TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 101, Issue 10 (October 2006)
Original Contributions |
Practice Guidelines |
Clinical Reviews |
Case Reports |
Letters to the Editor |
CME Questions |
Errata |
Announcements
The Red Section
Debate
PRO: Esophagectomy is Indicated for High-Grade Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus
Thomas W Rice MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2177-2179; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00864_1.x
CON: Surgery for Barrett's with Flat HGD—No!
Stephen J Sontag MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2180-2183; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00864_2.x
A BALANCING VIEW: An Individualized Approach to High-Grade Dysplasia Is Key: Esophagectomy, Surveillance, or Endoscopic Therapy Should All Be Considered
Charles J Lightdale MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2183-2184; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00864_3.x
Methodology
Perils and Pitfalls of Small Negative Clinical Trials
G Richard Locke III MD and Alan R Zinsmeister PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2185-2186; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00527.x
Original Contributions
Esophageal
Barrett's Esophagus at a Tertiary Care Center: Association of Age on Incidence and Prevalence of Dysplasia and Adenocarcinoma
Jason M Guardino DO, MS, Farah Khandwala MS, Rocio Lopez MS, Don M Wachsberger MS, Joel E Richter MD and Gary W Falk MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2187-2193; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00736.x
Predictors of Endoscopic Findings After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Jason A Wilson MD, Joseph Romagnuolo MD, FRCPC, MSc, Epid, T Karl Byrne MD, Katherine Morgan MD and Frederick A Wilson MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2194-2199; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00770.x
Stomach
Magnitude and Economic Impact of Inappropriate Use of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Non-ICU Hospitalized Patients
Joel J Heidelbaugh MD and John M Inadomi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2200-2205; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00839.x
Editorial
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Non-Critically Ill Patients: Less May Be More
Timothy B Gardner MD and Douglas J Robertson MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2206-2208; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00847.x
Endoscopy
Propofol Alone Titrated to Deep Sedation Versus Propofol in Combination with Opioids and/or Benzodiazepines and Titrated to Moderate Sedation for Colonoscopy
Megan E VanNatta and Douglas K Rex MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2209-2217; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00760.x
The Risk of Retention of the Capsule Endoscope in Patients with Known or Suspected Crohn's Disease
Adam S Cheifetz MD, Asher A Kornbluth MD, Peter Legnani MD, Ira Schmelkin MD, Alphonso Brown MD, Simon Lichtiger MD and Blair S Lewis MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2218-2222; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00761.x
The Impact of Endoscopic Ultrasound and Computed Tomography on the TNM Staging of Early Cancer in Barrett's Esophagus
Oliver Pech MD, Andrea May MD, Erwin Günter MD, Liebwin Gossner MD and Christian Ell MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2223-2229; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00718.x
Endoscopic Management of Biliary Complications after Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Takeshi Tsujino MD, Hiroyuki Isayama MD, Yasuhiko Sugawara MD, Takashi Sasaki MD, Hirofumi Kogure MD, Yousuke Nakai MD, Natsuyo Yamamoto MD, Naoki Sasahira MD, Noriyo Yamashiki MD, Minoru Tada MD, Haruhiko Yoshida MD, Norihiro Kokudo MD, Takao Kawabe MD, Masatoshi Makuuchi MD and Masao Omata MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2230-2236; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00797.x
Diagnosis and Outcome of Small Bowel Tumors Found by Capsule Endoscopy: A Three-Center Australian Experience
Adam A Bailey MBCHB, FRACP, Henry S Debinski MBBS, FRACP, Mark N Appleyard MBBS, MRCP, FRACP, MD, Matthew L Remedios MBBS, FRACP, Judy E Hooper RN, Alissa J Walsh MBBS and Warwick S Selby MBBS, FRACP, MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2237-2243; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00749.x
Editorial
Higher Prevalence and Severity of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with HCV Cirrhosis and Diabetes Mellitus: Is Presence of Autonomic Neuropathy the Missing Part of the Puzzle?
