthesis: </strong>The search strategy yielded a total of 27 articles. We finalized four studies with a total of 825 patients. There was statistically significant difference in TIPS patients with HE in PPI users versus non-PPI users (OR 3.39 [1.79-6.43], P<0.01, I<sup>2</sup>=55.5%). Pooled mean average days to hospitalization was 215.2 days to hospitalization for hepatic encephalopathy in non-PPI users compared to 139.5 days in PPI users.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study determines that there is a higher risk of post-TIPS HE in patients on PPI therapy vs. patients not receiving PPI therapy. We recommend using PPIs at a lower tolerable dose where necessary. Larger studies are needed to draw stronger conclusions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94142,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"353-358"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54232973","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}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2023-10-27DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03518-0
Shoham Dabbah, Gil Ben Yakov, Monika-Inda Kaufmann, Oranit Cohen-Ezra, Maria Likhter, Yana Davidov, Ziv Ben Ari
{"title":"Predictors of advanced liver fibrosis and the performance of fibrosis scores: lean compared to non-lean metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) patients.","authors":"Shoham Dabbah, Gil Ben Yakov, Monika-Inda Kaufmann, Oranit Cohen-Ezra, Maria Likhter, Yana Davidov, Ziv Ben Ari","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03518-0","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03518-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in lean patients differs from that of NAFLD in non-lean patients. However, current data regarding predictors of advanced fibrosis and the performance of fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4) and NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) in lean compared to non-lean metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) patients is insufficient.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional study. Lean was defined as Body Mass Index <25 kg/m<sup>2</sup>. Advanced fibrosis (F3-F4) was detected by liver biopsy or two-dimension shear wave elastography (2D-SWE). Predictors of advanced fibrosis were identified using logistic regression and area under ROC curves (AUROC) were derived for FIB-4 and NFS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Lean patients (N.=153) comprised 19.2% of the MASLD cohort. Advanced fibrosis was associated with the number of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) in lean (OR=2.06, P=0.011) and non-lean (OR=1.58, P<0.001) patients, however, hypertension and diabetes or impaired fasting glucose were significant only among non-lean. Age was associated with advanced fibrosis in both subgroups with age ≥65 showing higher odds in lean compared to non-lean patients (P=0.016). Non-lean patients had higher odds for advanced fibrosis relative to lean patients (OR=4.8, P=0.048). FIB-4 and NFS predicted advanced fibrosis among lean (AUROC=0.79 and AUROC=0.85, respectively) and non-lean (AUROC=0.79 and AUROC=0.76, respectively) patients. NFS ≥-1.445 showed higher specificity among lean compared to non-lean (P<0.001) and compared to that of FIB-4 ≥1.3 in lean patients (P<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The number of CMRF was predictive of advanced fibrosis in both subgroups while age ≥65 showed higher odds among lean patients. NFS ≥-1.445 is more specific than FIB-4 ≥1.3 for advanced fibrosis prediction in lean patients. These findings may help identify high-risk lean MASLD patients for further liver fibrosis stage assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":94142,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"322-331"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54232974","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}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2023-12-21DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03593-3
Miao Yu
{"title":"Analysis of combined testing results of ALB, CHE, and γ-GT levels in patients with cirrhosis.","authors":"Miao Yu","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03593-3","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03593-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94142,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"395-397"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138833781","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}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-03-26DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03480-0
Maria C Conti Bellocchi, Enrico Gasparini, Serena DI Stefano, Valentina Bobba, Laura Bernardoni, Viola Fino, Stefano F Crinò, Armando Gabbrielli
{"title":"The real-time analysis of gastric juice (Endofaster) for detection of Helicobacter Pylori: a reliable tool in substitution of histology.","authors":"Maria C Conti Bellocchi, Enrico Gasparini, Serena DI Stefano, Valentina Bobba, Laura Bernardoni, Viola Fino, Stefano F Crinò, Armando Gabbrielli","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03480-0","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03480-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>EndoFaster perform gastric juice analysis providing real-time Helicobacter pylori (HP) diagnosis during esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), based on ammonium level. We aimed to assess its accuracy in detecting HP infection compared to the paired histology and to establish the optimum ammonium concentration cut-off point (COP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Consecutive adult outpatients referred for EGD were prospectively enrolled between December 2021 and March 2022. In-patients, those with surgically altered anatomy, suspected neoplasia, and bleeding were excluded. EndoFaster and histology were performed in all patients, with additional stool antigen test (SAT) reserved for discordant cases. EndoFaster diagnostic measures were calculated, and ammonium level COP established using AUROC curve analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>101 patients (64 female, mean age 56.7±16.1 years) were included. HP infection was diagnosed in 35 (34.6%) and 15 (14.8%) patients by EndoFaster and histology, respectively. Diagnostic accuracy in comparison with histology was 77.8% (95%CI 68.3% - 85.5%). After implementing SAT for gold standard assessment, EndoFaster accuracy increased to 81.6% (95%CI 72.5%-88.7%). AUROC curve (0.93±0.03, 95%CI 0.86-0.99) identified an ammonium COP of ≥67.5ppm. Using the new COP, EndoFaster accuracy further increased to 88.8% (95%CI 80.8%-94.2%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Endofaster showed high accuracy for HP detection, with moderate agreement to histology. An ammonium COP of 67.5 ppm seems to be the threshold with the highest accuracy for HP detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":94142,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"315-321"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140295743","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}