Gastroenterology

  • Which ICU patients need stress ulcer prophylaxis?
    CME article
    Mariam Saeed, MD, Stephanie Bass, PharmD and Neal F. Chaisson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2022, 89 (7) 363-367; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21085

    An examination of the controversy surrounding stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients, with guidance for its appropriate use in this setting.

  • A clinical trial and another clinical practice bites the dust, or should there not be an appendix?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 288-289; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.06022

    Studies over the past 2 decades have assessed an alternative approach to acute appendicitis: treatment with systemic antibiotics and observation.

  • Appendicitis management: Is it time for a change?
    Anthony DeRoss, MD, FACS, FAAP and Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 309-313; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21012

    Antibiotic therapy has been a successful alternative to surgery for more than 60 years, but surgery is still the primary treatment.

  • Chronic anal pain: A review of causes, diagnosis, and treatment
    Charles H. Knowles, PhD, FRCS, FACCRS (Hons) and Richard C. Cohen, MD, FRCS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 336-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21102

    The authors identify and review 3 main diagnostic categories: local causes, functional anorectal pain, and neuropathic pain syndromes.

  • Esophageal adenocarcinoma: A dire need for early detection and treatment
    Esophageal adenocarcinoma: A dire need for early detection and treatment
    CME article
    Abel Joseph, MD, Siva Raja, MD, PhD, Suneel Kamath, MD, Sunguk Jang, MD, Daniela Allende, MD, Mike McNamara, MD, Gregory Videtic, MD, Sudish Murthy, MD and Amit Bhatt, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 269-279; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21053

    A clinical overview focused on screening, multidisciplinary evaluation, and treatment of early esophageal adenocarcinoma.

  • Oral hyperpigmentation with weakness and salt-craving
    Joseph Zhou, MD and S. Sethu K. Reddy, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACP, MACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21036

    The patient’s primary care physician had attributed the hyperpigmentation on the lower lip and inner cheek to pen ink.

  • Capsule endoscopy in gastrointestinal disease: Evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment
    Basil Akpunonu, MD, Jeannine Hummell, CNP, Joseph D. Akpunonu, and Shahab Ud Din, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 200-211; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.20061

    The procedure is mainly used to evaluate obscure bleeding in the small bowel, but it is also used in the evaluation and diagnosis of a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions.

  • Hypercalcemia and vitamin A: A vitamin to keep in mind
    CME article
    Saif Munther Borgan, MD, Leila Zeinab Khan, MD and Vinni Makin, MD, FACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 99-105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21056

    Vitamin A toxicity can affect bone resorption and hypercalcemia and should be explored in unexplained cases of parathyroid hormone-independent hypercalcemia.

  • Metronidazole-induced encephalopathy: Symmetrical hyperintensity on imaging
    Hiroki Matsuura, MD, Takashi Katayama, MD and Kentaro Deguchi, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 651-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21007

    The diagnosis should be based on a combination of the patient’s clinical history, laboratory findings, and imaging results.

  • Gastrointestinal varicella-zoster virus infection
    Nobukazu Agatsuma, MD, Kaoru Tsujioka, MD, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, MD, PhD, Yasuki Nakatani, MD and Yukitaka Yamashita, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 592-593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20151

    Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed small, shallow ulcers and erosions surrounded by red haloes, spread diffusely throughout the stomach and duodenum.

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