TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 100, Issue 8 (August 2005)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Case Report |
Letters to the Editor |
Announcements
The Red Section
Methodology
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) in Practice: Applying Number Needed to Treat and Number Needed to Harm FREE
Fernando Sierra MD, MSc (Epid), FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1661-1663; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50120.x
The GI Match is Back! FREE
Joel E Richter MD, Nicholas J Talley Editors-in-Chief MD and Edgar Achkar Senior Associate Editor MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1664; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50881.x
The Expert'S Corner
ERCP Outside the Referral Center FREE
John Petrini MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1665-1667; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50543.x
Original Contributions
Esophageal
A Measure of Disease-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life for Achalasia FREE
David R Urbach MD, George A Tomlinson PhD, Julie L Harnish MS, Rosemary Martino PhD and Nicholas E Diamant MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1668-1676; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50141.x
Impaired Bolus Transit Across the Esophagogastric Junction in Postfundoplication Dysphagia FREE
RCH Scheffer MD, PhD, M Samsom MD, PhD, A Haverkamp, J Oors, GS Hebbard MD, PhD and HG Gooszen MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1677-1684; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.42009.x
Stomach
A Nationwide Study of Mortality Associated with Hospital Admission Due to Severe Gastrointestinal Events and Those Associated with Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug Use FREE
Angel Lanas MD, Maria Angeles Perez-Aisa MD, Faust Feu MD, Julio Ponce MD, Esteban Saperas MD, Santos Santolaria MD, Luis Rodrigo MD, Joaquim Balanzo MD, Eduardo Bajador MD, Pedro Almela MD, Jose M Navarro MD, Fernando Carballo MD, Manuel Castro MD and Enrique Quintero MD on behalf of the Investigators of the Asociación Española de Gastroenterología (AEG)
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1685-1693; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41833.x
Editorial
NSAID-Associated Deaths: The Rise and Fall of NSAID-Associated GI Mortality FREE
Byron Cryer MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1694-1695; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50565.x
Stomach
Seven versus Ten Days of Rabeprazole Triple Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Multicenter Randomized Trial FREE
X Calvet MD, J Ducons MD, L Bujanda MD, F Bory MD, A Montserrat MD and JP Gisbert MD on behalf of the Hp Study Group of the Asociación Española de Gastroenterología
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1696-1701; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50019.x
Editorial
Helicobacter pylori Eradication: Equivalence Trials and the Optimal Duration of Therapy FREE
Nimish Vakil MD, FACG and Jason Connor MS, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1702-1703; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50615.x
Stomach
Mechanoreceptors of the Proximal Stomach and Perception of Gastric Distension FREE
Stefania Carmagnola MD, Paolo Cantù MD and Roberto Penagini MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1704-1710; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41350.x
Impact of Helicobacter Pylori Infection on Gastric and Plasma Ghrelin Dynamics in Humans FREE
Hajime Isomoto MD, Hiroaki Ueno MD, PhD, Vladimir A Saenko PhD, Muhtashan S Mondal MD, PhD, Yoshito Nishi MD, Naoko Kawano MD, PhD, Ken Ohnita MD, Yohei Mizuta MD, Akira Ohtsuru MD, PhD, Shunichi Yamashita MD, PhD, Masamitsu Nakazato MD, PhD and Shigeru Kohno MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1711-1720; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41492.x
Bravo Capsule Placement in the Gastric Cardia: A Novel Method for Analysis of Proximal Stomach Acid Environment FREE
John E Pandolfino MD, Mitchal A Schreiner MD, Thomas J Lee MD, Qing Zhang MD and Peter J Kahrilas MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1721-1727; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41733.x
Endoscopy
Safety of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators FREE
Jonathan A Leighton MD, Komandoor Srivathsan MD, Elizabeth J Carey MD, Virender K Sharma MD, Russell I Heigh MD, Janice K Post RN, Paula J Erickson RN, Sarah R Robinson LPN, Jane L Bazzell RN and David E Fleischer MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1728-1731; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41391.x
Editorial
Bayesian Analysis for Medical Device Trials FREE
Jason T Connor MS, FACG and Scott M Berry PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1732-1735; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50588.x
Endoscopy
