Gastroenterology
- Reproductive planning for women after solid-organ transplant
Pregnancy can succeed, but patients must wait at least a year. Until then, meticulous contraception is mandatory.
- To have not and then to have: A challenging immune paradox
The immune reactivation syndrome can occur when the immune system in an immunosuppressed patient with a partially controlled indolent infection is suddenly normalized.
- Drug reaction or metastatic lung cancer?
Imaging shows nodules randomly distributed throughout both lungs, a paradoxical reaction to drug therapy.
- What stool testing is appropriate when diarrhea develops in a hospitalized patient?
Most cases are not due to infection, but Clostridium difficile is the most common infectious cause.
- Update on the management of intestinal failure
Bowel resection can lead to inability to maintain nutritional homeostasis, a serious complication.
- Air leakage in multiple compartments after endoscopy
An attempt to cannulate the common bile duct led to abdominal pain and distention and crepitus of the right chest wall.
- Skin findings associated with nutritional deficiencies
Reviewing the dermatologic effects of defi ciencies of zinc and vitamins A, B2, B3, B6, and C.
- Pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation (June 2016)
An error appeared in the article “Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: Defi nitive treatment for chronic pancreatitis” (Arce KM, Lin YK, Stevens T, Walsh RM, Hatipoglu BA. Cleve Clin J Med 2016; 83:435–442.)
- Are there alternatives to surgery for Zenker diverticulum?
High rates of complications in elderly patients have led to the development of endoscopic procedures.
- Managing irritable bowel syndrome: The low-FODMAP diet
A diet low in fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) reduces symptoms.