TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 103, Issue 12 (December 2008)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Letters to the Editor |
Announcement |
Index
The Red Section
Debate
EBM: Savior or Scourge of Clinical Practice
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2965; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02193_1.x
PRO
PRO: EBM: An Invaluable Tool for Medical Practice
Philip S Schoenfeld MD, M.S.Ed., M.Sc. (Epi)
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2965-2967; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02193_2.x
CON
CON: Evidence-Based Medicine—The Emperor's New Clothes?
Paul Moayyedi BSc, MB ChB, PhD, MPH FRCP (London), FRCPC, AGAF, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2967-2969; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02193_3.x
A Balancing View
A Balancing View: Evidence-Based Medicine: Neither Savior Nor Scourge but a Practical Tool for Clinical Practice
Yuhong Yuan MD PhD and Richard H Hunt MB, FRCP, FRCPC, FACG, AGAF
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2969-2971; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02193_4.x
A Matter of Opinion
Bacterial Overgrowth and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Unifying Hypothesis or a Spurious Consequence of Proton Pump Inhibitors?
Brennan M R Spiegel MD, MSHS, William D Chey MD and Lin Chang MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2972-2976; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01992.x
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Wireless pH Recording Immediately Above the Squamocolumnar Junction Improves the Diagnostic Performance of Esophageal pH Studies
Jörgen Wenner MD, PhD, Mats Hall MD, Peter Höglund MD, PhD, Jan Johansson MD, PhD, Folke Johnsson MD, PhD and Stefan Öberg MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2977-2985; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02174.x
Editorial
Telemetry Capsule for Ambulatory pH Monitoring: Is It Time for a Change?
Philip O Katz MD and Tonantzin Matheus MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2986-2987; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02179.x
Esophagus
Removable Self-Expanding Plastic Esophageal Stent as a Continuous, Non-Permanent Dilator in Treating Refractory Benign Esophageal Strictures: A Prospective Two-Center Study
Kulwinder S Dua MD, FRCP, FACP, FASGE, Frank P Vleggaar MD, PhD, Rajesh Santharam MD and Peter D Siersema MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2988-2994; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02177.x
Editorial
Refractory Benign Esophageal Strictures: Extending the Role of Expandable Stents
Krish Ragunath MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2995-2996; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02178.x
Esophagus
Iron Intake and Body Iron Stores as Risk Factors for Barrett's Esophagus: A Community-Based Study
Douglas A Corley MD, PhD, Ai Kubo PhD, Theodore R Levin MD, Laurel Habel PhD, Wei Zhao MPH, Patricia Leighton MA, Gregory Rumore MD, Charles Quesenberry PhD, Patricia Buffler PhD and Gladys Block PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 2997-3004; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02156.x
Stomach
Helicobacter Pylori Infection Is Significantly Associated With Metabolic Syndrome in the Japanese Population
Toshiaki Gunji MD, Nobuyuki Matsuhashi MD, Hajime Sato PhD, Kazutoshi Fujibayashi MD, Mitsue Okumura MD, Noriko Sasabe MD and Akio Urabe MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3005-3010; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02151.x
Endoscopy
High- Versus Low-Dose Proton Pump Inhibitors After Endoscopic Hemostasis in Patients With Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: A Multicentre, Randomized Study
Angelo Andriulli MD, Silvano Loperfido MD, Rosaria Focareta MD, Pietro Leo MD, Fabio Fornari MD, Antonietta Garripoli MD, Paolo Tonti MD, Sergio Peyre MD, Antonio Spadaccini MD, Riccardo Marmo MD, Antonio Merla MD, Alessandro Caroli MD, Gian Battista Forte MD, Angelo Belmonte MD, Giovanni Aragona MD, Gianni Imperiali MD, Fabrizio Forte MD, Fabio Monica MD, Nazario Caruso MD and Francesco Perri MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3011-3018; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02149.x
Editorial
The Infusion Illusion
Laura E Targownik MD, MSHS and Peter A Thomson BSc(Pharm), PharmD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3019-3021; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02164.x
Endoscopy
Capsule Endoscopy's Impact on Clinical Management and Outcomes: A Single-Center Experience With 145 Patients
