TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 100, Issue 7 (July 2005)
Risk Management |
A Look Back |
Original Contributions |
Clinical Review |
Case Report |
Letters to the Editor |
GI Fellowship Training Programs |
Announcement
Debates
PRO: Maintenance Therapy Is Superior to Episodic Therapy FREE
Gary R Lichtenstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1433-1435; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50622_1.x
CON: "Lifetime Use" Is an Awfully Long Time FREE
Edward V Loftus Jr. MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1435-1438; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50622_2.x
A BALANCING VIEW: Lifetime Channeling of Infliximab for Crohn's Disease FREE
Stephen B Hanauer MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1438-1439; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50622_3.x
Risk Management
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Its Broad Effect on Practice FREE
Andrew D Feld MD, JD, FACP
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1440-1443; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50621.x
A Look Back
Stomach (Ewald) Tube FREE
Robert E Kravetz MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1444-1445; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50183.x
Original Contributions
Esophageal
Decline in Esophageal Candidiasis and Use of Antimycotics in European Patients with HIV FREE
Amanda Mocroft PhD, Cristina Oancea MSc, Jan van Lunzen MD, Philippe Vanhems MD, Denes Banhegyi MD, Antonio Chiesi MD, Elena Vinogradova MD, Shlomo Maayan MD, Andrew N Phillips PhD and Jens Lundgren MD EuroSIDA study group
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1446-1454; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41949.x
Editorial
Declining Gastrointestinal Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Persons: A Triumph of Science and a Challenge for Our HAARTs and Minds FREE
Jean-Pierre Raufman MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1455-1458; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50088.x
ESOPHAGEAL
Rates of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Findings among People with Frequent Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux in the Community FREE
Sanjay Nandurkar MBB,S, G Richard Locke III MD, Joseph A Murray MD, L Joseph Melton III MD, Alan R Zinsmeister PhD, Ross Dierkhising MS and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1459-1465; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41115.x
Esophageal
Comparison of the Bravo™ Wireless and Digitrapper™ Catheter-Based pH Monitoring Systems for Measuring Esophageal Acid Exposure FREE
John E Pandolfino MD, Mitchal A Schreiner MD, Thomas J Lee MD, Qing Zhang MD, Christopher Boniquit MD and Peter J Kahrilas MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1466-1476; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41719.x
Stomach
A Randomized Trial Comparing Omeprazole, Ranitidine, Cisapride, or Placebo in Helicobacter pylori Negative, Primary Care Patients with Dyspepsia: The CADET-HN Study FREE
Sander JO Veldhuyzen van Zanten MD, Naoki Chiba MD, David Armstrong MD, Alan Barkun MD, Alan Thomson MD, Sandra Smyth, Sergio Escobedo MSc, Joanna Lee MMATH and Paul Sinclair MSc
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1477-1488; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40280.x
Editorial
Dyspepsia and GERD: Breaking the Rules FREE
Nimish Vakil MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1489-1490; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50317.x
Stomach
The Diurnal Rhythm of the Cytoprotective Human Trefoil Protein TFF2 Is Reduced by Factors Associated with Gastric Mucosal Damage: Ageing, Helicobacter pylori Infection, and Sleep Deprivation FREE
C Emma Johns MD, Julia L Newton PhD, Bruce R Westley PhD and Felicity E B May DPhil
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1491-1497; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41859.x
Endoscopy
The Utility of Capsule Endoscopy Small Bowel Surveillance in Patients with Polyposis FREE
Carol A Burke MD, FACG, FACP, Janice Santisi RN, James Church MD, FACG, FRACS and Gavin Levinthal MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1498-1502; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41506.x
Prospective Trial of Endoscopic Clips Versus Combination Therapy in Upper GI Bleeding (PROTECCT—UGI Bleeding) FREE
John R Saltzman MD, Lisa L Strate MD, MPH, Veruska Di Sena MD, Christopher Huang MD, Benjamin Merrifield MD, Rie Ookubo MA and David L Carr-Locke MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1503-1508; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41561.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Insulin Resistance Plays a Significant Role in Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C and in the Response to Antiviral Therapy FREE
