TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 102, Issue 1 (January 2007)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Case Reports |
Letters to the Editor |
CME Questions |
Erratum |
Announcements
The Red Section
Presidential Introduction
Presidential Introduction
David A Johnson MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01057.x
Presidential Address
You Make a Difference
Jack A Di Palma MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 2-4; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01046_1.x
ACG 2006 Award Recipients
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 5; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01046_2.x
Risk Management
Physician Liability for Medical Errors of Nonphysician Clinicians: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Richard E Moses DO, JD and Andrew D Feld MD, JD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 6-9; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00804.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Acid Has Antiproliferative Effects in Nonneoplastic Barrett's Epithelial Cells
Linda A Feagins MD, Hui-Ying Zhang PhD, Kathy Hormi-Carver PhD, Mizael H Quinones, Deena Thomas MS, Xi Zhang MD, Lance S Terada MD, Stuart J Spechler MD, Ruben D Ramirez MD, PhD and Rhonda F Souza MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 10-20; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01005.x
Editorial
The Evidence Base of Proton Pump Inhibitor Chemopreventative Agents in Barrett's Esophagus—The Good, The Bad, and The Flawed!
Simon Leedham MB, ChB (Lond), MRCP (UK) and Janusz Jankowski MB, ChB (Glasgow), MSc (Oxon), MD (Dundee), PhD (London), FRCP, FRCPE
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 21-23; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01033.x
Esophagus
Safety and Tolerability of Transoral Bravo Capsule Placement After Transnasal Manometry Using a Validated Conversion Factor
Brian E Lacy PhD, MD, Tracia O'Shana ARNP, Mary Hynes RN, Maurice L Kelley Jr MD, Julia E Weiss MS, Lisa Paquette RN and Richard I Rothstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 24-32; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00889.x
Performance and Optimal Technique for Pharyngeal Impedance Recording: A Simulated Pharyngeal Reflux Study
Muhammad Aslam MD, Shailesh Bajaj MD, Caryn Easterling PhD, Osamu Kawamura MD, Tanya Rittmann, Candy Hofmann RN, Jianxiang Liu MD and Reza Shaker MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 33-39; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00888.x
Stomach
Ethnicity and H. Pylori as Risk Factors for Gastric Cancer in Malaysia: A Prospective Case Control Study
Khean-Lee Goh MBBS, FRCP, MD, FACG, Phaik-Leng Cheah MBBS, FRCPath, MD, Noorfaridah Md MBBS, MPath, Kia-Fatt Quek PhD and Navaratnam Parasakthi MBBS, FRCPath
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 40-45; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00885.x
Endoscopy
Effect of Octreotide Administration in the Prophylaxis of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis and Hyperamylasemia: A Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial
Zhao-Shen Li MD, Xue Pan MD, Wen-Jun Zhang MD, Biao Gong MD, Fa-Chao Zhi MD, Xue-Gang Guo MD, Pei-Ming Li MD, Zhi-Ning Fan MD, Wen-Sheng Sun MD, Yun-Zhi Shen MD, Shu-Ren Ma MD, Wei-Fen Xie MD, Min-Hu Chen MD and Yan-Qing Li MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 46-51; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00959.x
Editorial
Pharmacotherapy for the Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
Erina Foster MD and Joseph Leung MD, FRCP, FACP, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 52-55; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00950.x
Endoscopy
Air-Inflated Magnetic Resonance Colonography in Patients with Incomplete Conventional Colonoscopy: Comparison with Intraoperative Findings, Pathology Specimens, and Follow-Up Conventional Colonoscopy
Tammy Yuen-yee Wong FRCR, Wynnie Wai-man Lam MD, Nina Man-ching So FRCR, Janet Fung-yee Lee FHKAM (Surgery) and Ka-lau Leung FHKAM(Surgery)
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 56-63; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00891.x
Validation of a Colonoscopy Simulation Model for Skills Assessment
Robert E Sedlack MD, Todd H Baron MD, Steven M Downing PhD and Alan J Schwartz PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 64-74; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00942.x
A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Usefulness of a Transparent Hood Attached to the Tip of the Colonoscope
Shintaro Kondo MD, Yutaka Yamaji MD, Hirotsugu Watabe MD, Atsuo Yamada MD, Takafumi Sugimoto MD, Miki Ohta MD, Keiji Ogura MD, Makoto Okamoto MD, Haruhiko Yoshida MD, Takao Kawabe MD and Masao Omata MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 75-81; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00897.x
Should Patients With Anemia and Low Normal or Normal Serum Ferritin Undergo Colonoscopy?
Mandeep S Sawhney MBBS, MS, Thokozeni Lipato MD, Douglas B Nelson MD, Frank A Lederle MD, Thomas S Rector PhD and John H Bond MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 82-88; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00908.x
A Single-Center Experience of 260 Consecutive Patients Undergoing Capsule Endoscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Elizabeth J Carey MD, Jonathan A Leighton MD, Russell I Heigh MD, Arthur D Shiff MD, Virender K Sharma MD, Janice K Post RN and David E Fleischer MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 89-95; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00941.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Effect of Lowering HBV DNA Levels by Initial Antiviral Therapy Before Adding Immunomodulator on Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B
Shiv Kumar Sarin MBBS, MD, DM, Ajit Sood MBBS, MD, DM, Manoj Kumar MBBS, MD, DM, Anil Arora MBBS, MD, DM, Deepak Amrapurkar MD, DN, Barjesh Chander Sharma MBBS, MD, DM, Ashokananda Konar MD, MRCP, Yogesh Kumar Chawla MBBS, MD, DM, Rajendra Kumar Jain MD, DM, Vijay Nanda MD, DM, MRCP (UK), Arun Kumar MD, DM, Syed Hissar MBBS, Piramal Lavate MD, DM, Deepak Lahoti MBBS, MD, DM and the National Collaborative Group on Hepatitis B, India.
