TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 102, Issue 4 (April 2007)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Letters to the Editor |
CME Questions |
Erratum |
Announcement
The Red Section
Special Article
ABIM Recertification in Gastroenterology: ACG's Contribution
Philip Katz MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 705-706; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01204.x
Risk Management
Propofol Use Under the Direction of Trained Gastroenterologists: An Analysis of the Medicolegal Implications
James Aisenberg MD, Lawrence B Cohen MD and Joseph D Piorkowski Jr DO, JD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 707-713; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00955.x
A Look Back
Circumcision Kit
Robert E Kravetz MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 714-715; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01081.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Limited Diagnostic Value of Laryngopharyngeal Lesions in Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux During Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Stephan R Vavricka MD, Claudio A Storck MD, Stephan M Wildi MD, Radu Tutuian MD, Nico Wiegand MD, Valentin Rousson PhD, Heiko Fruehauf MD, Beat Mullhaupt MD and Michael Fried MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 716-722; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01145.x
Editorial
Are There Specific Laryngeal Signs for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?
Michael F Vaezi MD, PhD, MSc(Epi), FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 723-724; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01143.x
Stomach
Helicobacter pylori Infection and the Risk of Gastric Malignancy
Ping-I Hsu MD, Kwok-Hung Lai MD, Ping-Ning Hsu PhD, Gin-Ho Lo MD, Hsien-Chung Yu MD, Wen-Chi Chen MD, Feng-Woei Tsay MD, Hui-Chen Lin MD, Hui-Hwa Tseng MD, Luo-Ping Ger MPH and Hui-Chun Chen MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 725-730; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01109.x
Endoscopy/Pancreas
Capsule Endoscopy Versus Computed Tomographic or Standard Angiography for the Diagnosis of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Esteve Saperas MD, Joan Dot MD, Sebastian Videla MD, Agustí Alvarez-Castells MD, Mercedes Perez-Lafuente MD, Jose Ramón Armengol MD and Juan-R Malagelada MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 731-737; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01058.x
Endoscopist Administered Sedation During ERCP: Impact of Chronic Narcotic/Benzodiazepine Use and Predictive Risk of Reversal Agent Utilization
Georgios I Papachristou MD, Ferga C Gleeson MD, Dionysios J Papachristou MD, PhD, Bret T Petersen MD and Todd H Baron MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 738-743; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01093.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Histamine H1 Blocker Hydroxyzine Improves Sleep in Patients With Cirrhosis and Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
Laurent Spahr MD, Alessandra Coeytaux MD, Emiliano Giostra MD, Antoine Hadengue MD and Jean-Marie Annoni MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 744-753; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01028.x
Liver And Biliary Tract
Inhibitory Control Test Is a Simple Method to Diagnose Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy and Predict Development of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy
Jasmohan S Bajaj MD, Kia Saeian MD, Matthew D Verber BS, Darrell Hischke PhD, Raymond G Hoffmann PhD, Jose Franco MD, Rajiv R Varma MD and Stephen M Rao PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 754-760; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01048.x
Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus in African Americans With Genotypes 2 and 3
Mitchell L Shiffman MD, Anastasios A Mihas MD, Farida Millwala MD, Richard K Sterling MD, Velimir A Luketic MD, R Todd Stravitz MD and Arun J Sanyal MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 761-766; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01092.x
Hepatitis B Virus Infection in 6,130 Unvaccinated Korean-Americans Surveyed Between 1988 and 1990
Hie-Won L Hann MD, Richard S Hann MD and Willis C Maddrey MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 767-772; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01060.x
An Inverse Relationship Between Markers of Fibrogenesis and Collagen Degradation in Patients With or Without Alcoholic Liver Disease
Heidi Koivisto MSci, Johanna Hietala MSci and Onni Niemelä MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 773-779; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01036.x
Spectrum of Liver Histology in Presumed Decompensated Alcoholic Liver Disease
David A Elphick, Asha K Dube BSc (Hons), FRCPath, Elaine McFarlane RGN, MMed Sci, Jayne Jones RGN and Dermot Gleeson MD, BSc, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 780-788; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01034.x
Liver Biopsy in Cirrhotic Patients
Kenneth E Sherman MD, PhD, Zachary D Goodman MD, PhD, Sara T Sullivan MD and Sima Faris-Young MD for the GILF Study Group
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 789-793; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01110.x
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The Effects of Infliximab Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life in Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Brian G Feagan MD, Walter Reinisch MD, Paul Rutgeerts MD, PhD, William J Sandborn MD, Songkai Yan MS, Debra Eisenberg MS, Mohan Bala PhD, Jewel Johanns PhD, Allan Olson MD and Stephen B Hanauer MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 794-802; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01094.x
Diagnostic Precision of Fecal Calprotectin for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Malignancy
Alexander C von Roon MRCS, Leonidas Karamountzos MD, Sanjay Purkayastha MRCS, George E Reese MRCS, Ara W Darzi KBE, FRCS, Julian P Teare FRCP, Paraskevas Paraskeva PhD, FRCS and Paris P Tekkis MD, FRCS
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 803-813; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01126.x
Long-Term Outcome of Crohn's Disease Following Corticosteroid-Induced Remission
Claudio Papi MD, Virginia Festa MD, Gioacchino Leandro MD, Alessandra Moretti MD, Monica Tanga MD, Maurizio Koch MD and Lucio Capurso MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 814-819; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01055.x
Low-Dose Naltrexone Therapy Improves Active Crohn's Disease