Paul J Thuluvath MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2244-2246; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00800.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated with Greater Histologic Severity, Higher Carbohydrate, and Lower Fat Diet in Patients with NAFLD
Hellan Kang MD, Joel K Greenson MD, Jason T Omo BA, Cewin Chao MS, RD, Debra Peterman RD, Lilian Anderson MS, RD, Laura Foess-Wood BS, Mary A Sherbondy MD, MS and Hari S Conjeevaram MD, MS
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2247-2253; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00719.x
Integrated Psychiatric/Medical Care in a Chronic Hepatitis C Clinic: Effect on Antiviral Treatment Evaluation and Outcomes
Astrid Knott PhD, Eric Dieperink MD, Mark L Willenbring MD, Sara Heit MS, RN, CNS, Janet M Durfee RN, MSN, CNP, Mary Wingert MS, James R Johnson MD, Paul Thuras PhD and Samuel B Ho MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2254-2262; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00731.x
Risk Factors for Gallstone-Related Hospitalization During Pregnancy and the Postpartum
Cynthia W Ko MD, MS
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2263-2268; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00730.x
Antiviral Therapy Decreases Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Advanced Fibrosis
Diego Rincon MD, Cristina Ripoll MD, Oreste Lo Iacono MD, Magdalena Salcedo MD, Maria V Catalina MD, Emilio Alvarez MD, Oscar Nuñez MD, Ana M Matilla MD, Gerardo Clemente MD and Rafael Bañares MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2269-2274; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00743.x
Erythropoietin Treatment Is Associated with More Severe Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Undergoing Antiviral Therapy
Monika Homoncik MD, Wolfgang Sieghart MD, Elisabeth Formann MD, Monika Schmid MD, Peter Ferenci MD, Alfred Gangl MD, Bernd Jilma MD and Markus Peck-Radosavljevic MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2275-2282; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00774.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Outcome of Surgical Versus Percutaneous Drainage of Abdominal and Pelvic Abscesses in Crohn's Disease
Alexandra Gutierrez MD, MPH, Hang Lee PhD and Bruce E Sands MD, MS
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2283-2289; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00757.x
Functional GI
Bowel Dysfunction in Patients with Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical, Neurological, and Pathophysiological Associations
Margarita Vallès MD, Joan Vidal MD, Pere Clavé MD and Fermin Mearin MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2290-2299; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00729.x
Public Speaking Stress-Induced Neuroendocrine Responses and Circulating Immune Cell Redistribution in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Sigrid Elsenbruch PhD, Ayscha Lucas MS, Gerald Holtmann MD, Sebastian Haag MSc, MD, Guido Gerken MD, Natalie Riemenschneider, Jost Langhorst MD, Annemieke Kavelaars PhD, Cobi J Heijnen PhD and Manfred Schedlowski PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2300-2307; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00837.x
Colon
Patterns of Care for Adjuvant Therapy in a Random Population-Based Sample of Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer
Deirdre P Cronin PhD, Linda C Harlan PhD, MPH, Arnold L Potosky PhD, Limin X Clegg PhD, Jennifer L Stevens BS and Margaret M Mooney MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2308-2318; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00775.x
Pancreas
MUC4-Expressing Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas Show Elevated Levels of Both TH1 and TH2 Cytokines: Potential Pathobiologic Implications
Mahefatiana Andrianifahanana PhD, Subhash C Chauhan PhD, Amit Choudhury PhD, Nicolas Moniaux PhD, Randall E Brand MD, Aaron A Sasson MD, Parviz M Pour MD and Surinder K Batra PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2319-2329; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00871.x
Editorial
Role of MUC Genes and Mucins in Pancreatic Neoplasia
N Volkan Adsay MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2330-2332; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00934.x
Pediatrics
Rotavirus Infection Frequency and Risk of Celiac Disease Autoimmunity in Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Study
Lars C Stene PhD, Margo C Honeyman PhD, Edward J Hoffenberg MD, Joel E Haas MD, Ronald J Sokol MD, Lisa Emery MSPH, Iman Taki MSPH, Jill M Norris PhD, Henry A Erlich PhD, George S Eisenbarth MD, PhD and Marian Rewers MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2333-2340; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00741.x
Pathology
Clinicopathological Features of Focal Nodular Hyperplasia-Like Nodules in 130 Cirrhotic Explant Livers
Louis Libbrecht MD, PhD, David Cassiman MD, PhD, Chris Verslype MD, PhD, Geert Maleux MD, Dirk Van Hees MS, Jacques Pirenne MD, PhD, Frederik Nevens MD, PhD and Tania Roskams MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2341-2346; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00783.x
Small Bowel/Nutrition
Efficacy of Enteral Nutrition for the Treatment of Pancreatitis Using Standard Enteral Formula
Diklar Makola MD, Joe Krenitsky RD, Carol Parrish RD, Emily Dunston BS, Hubert A Shaffer MD, Paul Yeaton MD and Michel Kahaleh MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2347-2355; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00779.x
Overweight in Celiac Disease: Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Effect of a Gluten-Free Diet
William Dickey MD, PhD, FACG and Natalie Kearney BSc