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 96-104; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01006.x
Editorial
Combination Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis B: Simultaneous or Sequential?
Man-Fung Yuen MD, PhD and Ching-Lung Lai MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 105-106; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00997.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Characterization, Outcome, and Prognosis in 273 Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Single Center Study
Jens J W Tischendorf MD, Hartmut Hecker PhD, Martin Krüger MD, Michael P Manns MD and Peter N Meier MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 107-114; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00872.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Genetic Polymorphisms Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Do Not Confer Risk for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Tom H Karlsen MD, Jochen Hampe MD, PhD, Kristine Wiencke MD, Erik Schrumpf MD Professor, Erik Thorsby MD Professor, Benedicte A Lie MSc, PhD, Ulrika Broomé MD, PhD, Stefan Schreiber MD Professor and Kirsten Muri Boberg MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 115-121; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00928.x
Stressful Life Events as a Risk Factor for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Onset: A Population-Based Case–Control Study
Eric Lerebours MD, Corinne Gower-Rousseau MD, Veronique Merle MD, Franck Brazier MD, Stephane Debeugny MD, Raymond Marti MD, Jean Louis Salomez MD, Marie France Hellot SCD, Jean Louis Dupas MD, Jean Frederic Colombel MD, Antoine Cortot MD and Jacques Benichou MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 122-131; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00931.x
Fecal Calprotectin in First-Degree Relatives of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Massimo Montalto MD, PhD, Valentina Curigliano MD, Luca Santoro MD, Alessandro Armuzzi MD, PhD, Giovanni Cammarota MD, Marcello Covino MD, PhD, Maria C Mentella MD, Francesca Ancarani MD, Raffaele Manna MD, Antonio Gasbarrini MD and Giovanni Gasbarrini MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 132-136; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00884.x
Functional GI Disorders
Prevalence of Increased Esophageal Muscle Thickness in Patients With Esophageal Symptoms
Ibrahim Dogan MD, James L Puckett BS, Bikram S Padda BS and Ravinder K Mittal MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 137-145; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01003.x
Editorial
Esophageal Ultrasonography: A New View on Esophageal Motility
Richard H Holloway BSc (Med), MBBS, MD, FRACP
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 146-148; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00999.x
Functional GI Disorders
Familial Aggregation in Constipated Subjects in a Tertiary Referral Center
Annie OO Chan MD, PhD, Wai M Hui MD, Kwok F Lam PhD, Gigi Leung BSc, Man F Yuen MD, PhD, Shiu K Lam MD and Benjamin CY Wong MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 149-152; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00886.x
Colon
Colorectal Cancer Surveillance Behaviors Among Members of Typical and Attenuated FAP Families
Anita Y Kinney PhD, Bret Hicken PhD, Sara E Simonsen MSPH, Vickie Venne MS-GC, Katrina Lowstuter MS-GC, Jonathan Balzotti and Randall W Burt MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 153-162; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00860.x
Survival After Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Crohn's Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Danish Follow-Up Study
Mette Larsen MD, Hanne Mose MD, Mette Gislum MSc, Mette V Skriver MSc, Peter Jepsen MD, Bente Nørgård MD, PhD and Henrik T Sørensen MD, PhD, DMSc
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 163-167; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00857.x
Pediatrics
Prevalence of Undiagnosed Celiac Disease in the Parents of Preterm and/or Small for Gestational Age Infants
Silvia Salvatore MD, Sergio Finazzi MD, Giovanni Radaelli PhD, Milvia Lotzniker MD, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti MD and Premacel Study Group
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 168-173; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00958.x
Clinical Reviews
CME
Inflammation and Coagulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Clot Thickens
Silvio Danese MD, Alfredo Papa MD, Simone Saibeni MD, Alessandro Repici MD, Alberto Malesci MD and Maurizio Vecchi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 174-186; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00943.x
Technology Review: Esophageal Impedance Monitoring
Albert J Bredenoord MD, Radu Tutuian MD, André JPM Smout MD and Donald O Castell MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 187-194; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00966.x
Case Reports
Acute Appendicitis Due to Appendiceal Obstruction from a Migrated Biliary Stent
George Tzovaras MD, Paraskevi Liakou MD, Evaghelos Makryiannis MD and George Paroutoglou MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 195-196; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00876.x
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in Patients with Liver Transplants for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Three Case Reports and a Review of the Literature
Alexandra K Retana MD, Marshal M Kaplan MD and John K Erban MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 197-200; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00810.x
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 201-221; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.00916.x
CME Questions
Continuing Medical Education: January 2007
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Karin B Cesario MD CME Author and Laura K Bianchi MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 222; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01075.x
Continuing Medical Education: January 2007
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor and Mohammad Al-Haddad MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 223; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01076.x
Erratum
Erratum FREE
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 224; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01083.x