Elaine Toy MD, Micha Rojany MD, Rafiq Sheikh MD, Surinder Mann MD and Thomas Prindiville MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3022-3028; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02154.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Hepatic Steatosis and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in a Cohort Enriched for Type 2 Diabetes: The Diabetes Heart Study
Ryan L McKimmie MD, Kurt R Daniel DO, MS, J Jeffrey Carr MD, MS, Donald W Bowden PhD, Barry I Freedman MD, Thomas C Register PhD, Fang-Chi Hsu PhD, Kurt K Lohman MS, Richard B Weinberg MD and Lynne E Wagenknecht PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3029-3035; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02188.x
Editorial
Association Between Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: A First Message Should Pass
Antonio Picardi MD, PhD and Umberto Vespasiani-Gentilucci MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3036-3038; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02196.x
Liver and Biliary Tract
Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Heavy Drinkers With and Without Decompensated Liver Disease: A Case-Control Study
Dermot Gleeson BSc, MD, FRCP, Martin P Bradley RGN, MPH, Jayne Jones RGN, Robert J Peck FRCR, Sarah K Bond BSc(hons), M. Dawn Teare PhD and Gordon W Duff MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3039-3046; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02150.x
Cannabinoids and Capsaicin Improve Liver Function Following Thioacetamide-Induced Acute Injury in Mice
Yosefa Avraham PhD, Olga Zolotarev MD, Nikolaos C Grigoriadis MD, PhD, Theofilos Pautahidis PhD, Iddo Magen MSc, Lia Vorobiav PhD, Andreas Zimmer PhD, Yaron Ilan MD, Raphael Mechoulam PhD and Elliot M Berry MD, FRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3047-3056; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02155.x
Neoplastic Seeding After Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Jun Imamura MD, PhD, Ryosuke Tateishi MD, PhD, Shuichiro Shiina MD, PhD, Eriko Goto MD, Takahisa Sato MD, Takamasa Ohki MD, PhD, Ryota Masuzaki MD, PhD, Tadashi Goto MD, PhD, Hideo Yoshida MD, PhD, Fumihiko Kanai MD, PhD, Keisuke Hamamura MD, PhD, Shuntaro Obi MD, PhD, Haruhiko Yoshida MD, PhD and Masao Omata MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3057-3062; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02153.x
Mycophenolate Mofetil as Second Line Therapy in Autoimmune Hepatitis?
Elke M Hennes MD, Ye H Oo MD, Christoph Schramm MD, Ulrike Denzer MD, Peter Buggisch MD, Christiane Wiegard MD, Stephan Kanzler MD, Marcus Schuchmann MD, Wulf Boecher MD, Peter R Galle MD, David H Adams MD and Ansgar W Lohse MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3063-3070; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02180.x
Evaluation of Alanine Transaminase and Hepatitis B Virus DNA to Predict Liver Cirrhosis in Hepatitis B e Antigen-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Using Transient Elastography
Grace Lai-Hung Wong MBChB, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong MBChB, Paul Cheung-Lung Choi MBChB, Anthony Wing-Hung Chan MBChB, Angel Mei-Ling Chim MSc, Karen Ka-Lam Yiu BA, Hoi-Yun Chan MPhil, Francis Ka-Leung Chan MD, Joseph Jao-Yao Sung MD, PhD and Henry Lik-Yuen Chan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3071-3081; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02157.x
IBD
Perianal Disease Predicts Changes in Crohn's Disease Phenotype—Results of a Population-Based Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotype
Kelly M Tarrant B.BiomedSc, Murray L Barclay MB, ChB, MD, FRACP, Christopher M A Frampton PhD and Richard B Gearry MB, ChB, PhD, FRACP
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3082-3093; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02212.x
Cost-Effectiveness of 5-Aminosalicylic Acid Therapy for Maintenance of Remission in Ulcerative Colitis
Eugene F Yen MD, Sunanda V Kane MD, MSPH and Uri Ladabaum MD, MS
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3094-3105; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02130.x
Mesalamine Foam Enema Versus Mesalamine Liquid Enema in Active Left-Sided Ulcerative Colitis
Antoine Cortot MD, Denis Maetz MD, Eric Degoutte MD, Olivier Delette MD, Pierre Meunier MD, Gie Tan MD, Jean-Brice Cazals MD, Olivier Dewit MD, Xavier Hebuterne MD, Sylvain Beorchia MD, Bernard Grunberg MD, Eric Leprince MD, Geert D'Haens MD, Sylvie Forestier MD, Isabelle Idier MD and Marc Lémann MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3106-3114; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02152.x
A 6-Thioguanine Nucleotide Threshold Level of 400 pmol/8 
108 Erythrocytes Predicts Azathioprine Refractoriness in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Normal TPMT Activity