Capsule Endoscopy versus Standard Tests in Influencing Management of Obscure Digestive Bleeding: Results from a German Multicenter Trial FREE
Bruno Neu MD, Christian Ell MD, Andrea May MD, Elke Schmid MD, Jürgen-Ferdinand Riemann MD, Friedrich Hagenmüller MD, Martin Keuchel MD, Nib Soehendra MD, Uwe Seitz MD, Alexander Meining MD and Thomas Rösch MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1736-1742; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41649.x
Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Therapy of Benign and Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Case Series FREE
Andreas Püspök MD, Friedrich Lomoschitz MD, Clemens Dejaco MD, Michael Hejna MD, Thomas Sautner MD and Alfred Gangl MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1743-1747; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41806.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Hepatitis B Virus DNA Integration in Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Interferon-Induced Disappearance of Hepatitis C Virus FREE
Akihiro Tamori MD, Shuhei Nishiguchi MD, Susumu Shiomi MD, Takehiro Hayashi MD, Sawako Kobayashi MD, Daiki Habu MD, Tadashi Takeda MD, Shuichi Seki MD, Kazuhiro Hirohashi MD, Hiromu Tanaka MD and Shoji Kubo MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1748-1753; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41914.x
Editorial
Occult Viral Hepatitis and Noncirrhotic Hepatocellular Carcinoma FREE
Stuart C Gordon MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1754-1757; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50483.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 Genetic Polymorphisms Are Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk and Onset Age FREE
Chien-Sen Tseng MD, Kung-Sheng Tang MS, Hoi-Wan Lo MD, Chen-Guo Ker MD, Hsiu-Chen Teng PhD and Ching-Shan Huang BS
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1758-1763; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41857.x
Comparison of the Usefulness of Three Staging Systems for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (CLIP, BCLC, and JIS) in Japan FREE
Hidenori Toyoda MD, PhD, FACG, Takashi Kumada MD, PhD, Seiki Kiriyama MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Sone MD, PhD, Makoto Tanikawa MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Hisanaga MD, PhD, Akihiro Yamaguchi MD, PhD, Masatoshi Isogai MD, PhD, Yuji Kaneoka MD, PhD and Junji Washizu MD, PhD2
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1764-1771; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41943.x
Prospective Multicenter Study of Eligibility for Antiviral Therapy Among 4,084 U.S. Veterans with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection FREE
Edmund J Bini MD, MPH, Norbert Bräu MD, MBA, Sue Currie MA, Hui Shen MS, Bhupinderjit S Anand MD, Ke-Qin Hu MD, Lennox Jeffers MD, Samuel B Ho MD, David Johnson MD, Warren N Schmidt MD, Paul King MD, Ramsey Cheung MD, Timothy R Morgan MD, Joseph Awad MD, Marcos Pedrosa MD, Kyong-Mi Chang MD, Ayse Aytaman MD, Franz Simon MD, Curt Hagedorn MD, Richard Moseley MD, Jawad Ahmad MD, Charles Mendenhall MD, Bradford Waters MD, Doris Strader MD, Anna W Sasaki MD, PhD, Stephen Rossi PharmD and Teresa L Wright MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1772-1779; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41860.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Budesonide for Maintenance of Remission in Patients with Crohn's Disease in Medically Induced Remission: A Predetermined Pooled Analysis of Four Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials FREE
William J Sandborn MD, Robert Löfberg MD, Brian G Feagan MD, Stephen B Hanauer MD, Massimo Campieri MD and Gordon R Greenberg MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1780-1787; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41992.x
Depletion of Immunoglobulin M Memory B Cells is Associated with Splenic Hypofunction in Inflammatory Bowel Disease FREE
Antonio Di Sabatino MD, Maria Manuela Rosado MD, Rachele Ciccocioppo MD, Paolo Cazzola MD, Raffaele Morera MD, Gino Roberto Corazza MD and Rita Carsetti MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1788-1795; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41939.x
Heightened Responses to Stressors in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease FREE
Ashkan Farhadi MD, Ali Keshavarzian MD, Louis D Van de Kar PhD, Shriram Jakate MD, Aaron Domm MD, Lei Zhang MD, PhD, Maliha Shaikh MS, Ali Banan PhD and Jeremy Z Fields PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1796-1804; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50071.x
Colon
Colorectal Cancer Screening in HIV-Infected Patients 50 Years of Age and Older: Missed Opportunities for Prevention FREE
Jean-Pierre Reinhold MD, Marianne Moon MD, Craig T Tenner MD, Michael A Poles MD, PhD and Edmund J Bini MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1805-1812; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50038.x