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2356-2359; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00750.x
Practice Guidelines
Management and Treatment of Hepatitis C Viral Infection: Recommendations from the Department of Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and the National Hepatitis C Program Office
Helen S Yee PharmD, Sue L Currie MA, Jama M Darling MD and Teresa L Wright MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2360-2378; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00754.x
Practice Guidelines in Acute Pancreatitis
Peter A Banks MD, MACG and Martin L Freeman MD, FACG the Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2379-2400; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00856.x
Clinical Reviews
Epidemiology of Childhood Constipation: A Systematic Review
Maartje M van den Berg MD, M A Benninga MD, PhD and C Di Lorenzo MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2401-2409; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00771.x
Clinical Review
Diagnostic Precision of Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies and Perinuclear Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
George E Reese MRCS, Vasilis A Constantinides MBBS, Constantinos Simillis MBBS, Ara W Darzi MD, Timothy R Orchard MD, Victor W Fazio MD and Paris P Tekkis MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2410-2422; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00840.x
Case Reports
Unique Expression of Human Papilloma Virus Type 5 and Type 16 in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma—A Case Report
Ramasamy Saravanan MRCP, Silva Youshya BSc, Fiona Campbell MD, FRCP (Path), Handong Ran MSc, Anthony I Morris MSc, MD, FRCP and Charlotte Proby BA, MBBS, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2423-2426; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00705.x
Identification of a Novel 974C
G Nonsense Mutation of the MRP2/ABCC2 Gene in a Patient with Dubin-Johnson Syndrome and Analysis of the Effects of Rifampicin and Ursodeoxycholic Acid on Serum Bilirubin and Bile Acids
Christophe Corpechot MD, Chen Ping MD, PhD, Dominique Wendum MD, PhD, Fumihiko Matsuda PhD, Véronique Barbu MD, PhD and Raoul Poupon MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2427-2432; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00695.x
Letters to the Editor
"Does Fecal Occult Blood Testing Really Reduce Mortality? A Reanalysis of Systematic Review Data." By Moayyedi P and Achkar E.
Marco Zappa MD, Guido Castiglione MD, Grazia Grazzini MD and Ciatto Stefano MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2433; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_1.x
Response to Dr. Zappa and Colleagues
Paul Moayyedi FRCP, PhD and Edgar Achkar MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2433-2434; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_2.x
Mistaking "Life" (As We Know It) for "Disease"
Eric Hassall MBChB, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2434-2435; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_3.x
Not 'Life as We Know it': Response to Dr. Hassall's Letter
Susan R Orenstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2435-2436; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_4.x
The Low Incidence of Bacterial Infections Could Be a Protective Factor Against Variceal Bleeding Per Se in Hemodynamic Responders to Propranolol
Marco Senzolo MD, Evangelos Cholongitas MD, Laura Marelli MD, Ulrich Thalheimer MD, David Patch and Andrew K Burroughs Prof
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2436-2437; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_5.x
Regression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Due to Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 Inhibitor
Kazufumi Dohmen MD, PhD, FACP, Hironao Okabe MD, PhD and Hiromi Ishibashi MD, PhD, FACP
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2437-2438; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_6.x
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meets Immunology: An Unusual Combination of Diagnostic Tools Leads to the Diagnosis Actinomycosis
Ingrid Böhm MD, Winfried Willinek MD and Hans H Schild MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2439-2440; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_7.x
Small Cell Carcinoma of the Large Bowel: A Rare, but Very Aggressive Malignancy
Ozkan Kanat MD, Ahmet Qzet MD, Selmin Ataergin MD, Seref Komurcu MD and Onder Onguru MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2440-2441; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_8.x
Pneumatic Dilatations for Achalasia: A Safe and Effective Choice for Most Patients
Radu Tutuian MD, Donald O Castell MD and Philip O Katz MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2441-2442; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00742_9.x
CME Questions
Continuing Medical Education: October 2006
James S Scolapio CME Editor MD, Laura K Bianchi CME Author MD and Karin B Cesario CME Author MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2443; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00919.x
Continuing Medical Education: October 2006
James Scolapio MD CME Editor and Mohammad Al-Haddad MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2444; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00920.x
Errata
Errata FREE
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2445; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00981_1.x
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Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2445; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00981_2.x
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Am J Gastroenterol 101: 2445; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00981_3.x