Xavier Roblin MD, Laurent P Biroulet MD, PhD, Jean M Phelip MD, PhD, Stéphane Nancey MD, PhD and Bernard Flourie MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3115-3122; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01743.x
Defining the Optimal Response Criteria for the Crohn's Disease Activity Index for Induction Studies in Patients With Mildly to Moderately Active Crohn's Disease
Kelvin T Thia MBBS, William J Sandborn MD, James D Lewis MD, Edward V Loftus, Jr MD, Brian G Feagan MD, A Hillary Steinhart MD, Stephen B Hanauer MD, Tore Persson PhD and Bruce E Sands MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3123-3131; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02176.x
Effects of Adalimumab Maintenance Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients With Crohn's Disease: Patient-Reported Outcomes of the CHARM Trial
Edward V Loftus MD, Brian G Feagan MD, Jean-Frédéric Colombel MD, David T Rubin MD, Eric Q Wu PhD, Andrew P Yu PhD, Paul F Pollack MD, Jingdong Chao PhD and Parvez Mulani Phd
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3132-3141; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02175.x
Colon/Small Bowel
Rates of New or Missed Colorectal Cancer After Barium Enema and Their Risk Factors: A Population-Based Study
Jonathan Toma BSc, Lawrence F Paszat MD, MS, Nadia Gunraj BSc, MPH and Linda Rabeneck MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3142-3148; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02199.x
Editorial
Considering Double Contrast Barium Enema and Its Demise: A Case for Systematic Videorecording of Colonoscopy
Douglas K Rex MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3149-3151; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02206.x
Pathology
The Presence of Small Intestinal Intraepithelial Gamma/Delta T-Lymphocytes Is Inversely Correlated With Lymphoma Development in Refractory Celiac Disease
Wieke H M Verbeek MD, B Mary E von Blomberg PhD, Petra E T Scholten BSc, D Joop Kuik MSc, Chris J J Mulder MD PhD and Marco W J Schreurs PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3152-3158; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02213.x
NUTRITION/OBESITY
The Impact of Diet on Liver Fibrosis and on Response to Interferon Therapy in Patients With HCV-Related Chronic Hepatitis
Carmela Loguercio MD, Alessandro Federico MD, Mario Masarone MD, Roberto Torella MD, Camillo Del Vecchio Blanco MD and Marcello Persico MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3159-3166; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02159.x
Clinical Reviews
An Update on the Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Asia
Kelvin T Thia MBBS, Edward V Loftus Jr MD, William J Sandborn MD and Suk-Kyun Yang MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3167-3182; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02158.x
Continuing Medical Education: December 2008
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3183; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02223.x
Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Manifestations of Sarcoidosis
Ellen C Ebert MD, Malca Kierson DO and Klaus D Hagspiel MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3184-3192; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02202.x
Continuing Medical Education Questions: December 2008
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Anna M Buchner MD CME Author, Muhammad K Hasan MD CME Author and Kanwar R S Gill MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3193; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02224.x
Continuing Medical Education: December 2008
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3194; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02225.x
Clinical Review of the Management of Fulminant Clostridium difficile Infection
M Raffat Jaber MD, Snorri Olafsson MD, PhD, MPH, Wesley L Fung MD and Mark E Reeves MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3195-3203; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02198.x
Continuing Medical Education Questions: December 2008
James S Scolapio MD CME Editor, Benjamin Levitzky MD CME Author, Frank Marrero MD CME Author and Mohammed Qadeer MD CME Author
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3204; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02226.x
Letters to the Editor
Columnar-lined Esophagus without Intestinal Metaplasia should not be Dismissed as having no Cancer Risk
Clive Kelty MBChB, PhD, FRCSEd, FRCS (Gen Surg)
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3205; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_1.x
Response to Dr. Kelty et al.