Cholecystectomy and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer FREE
Theresa Shao MD and Yu-Xiao Yang MD, MSCE
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1813-1820; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41610.x
Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Severe Acute Lower Intestinal Bleeding FREE
Lisa L Strate MD, MPH, John R Saltzman MD, Rie Ookubo MA, Muthoka L Mutinga MD and Sapna Syngal MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1821-1827; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41755.x
Nosocomial Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea Associated with Enterotoxin-Producing Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus FREE
John M Boyce MD and Nancy L Havill MT
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1828-1834; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41510.x
Pathology
Matrix Metalloproteinases Expression Correlates with Survival in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma FREE
Zhen-Dong Gu MD, Ji-You Li MD, Ming Li MD, PhD, Jin Gu MD, Xiao-Tian Shi MD, Yang Ke PhD and Ke-Neng Chen MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1835-1843; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50018.x
Pediatrics
Antireflux Surgery Outcomes in Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease FREE
Diego M Diaz MD, MSc, Troy E Gibbons MD, Kurt Heiss MD, Mark L Wulkan MD, Richard R Ricketts MD and Benjamin D Gold MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1844-1852; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41763.x
Clinical Reviews
Unraveling the Mystery of the Gastroesophageal Junction: A Pathologist's Perspective FREE
Robert D Odze MD, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1853-1867; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50096.x
The Epidemiology of Childhood Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Western Countries: A Systematic Review FREE
Denesh K Chitkara MD, David J Rawat MD and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1868-1875; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41893.x
Colchicine for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials FREE
Yan Gong MD and Christian Gluud PrMedSc
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1876-1885; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41522.x
Case Report
Two PMS2 Mutations in a Turcot Syndrome Family with Small Bowel Cancers FREE
Marco Agostini PhD, Maria Grazia Tibiletti PhD, Emanuela Lucci-Cordisco MD, Annamaria Chiaravalli PhD, Hans Morreau MD, Daniela Furlan PhD, Luigi Boccuto MD, Salvatore Pucciarelli MD, Carlo Capella MD, Mauro Boiocchi PhD and Alessandra Viel PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1886-1891; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.50441.x
Letters to the Editor
ASGE versus EPAGE versus Diagnostic Yield: A Level Playing Field, Please! FREE
John-Paul Vader MD, MPH, Florian Froehlich MD, Bernard Burnand MD, MPH and Jean-Jacques Gonvers MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1892; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41983_1.x
Response to Letter from Vader FREE
Bersani Gianluca, Agelo Rossi, Giolgio Ricci and Vittorio Alvisi
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1892-1893; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41983_2.x
Esophageal pH Monitoring on PPI Therapy: Removing the Blinders FREE
Radu Tutuian MD, Inder Mainie MRCP and Donald O Castell MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1893-1894; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41983_3.x
Non-acid Reflux: Be Careful About Opening a Big Can of Worms! FREE
Michael F Vaezi MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1894; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41983_4.x
Lack of Financial Benefit of Inpatient Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement FREE
William M Plonk Jr. MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1894-1895; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41983_5.x
Sildenafil-Associated Hepatotoxicity FREE
Riadh Daghfous, Sihem El Aidli, Ahmed Zaiem, Mohamed Hedi Loueslati and Chelbi Belkahia
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1895-1896; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41983_6.x
GI Tuberculosis and Histoplasmosis in an HIV (+) Patient Presenting with Lower GI Bleeding FREE
Alejandro Piscoya Rivera MD, Hugo Cedrón Cheng MD, Jorge Huerta-Mercado Tenorio MD, Jos Luis Pinto Valdivia MD, Juan Carlos Ferrufino Llach MD and Alejandro Bussalleu Rivera MD,FACG, FRCP (Edin)
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1896-1897; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41983_7.x
Safety of High Doses of Mesalazine During Pregnancy FREE
Philippe Marteau MD, PhD, Philippe Seksik MD, PhD, Sophie Couve MD and Raymond Jian MD
Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1897-1898; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41983_8.x
