TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 101, Issue 5 (May 2006)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Case Report |
Letters to the Editor |
Erratum |
Reviewer Recognition 2006 |
Announcements
The Red Section
The Expert's Corner
Clipping for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Tonya Kaltenbach MD, Shai Friedland MD, Jennifer Barro MD and Roy Soetikno MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 915-918; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00371.x
Risk Management: Guest Editor's Note
Being Prepared Before the Storm
Andrew D Feld MD, JD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 919; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00574.x
Risk Management
Bioterrorism and Natural Disasters: The Impact of Public Health Law on Physicians in the Case of an Emergency
Kayla A Feld and Jeffrey Sconyers JD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 920-923; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00575.x
A Look Back
Military Surgery
Robert E Kravetz MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 924-925; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00670.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Preservation of Gastric Acid Secretion May Be Important for the Development of Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma in Japanese People, Irrespective of the H. pylori Infection Status
Yoshifumi Inomata MD, Tomoyuki Koike MD, Shuichi Ohara MD, Yasuhiko Abe MD, Hitoshi Sekine MD, Katsunori Iijima MD, Ken Ariizumi MD, Hatsushi Yamagishi MD, Yasushi Kitagawa MD, Akira Imatani MD and Tooru Shimosegawa MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 926-933; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00497.x
Editorial
Pathogenesis and Classification of Cancer Around the Gastroesophageal Junction—Not So Different in Japan
John Dent MB, BChir, FRCP, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 934-936; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00515.x
Esophagus
Barrett's Esophagus and Medications that Relax the Lower Esophageal Sphincter
Douglas A Corley MD, PhD, Theodore R Levin MD, Laurel A Habel PhD and Patricia A Buffler PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 937-944; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00539.x
Stomach
Complicated and Uncomplicated Peptic Ulcers in a Danish County 1993–2002: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Annmarie Lassen PhD, Jesper Hallas DMS and Ove BSchaffalitzky de Muckadell DMS
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 945-953; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00518.x
Endoscopy
A Meta-Analysis of the Yield of Capsule Endoscopy Compared to Other Diagnostic Modalities in Patients with Non-Stricturing Small Bowel Crohn's Disease
Stuart L Triester MD, Jonathan A Leighton MD, Grigoris I Leontiadis MD, Suryakanth R Gurudu MD, David E Fleischer MD, Amy K Hara MD, Russell I Heigh MD, Arthur D Shiff MD and Virender K Sharma MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 954-964; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00506.x
Editorial
Sensitivity–Specificity Trade-off for Capsule Endoscopy in IBD: Is It Worth It?
Bret A Lashner MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 965-966; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00513.x
Endoscopy
Endoscopic Sedation in the United States: Results from a Nationwide Survey
Lawrence B Cohen MD, Julie S Wecsler BA, John N Gaetano BA, Ariel A Benson BA, Kenneth M Miller MD, Valerie Durkalski PhD, MPH and James Aisenberg MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 967-974; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00500.x
Liver And Biliary Tract
Proposal of a Modified Cancer of the Liver Italian Program Staging System Based on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Loco-Regional Therapy
Teh-Ia Huo MD, Yi-Hsiang Huang MD, PhD, Han-Chieh Lin MD, Jaw-Ching Wu MD, PhD, Jen-Huei Chiang MD, Pui-Ching Lee MPH, Full-Young Chang MD and Shou-Dong Lee MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 975-982; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00462.x
Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients with Bridging Fibrosis and Compensated Cirrhosis: Results from the HALT-C Trial
Robert J Fontana MD, Arun J Sanyal MD, Savant Mehta MD, Michael C Doherty MS, Brent A Neuschwander-Tetri MD, Gregory T Everson MD, Jeffrey A Kahn MD, Peter F Malet MD, Muhammad Y Sheikh MD, Raymond T Chung MD, Marc G Ghany MD and David R Gretch MD the HALT-C Trial Group
