Treatment Success Seen With Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Appendicitis
For adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, treatment success rates ≥65 percent are seen with both oral antibiotics and combined intravenous and oral antibiotics.
For adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, treatment success rates ≥65 percent are seen with both oral antibiotics and combined intravenous and oral antibiotics.
The FMT National Registry, established by the AGA in partnership with other organizations, provides initial results on the safety and effectiveness of FMT for the management of Clostridioides difficile infections.
Bias extends beyond skin color to the assumptions physicians might make about patients.
Given the lack of effective tools available for observing EGD, researchers sought to develop an AI-assisted EGD system to automatically monitor the entire stomach in real time and maintain a record of the procedure time.
The study authors aimed to estimate the prevalence and critical determinants of
psychological distress among gastroenterologists during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sucrose seems to be less efficient than glucose for signaling postprandial satiation.
Investigators describe the steps taken to improve clinician referrals to the facility’s outpatient rehabilitation program for patients with GI cancers.
Based on current scientific and medical knowledge, the report provides four guidelines that encourage healthy eating throughout life and emphasize that a healthy dietary pattern is not a rigid prescription.
Chronic exposure to stressors leads to an erosion of health, as measured by allostatic load, which is particularly severe among foreign-born Black and Latino individuals.
Investigators compared outcomes in patients undergoing distal gastrectomy via laparoscopic surgery vs open surgery.