Jill P Smith MD, Heather Stock MD, Sandra Bingaman RN, David Mauger PhD, Moshe Rogosnitzky and Ian S Zagon PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 820-828; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01045.x
Risk Factors for Colorectal Neoplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nested Case–Control Study From Copenhagen County, Denmark and Olmsted County, Minnesota
Tine Jess MD, Edward V Loftus Jr MD, Fernando S Velayos MD, Karen V Winther MD, William J Tremaine MD, Alan R Zinsmeister PhD, W Scott Harmsen MS, Ebbe Langholz MD, Vibeke Binder MD, Pia Munkholm MD and William J Sandborn MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 829-836; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01070.x
Functional Gi Disorders
The Degree of Breath Methane Production in IBS Correlates With the Severity of Constipation
Soumya Chatterjee MBBS, Sandy Park BA, Kimberly Low BA, Yuthana Kong MPH and Mark Pimentel MD, FRCP(C)
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 837-841; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01072.x
Gas Distribution Within the Human Gut: Effect of Meals
Frederic Perez PhD, Anna Accarino MD, Fernando Azpiroz MD, Sergi Quiroga MD and Juan-R Malagelada MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 842-849; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01071.x
High-Resolution Manometry in the Evaluation of Anorectal Disorders: A Simultaneous Comparison With Water-Perfused Manometry
Michael P Jones MD, FACP, FACG, Jennifer Post BS and Michael D Crowell PhD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 850-855; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01069.x
Colon/Small Bowel
Endoscopist Can Be More Powerful than Age and Male Gender in Predicting Adenoma Detection at Colonoscopy
Shawn C Chen MD, MPH and Douglas K Rex MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 856-861; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01054.x
Editorial
"Demand the Data! Your Patients Will Ask and Your Practice Will Need It"
Bret T Petersen MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 862-863; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01050.x
Pediatrics
Long-Term Mortality in People With Celiac Disease Diagnosed in Childhood Compared With Adulthood: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Masoud Solaymani-Dodaran MD, PhD, MPH, Joe West MB, PhD, MRCP and Richard FA Logan MB, MSc, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 864-870; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01111.x
Pathology
Clinical and Morphological Features of Duodenal Cystic Dystrophy in Heterotopic Pancreas
Vinciane Rebours PhD, Philippe Lévy PhD, Marie-Pierre Vullierme PhD, Anne Couvelard PhD, Dermot O'Toole PhD, Alain Aubert PhD, Laurent Palazzo PhD, Alain Sauvanet PhD, Pascal Hammel PhD, Frédérique Maire PhD, Philippe Ponsot PhD and Philippe Ruszniewski PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 871-879; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01091.x
Clinical Reviews
Strategies for Managing Anemia in Hepatitis C Patients Undergoing Antiviral Therapy
John G McHutchison MD, FRACP, Michael P Manns MD, Robert S Brown Jr MD, MPH, K Rajender Reddy MD, Mitchell L Shiffman MD and John B Wong MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 880-889; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01139.x
Pitfalls in the Interpretation of Nonneoplastic Mucosal Biopsies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Rhonda K Yantiss MD and Robert D Odze MD, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 890-904; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01105.x
Letters to the Editor
Upper Endoscope for Colonoscopy: Evidence Is Still Too Sparse to Utilize
Tsung-Chun Lee MD, Han-Mo Chiu MD, Yi-Chia Lee MD, Hsiu-Po Wang MD, Shih-Pei Huang MD, PhD, Ming-Shiang Wu MD, PhD and Jaw-Town Lin MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 905; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_1.x
Response to Lee et al.
Chang-Hwan Park MD, PhD, Wan-Sik Lee MD, PhD, Young-Eun Joo MD, PhD, Hyun-Soo Kim MD, PhD, Sung-Kyu Choi MD, PhD, Jong-Sun Rew MD, PhD and Sei-Jong Kim MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 905-906; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_2.x
How Deep Should "Deep Sedation" Be?
Leonard B Weinstock MD, Albert M Cohen MD and Gershon R Volotsky MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 906-907; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_3.x
Response to Weinstock et al.'s Comments
Douglas K Rex MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 907-908; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_4.x
Good Colon Preparation Guarantees a Higher Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy–Timing Is Most Crucial
Adolfo Parra-Blanco MD, PhD, Enrique Quintero MD, PhD and Alejandro Jiménez PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 908; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_5.x
Response to Parra-Blanco et al.
Han-Mo Chiu MD, Jaw-Town Lin MD, PhD, Hsiu-Po Wang MD, Yi-Chia Lee MD and Ming-Shiang Wu MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 908-909; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_6.x
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Smoking, and Colorectal Cancer
Peter Gibbs MBBS, FRACS, MD, Simone Steel MBBS, Steven McLaughlin MBBS, FRACS, Ian Jones MBBS, FRACS, Ian Faragher MBBS, FRACS, Iain Skinner MBBS, FRACS, Matthew Croxford MBBS, FRACS, Julie Johns BSc, Matthew Chapman BSc and Lara Lipton MBBS, FRACS, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 909-910; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_7.x
Amyloidoma of the Esophagus
Charles J Kahi MD, MSc, Saeed Vakili MD, Juris J Liepnieks MD, PhD and Merrill Benson MD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 910-911; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_8.x
Argument on Statement 46 in the Montreal Definition of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Does Reflux Laryngitis Patient Always Have Heartburn?
Nobuhiko Oridate MD, PhD and Hiroshi Takeda MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 911-912; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_9.x
CME Questions
Continuing Medical Education: April 2007
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Mohammad Al-Haddad MD CME Author and Kanwar R S Gill MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 913; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01219.x
Continuing Medical Education: April 2007
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Karin B Cesario MD CME Author and Laura K Bianchi MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 914; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01218.x
Erratum
Erratum FREE
Am J Gastroenterol 102: 915; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01242.x