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 983-992; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00461.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A Population-Based Case Control Study of Potential Risk Factors for IBD
Charles N Bernstein MD, Patricia Rawsthorne RN, Mary Cheang MMath and James F Blanchard MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 993-1002; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00381.x
Editorial
True or False? The Hygiene Hypothesis for Crohn's Disease
Bret A Lashner MD and Edward V Loftus Jr MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1003-1004; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00563.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Investigating the Hygiene Hypothesis as a Risk Factor in Pediatric Onset Crohn's Disease: A Case-Control Study
Devendra K Amre MD, PhD, Philippe Lambrette MSc, Liliane Law BSc, Alfreda Krupoves MD, Virginie Chotard PhD, Florin Costea MD, Guy Grimard MD, FRCP, David Israel MD, FRCP, David Mack MD and Ernest G Seidman MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1005-1011; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00526.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Characteristics Among African Americans, Hispanics, and Non-Hispanic Whites: Characterization of a Large North American Cohort
Geoffrey C Nguyen MD, Esther A Torres MD, Miguel Regueiro MD, Gillian Bromfield MSc, Alain Bitton MD, FRCP(C), Joanne Stempak, Themistocles Dassopoulos MD, Philip Schumm, Federico J Gregory MD, Anne M Griffiths MD, Stephen B Hanauer MD, Jennifer Hanson, Mary L Harris MD, Sunanda V Kane MD, MSPH, Heather Kiraly Orkwis, Raymond Lahaie MD, Maria Oliva-Hemker MD, Pierre Pare MD, FRCP(C), FACG, Gary E Wild MD, PhD, FRCP(C), John D Rioux PhD, Huiying Yang MD, PhD, Richard H Duerr MD, Judy H Cho MD, A Hillary Steinhart MD, Steven R Brant MD and Mark S Silverberg MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1012-1023; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00504.x
Association of Intestinal Granulomas with Smoking, Phenotype, and Serology in Chinese Patients with Crohn's Disease
Rupert WL Leong MBBS, MD, FRACP, Ian C Lawrance MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Dorothy KL Chow MBChB, MRCP, Ka-Fai To MBChB, FRCPA, James Y Lau MBBS, MD, Justin Wu MBChB, MD, Wai K Leung MBChB, Francis KL Chan MBChB, MD and Joseph JY Sung MBBS, MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1024-1029; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00503.x
Factors Associated with the Development of Intestinal Strictures or Obstructions in Patients with Crohn's Disease
Gary R Lichtenstein MD, Allan Olson MD, Suzanne Travers MD, Robert H Diamond MD, Donny M Chen, Michelle L Pritchard, Brian G Feagan MD, Russell D Cohen MD, Bruce A Salzberg MD, Stephen B Hanauer MD and William J Sandborn MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1030-1038; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00463.x
TNF
and IL-10 Gene Polymorphisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Association of -1082 AA Low Producer IL-10 Genotype with Steroid Dependency
Patricia Castro-Santos BSc, Ana Suarez PhD, Laureano López-Rivas MD, Lourdes Mozo PhD and Carmen Gutierrez MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1039-1047; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00501.x
Tacrolimus Is Safe and Effective in Patients with Severe Steroid-Refractory or Steroid-Dependent Inflammatory Bowel Disease—A Long-Term Follow-Up
Daniel C Baumgart MD, PhD, Jan P Pintoffl MD, Andreas Sturm MD, PhD, Bertram Wiedenmann MD, PhD and Axel U Dignass MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1048-1056; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00524.x
Functional GI
Reports of "Satisfactory Relief" by IBS Patients Receiving Usual Medical Care Are Confounded by Baseline Symptom Severity and Do Not Accurately Reflect Symptom Improvement
William E Whitehead PhD, FACG, Olafur S Palsson PsyD, Rona L Levy PhD, MPH, FACG, Andrew D Feld MD, JD, FACG, Michael VonKorff PhD and Marsha Turner MSEd
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1057-1065; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00535.x
Editorial
Measuring Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Is "Satisfactory Relief " Enough?