R D'Souza, C A Sabin and G R Foster
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1509-1515; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41403.x
Clinical Course and Outcome of Autoimmune Hepatitis/Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlap Syndrome FREE
Annarosa Floreani MD, Erik Rosa Rizzotto MD, Francesco Ferrara MD, Isabella Carderi MD, Diego Caroli MD, Luigi Blasone MD and Vincenzo Baldo MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1516-1522; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41841.x
Outcome of Small (10–20 mm) Arterial Phase-Enhancing Nodules Seen on Triphasic Liver CT in Patients with Cirrhosis or Chronic Liver Disease FREE
Martin E O'Malley MD, FRCPC, Yuji Takayama MD and Morris Sherman MD, BCh, PhD, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1523-1528; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41814.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Detection and Isolation of Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis from Intestinal Mucosal Biopsies of Patients with and without Crohn's Disease in Sardinia FREE
Leonardo A Sechi PhD, Antonio M Scanu MD, Paola Molicotti PhD, Sara Cannas PhD, Manuela Mura PhD, Giuseppe Dettori MD, Giovanni Fadda MD and Stefania Zanetti PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1529-1536; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41415.x
Editorial
The Mycobacteria Story in Crohn's Disease FREE
Fergus Shanahan MD and Jim O'Mahony PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1537-1538; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50358.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
VSL#3 Probiotic-Mixture Induces Remission in Patients with Active Ulcerative Colitis FREE
Rodrigo Bibiloni PhD, Richard N Fedorak MD, Gerald W Tannock PhD, Karen L Madsen PhD, Paolo Gionchetti MD, Massimo Campieri MD, Claudio De Simone PhD and R Balfour Sartor MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1539-1546; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41794.x
Is Perianal Crohn's Disease Associated with Intestinal Fistulization? FREE
David B Sachar MD, Carol A Bodian DPH, Eric S Goldstein MD, Daniel H Present MD, Theodore M Bayless MD, Michael Picco MD, Ruud A van Hogezand MD, Vito Annese MD, Judith Schneider, Burton I Korelitz MD and Jacques Cosnes MD for the Task Force on Clinical Phenotyping of the IOIBD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1547-1549; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40980.x
Functional GI Disorders
Food-Specific Serum IgG4 and IgE Titers to Common Food Antigens in Irritable Bowel Syndrome FREE
Sameer Zar MRCP, Martin J Benson MD, FRCP and Devinder Kumar PhD, FRCS
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1550-1557; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41348.x
Editorial
IgG-Mediated Food Intolerance in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Real Phenomenon or an Epiphenomenom? FREE
Fergus Shanahan MD and Peter J. Whorwell MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1558-1559; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50009.x
Functional GI Disorders
Infusion of Neostigmine–Glycopyrrolate for Bowel Evacuation in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury FREE
Mark A Korsten MD, Alan S Rosman MD, Anthony Ng MD, Erdal Cavusoglu MD, Ann M Spungen EdD, Miroslav Radulovic MD, Jill Wecht PhD and William A Bauman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1560-1565; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41587.x
Detection of Bacterial Overgrowth in IBS Using the Lactulose H2 Breath Test: Comparison with 14C-d-Xylose and Healthy Controls FREE
B Walters MD, FRCPC and SJ Vanner MSc, MD, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1566-1570; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40795.x
A Prospective Study of Gastric Emptying and Its Relationship to the Development of Nausea, Vomiting, and Anorexia after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation FREE
John K DiBaise MD, FACG, Elizabeth Lyden MS, Stefano R Tarantolo MD, Philip J Bierman MD and Randall E Brand MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1571-1577; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41723.x
Rectal Intussusception: A Study of Rectal Biomechanics and Visceroperception FREE
Lee S Dvorkin MRCS, Marc A Gladman MRCOG, MRCS, S Mark Scott PhD, Norman S Williams MS, FRCS and Peter J Lunniss MS, FRCS
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1578-1585; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41114.x
Colon
Positive Predictive Value of Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Persons Taking Warfarin FREE