Kenneth K Wang MD and Richard E Sampliner MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3205-3206; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_2.x
Clinicians and FDA Decisions
Jerry Gardner MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3206; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_3.x
Response to Dr. Gardner
Lawrence J Brandt MD, MACG
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3206; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_4.x
Reply to Letter from Dr. Jerry Gardner about: Balancing Drug Risk and Benefit: Toward Refining the Process of FDA Decisions Affecting Patient Care
Lawrence R Schiller MD, FACG and David A Johnson MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3207; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_5.x
Statins and Hepatitis C Virus: More Caution And Less Enthusiasm
Mark R Goldstein MD, FACP, Luca Mascitelli MD and Francesca Pezzetta MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3207-3208; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_6.x
Reply to Dr Goldstein about HCV and Fluvastatin: Less Armchair and More Science
Ted Bader MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3208-3209; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_7.x
Endoscopic-guided versus Cotton-tipped Applicator Methods of Nasal Anesthesia for Transnasal Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Massimo Maffei MD and Jean-Marc Dumonceau MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3209; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_8.x
Response to Dr. Dumonceau et al.
Chi-Tan Hu MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3209-3210; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_9.x
Diagnostic Problems in the Evaluation of Colorectal Adenomas
Vincenzo Villanacci MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3210-3211; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_10.x
"Should High Grade Dysplasia or Degree of Villous Change in Colonic Polyps be Reported?" Previously Reported in American Journal of Gastroenterology, Reply to Dr. Villanacci
Robert D Odze MD, FRCP (C)
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3211-3212; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_11.x
Cotton Pledget Method for Nasal Decongestive Anesthesia Prior to Transnasal Endoscopy
Yi-Chia Lee MD and Cheng-Ping Wang MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3212-3213; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_12.x
Mycophenolate Sodium: Effective Treatment for Therapy-Refractory Intestinal Behçet's Disease, Evaluated With Enteroscopy
Jasper H Kappen MSc, Peter B F Mensink MD, PhD, Wilco Lesterhuis MD, PhD, Sangeeta Lachman BSc, Paul L A van Daele MD, PhD, P Martin van Hagen MD, PhD and Jan A M van Laar MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3213-3214; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_13.x
-Defensins and Clostridium difficile Recent Growing Concerns in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Guillaume Savoye MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3215; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_14.x
Stent-In-Stent Insertion Using Argon Plasma Coagulation for the Cannulation of Multiple Malfunctioning Biliary Noncovered Self-Expandable Metal Stents
Dimitri Coumaros MD and Niki Tsesmeli MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3215-3217; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_15.x
Comments regarding "Consensus Recommendations for Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy"
Martin L Nusynowitz MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3217; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_16.x
Increased Hepatic and Circulating Interleukin-6 Levels in Human Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Teoman Dogru MD, Cemal Nuri Ercin MD, Gokhan Erdem MD, Alper Sonmez MD, Serkan Tapan MD and Ilker Tasci MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3217-3218; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_17.x
"Short" Double-Balloon Enteroscope for Diagnostic and Therapeutic ERCP in Patients With Altered Gastrointestinal Anatomy
Mitsunobu Matsushita MD, Masaaki Shimatani MD, Makoto Takaoka MD and Kazuichi Okazaki MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3218-3219; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_18.x
Prognosis and Therapy of Wernicke's Encephalopathy After Obesity Surgery
GianPietro Sechi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3219; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02161_19.x
Announcement
Calendar of Courses, Symposiums, and Conferences
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3220-3221; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02222.x
Index
Author Index
Am J Gastroenterol 103: 3222-3233; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.auindex_1.x
