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Open Journal of Gastroenterology (OJGas) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in Gastroenterology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Gas…
Veronica Ojetti, Teresa Antonella Di Rienzo, Giovanna D’Angelo, Emidio Scarpellini, Gianluca Rizzo, Maria Chiara Campanale, Antonio Gasbarrini
Lactose breath test (LBT) is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of lactose malabsorption. The test is considered positive for a peak of hydrogen (H 2 ) ≥ 20 parts per million (ppm) above the baseline. Some patients (pts) showed a rapid peak betwee…
Xiangping Wang, Yikuan Feng, Jiansheng Li, Zibin Tian, Dong Wei, Lingzhi Qi, Lifeng Fang, Kaichun Wu
Introduction: The primary treatment aim for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is to relieve overall symptoms which can significantly impair the patient’s quality of life (QOL); however, it generally requires a high pill burden that may be improved by administrat…
Gamal Esmat, Iman M. Hamza, Bahaa E. Abbas
Background: Whether on-call gastroenterologists should perform emergency endoscopic treatment or delay endoscopy the next day has not been investigated. This study aims to investigate the effect of timing of endoscopy on patients with acute esophageal varicea…
Xiao Zhang, Huan Wang, Wei’an Wang, Xiaoguang Chen, Haifeng Liu
Aim: To summarize and analyze the clinical and endoscopic parameters in patients with reflux esophagitis(RE). Methods ： 1247 patients with RE were diagnosed in our hospital endoscopy center from September 2010 to August 2012 . The general information of the p…
Nora Bousfiha, Iliass Iliass Charif, Mohamed el Abkari, Adil Ibrahimi, Ihsane Mellouki
The association of acute pancreatitis with ulcerative colitis [UC] has been described in the literature. It is usually induced by drugs, but sometimes it may be idiopathic. This association remains rare. We report the case of a patient who was treated in our…
Yasar Albushra Abdul Rahiem Ahmed, Mohamed Ali
Over the past decade, a multitude of molecular targeted agents have been explored in the treatment of advanced metastatic gastric. Recent advances in molecular signaling pathways that are dysregulated in gastric cancer lead to the development of new targeted…
Doureid Oueidat, Alain Rizkallah, Mahmoud Dirani, Tarek Bou Assi, Ali Shams, Abdo Jurjus
Pilonidal sinus disease is a common medical condition that accounts for almost 15% of anal suppurations with high morbidity. Its management is subject to many variations. In this study, a 25-year experience from 1984 to 2009 of treating pilonidal sinus diseas…
Tilahun Belay, Todd Gress, Rameez Sayyed
Introduction: Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM) is a clinical syndrome in patients with liver cirrhosis characterized by an abnormal and blunted response in cardiac output and contractility to physiologic, pathologic, or pharmacologic stress but a normal to incr…
Peter Zauber, Stephen Marotta, Marlene Sabbath-Solitare
Context: The incidence of gallbladder cancer is quite low in the US, with an estimate (2013) for new cases of less than 10,000. The rarity suggests a possible shared molecular pathology that might facilitate a greater understanding of this tumor. Objective: W…
Yukiko Okami, Gyozen Nin, Kiyomi Harada, Masayo Iwasa, Kaori Kitaoka, Ayako Saruwatari, Wataru Aoi, Sayori Wada, Misaka Kimura, Hiroaki Asano, Yusuke Okuyama, Susumu Takakuwa, Motoyori Kanazawa, Shin Fukudo, Tomiko Tsuji, Akane Higashi
Background: The aim of this study was to verify the efficacy of lifestyle self-monitoring for the improvement of the IBS and reveal what has been changed due to the intervention. Methods: A total of 111 nurs ing school students were randomized into three grou…
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Open Journal of Gastroenterology (OJGas) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in Gastroenterology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Gas… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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