Edmund J Bini MD, MPH, Roshini C Rajapaksa MD and Elizabeth H Weinshel MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1586-1592; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41979.x
Pancreas
The Clinical Value of Procalcitonin in Early Assessment of Acute Pancreatitis FREE
Ivy Susanne Modrau ISM, Andrea Karen Floyd AKF and Ole Thorlacius-Ussing OTU
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1593-1597; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41456.x
Pediatrics
TNF Promoter Polymorphisms and Modulation of Growth Retardation and Disease Severity in Pediatric Crohn's Disease FREE
Arie Levine MD, Raanan Shamir MD, Eytan Wine MD, Batya Weiss MD, Amir Karban MD, Ron R Shaoul MD, Shimon S Reif MD, Benjamin Yakir PhD, Marcello Friedlander PhD, Yael Kaniel MD and Esther Leshinsky-Silver PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1598-1604; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41737.x
Clinical Review
Clinical Utility of Diagnostic Tests for Constipation in Adults: A Systematic Review FREE
Satish SC Rao MD, PhD, FRCP (Lon), Ramazan Ozturk MD and Loren Laine MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1605-1615; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41845.x
Case Report
Focal Nodular Hyperplasia in Identical Twins FREE
Ayse L Mindikoglu MD, Arie Regev MD, Joe U Levi MD, Javier Casillas MD and Eugene R Schiff MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1616-1619; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41898.x
Letters to the Editor
Acute Pancreatitis after Kidney Transplantation FREE
Gian Luigi Adani MD, PhD, Umberto Baccarani MD PhD, Pierluigi Viale MD, Fabrizio Bresadola MD and Andrea Risaliti MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1620; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_1.x
Helicobacter pylori and GERD FREE
Kenneth EL McColl
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1620-1621; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_2.x
Response to Professor McColl FREE
Joachim Labenz MD, Daniel Jaspersen, Michael Kulig MD, Andreas Leodolter MD, Tore Lind Prof., Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek Prof., Manfred Stolte Prof., Michael Vieth MD, Stefan Willich Prof. and Peter Malfertheiner Prof.
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1621; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_3.x
The Role of Proximal pH Monitoring FREE
Inder Mainie MRCP, Amit Agrawal MD, Radu Tutuian MD and Donald O Castell MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1621-1622; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_4.x
Dual pH Monitoring to Detect Food and Beverage Artifacts FREE
Jan Tack MD, PhD, Mike Cool MD and Daniel Sifrin MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1622-1623; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_5.x
Value of AST/ALT Ratio as Fibrotic Predictor in Chronic Hepatitis C FREE
Gordon Park MD, D Brian Jones MD and Peter Katelaris MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1623-1624; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_6.x
Response to Drs. Park, Jones and Katelaris FREE
Nezam H Afdhal MD and David Nunes MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1624; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_7.x
Tuberculous Peritonitis FREE
Darrell G Finlay MD, Karen Szauter MD, Gottumukkala S Raju MD and Ned Snyder MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1624-1625; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_8.x
Interstitial Pneumonia Recurrence During Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment FREE
Christophe Renou, Sylvie Germain, Abdelouahid Harafa, Stphane Martin, Olivier Larroque, Pierre Muller, Jean-Jacques Bertrand and Philippe Halfon
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1625-1626; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_9.x
Successful Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis D with a Short Course of Peginterferon alfa-2a FREE
Peter Ferenci, Elisabeth Formann and Raffaella Romeo
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1626-1627; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_10.x
Direct Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunal Feeding Tube Placement FREE
Michael A Shetzline MD, PhD, Paul V Suhocki MD and Naurang Agrawal MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1627-1628; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_11.x
Response to Drs. Shetzline, Suhocki, and Agrawal FREE
John E Fortunato MD, Anil Darbari MD, Sally E Mitchell MD, Richard E Thompson PhD and Carmen Cuffari MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1628; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50006_12.x
GI Fellowship Training Programs
GI Fellowship Training Programs FREE
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1629-1655; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.100_07_02.x
