Intestinal Disorders News

Researchers and pediatric specialists are working to find new, innovative ways to use virtual reality to improve patient care.

The likelihood of recurrence of uncomplicated acute appendicitis within 5 years was 39.1% among patients initially treated with antibiotics, according to findings recently published in JAMA.

Getting into a heated argument with a spouse can cause inflammation that leads to increased gut permeability, according to research published in Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Mass administrations of azithromycin in Niger resulted in significant changes in the bacterial gut microbiome composition in children aged up to 5 years, according to study results published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. However, changes in the microbiome stemming from antibiotic use did not suggest the presence of disease but were instead associated with improvements in childhood mortality, researchers said.

Children who have an immunoglobulin E-mediated allergy are less likely to have complicated appendicitis than children without allergies, with less time spent in the hospital following surgery, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Patients with complicated diverticulitis are six times more likely to develop colorectal cancer than patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

In a new cohort study, compared with estimates by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, risk for fatal or nonfatal gastrointestinal bleeding was higher in people without CVD not receiving antiplatelet therapy.

WASHINGTON — In this exclusive video perspective from Digestive Disease Week 2018, Sarah Streett, MD, from the Stanford University Medical Center and outgoing chair of the AGA Practice Management and Economics Committee, reviews obesity-focused data presented at the meeting and obesity’s importance in gastroenterology and hepatology.

Intravenous acetaminophen was no more effective than oral delivery for patients who underwent colectomy, being associated with only marginal reductions in opioid use after surgery, according to research published in Anesthesiology.

WASHINGTON — Long-term follow-up of patients with short bowel syndrome showed that parenteral nutrition was an effective therapy for syndrome management and improved survival, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2018.