Ozanimod effective for induction and maintenance therapy of ulcerative colitis
1. Ozanimod treatment was shown to be more effective at inducing clinical remission than placebo for patients with ulcerative colitis. ...
Tag: endoscopy
Role of endoscopic ultrasonography for differential diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal submucosal lesions
1. In a group of patients with upper gastrointestinal submucosal lesions, endoscopic ultrasonography demonstrated good diagnostic value in specific types ...
Video capsule endoscopy is safe and effective in the initial evaluation of acute gastrointestinal bleeding during the COVID-19 pandemic
1. Use of video capsule endoscopy was associated with increased detection of bleeding and reduced use of personal protective equipment ...
Non-invasive clinical tool rules out inflammatory bowel disease in children with non-bloody diarrhea
1. In children with chronic, non-bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain, a clinical prediction tool using symptoms, C-reactive protein (CRP), hemoglobin, ...
Covered self-expanding metallic stents noninferior to plastic stents in benign biliary strictures
1. In this multicenter, open-label, noninferiority randomized trial, fully covered self-expanding metallic stents (cSEMS) were noninferior to conventional plastic stents ...
Endoscopic screening for esophageal cancer may reduce long-term mortality
1. In a prospective cohort trial of over 3000 volunteers who live in areas with high incidence of esophageal cancer, ...
Patient Basics: Endoscopy
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Endoscopy describes many procedures that look inside the body using some type of ...
Intravenous omeprazole after endoscopy reduces rebleeding in patients with peptic ulcers [Classics Series]
Image: CC/L. academia 1. After endoscopic treatment, intravenous omeprazole significantly reduces the risk of rebleeding in patients with peptic ulcers at ...