Philip Schoenfeld MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi) and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1066-1068; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00519.x
Functional Gi
Incidence of Ischemic Colitis and Serious Complications of Constipation Among Patients Using Alosetron: Systematic Review of Clinical Trials and Post-Marketing Surveillance Data
Lin Chang MD, William D Chey MD, FACG, Lucinda Harris MD, MSc, Kevin Olden MD, Christina Surawicz MD and Philip Schoenfeld MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi)
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1069-1079; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00459.x
Editorial
Alosetron: Ischemic Colitis and Serious Complications of Constipation
Hugo Gallo-Torres MD, PhD, PNS, Allen Brinker MD, MS and Mark Avigan MD, CM
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1080-1083; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00650.x
Functional Gi
Functional Heartburn Patients Demonstrate Traits of Functional Bowel Disorder but Lack a Uniform Increase of Chemoreceptor Sensitivity to Acid
Michael Shapiro MD, Colleen Green MS, Jimmy M Bautista MD, Raniero L Peru BA, Isaac B Malagon BA, Matthew Corvo BA, Sara Risner-Adler BA, Joy N Beeler MPH, Irina Tuchinsky MD and Ronnie Fass MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1084-1091; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00525.x
Functional Correlates of Anal Canal Anatomy: Puborectalis Muscle and Anal Canal Pressure
Jianmin Liu MD, Noelani Guaderrama MD, Charles W Nager MD, Dolores H Pretorius MD, Sonali Master MD and Ravinder K Mittal MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1092-1097; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00596.x
Colon
Risk Factors for Obstruction, Perforation, or Emergency Admission at Presentation in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Population-Based Study
Linda Rabeneck MD, MPH, Lawrence F Paszat MD, MS and Cindy Li MS
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1098-1103; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00488.x
Clinical Performance of Original and Revised Bethesda Guidelines for the Identification of MSH2/MLH1 Gene Carriers in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer: Proposal of a New and Simpler Set of Recommendations
Francisco Rodríguez-Moranta MD, Antoni Castells MD, Montserrat Andreu MD, Virgnia Piñol MD, Sergi Castellví-Bel PhD, Cristina Alenda MD, Xavier Llor MD, Rosa M Xicola PhD, Rodrigo Jover MD, Artemio Payá MD, Xavier Bessa MD, Francesc Balaguer MD, Joaquin Cubiella MD, Lidia Argüello MD, Juan Diego Morillas MD and Luis Bujanda MD for the Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of the Spanish Gastroenterological Association
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1104-1111; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00522.x
A Common Polymorphism in the Interleukin 8 Gene Promoter Is Associated with Clostridium difficile Diarrhea
Zhi-Dong Jiang PhD, Herbert L DuPont MD, Kevin Garey PharmD, Margaret Price PhD, Gail Graham RN, MS, NP-C, Pablo Okhuysen MD, Thanh Dao-Tran BSMT and Mark LaRocco PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1112-1116; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00482.x
Pancreas
A Strong Association Between Down-Regulation of HLA-DR Expression and the Late Mortality in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Yu-Pin Ho MD, I-Shyan Sheen MD, Cheng-Tang Chiu MD, Cheng-Shyong Wu MD and Chun-Yen Lin MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1117-1124; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00495.x
Pediatrics
Cysteinyl Leukotriene Levels in Esophageal Mucosal Biopsies of Children with Eosinophilic Inflammation: Are They All the Same?
Sandeep K Gupta MD, Marc Peters-Golden MD, Joseph F Fitzgerald MD, Joseph M Croffie MD, Marian D Pfefferkorn MD, Jean P Molleston MD, Mark R Corkins MD and Joel R Lim MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1125-1128; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00557.x
Clinical Reviews
Gastroparesis: Clinical Update
Moo-In Park MD, PhD and Michael Camilleri MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1129-1139; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00640.x
Rectal Hyposensitivity
Marc A Gladman PhD, MRCOG, MRCS, Peter J Lunniss MS, FRCS, S M Scott PhD and Michael Swash MD, FRCP, MRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1140-1151; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00604.x
Case Report
Push-and-Pull Enteroscopy Using the Double-Balloon Technique (Double-Balloon Enteroscopy) for the Diagnosis of Meckel's Diverticulum in Adult Patients with GI Bleeding of Obscure Origin
Hendrik Manner MD, Andrea May MD, PhD, Lars Nachbar MD and Christian Ell MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1152-1154; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00558.x
Letters to the Editor
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Paris Type II Colorectal Neoplasia: Hemostatic Complications and Resection Margin Histopathological Assessment Using Coagulation Current Without Routine Endoclip Closure
David P Hurlstone MRCP, MD and David S Sanders FRCP, MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1155; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00583_1.x
Response to Drs Hurlstone and Sanders
Ming-Yao Su MD and Cheng-Tang Chiu MD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1155-1156; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00583_2.x
Critical Appraisal of Individual Trials?
Vance W Berger PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1156-1157; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00583_3.x
Response to Letter: "Critical Appraisal of Individual Trials?"
Lise Gludd
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1157; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00583_4.x
Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis: A Human Pathogen Causing Most Cases of Crohn's Disease
J Todd Kuenstner MD, MS
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1157-1158; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00583_5.x
Response to Dr. Kuenstner: More About MAP
Fergus Shanahan MD and Jim O'Mahony PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1158; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00583_6.x
Erratum
Erratum FREE
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1159; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00726.x
Reviewer Recognition 2006
Reviewer Recognition 2006
Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1160-1165; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00727.x
