TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 104, Issue 4 (April 2009)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Letters to the Editor |
Announcements |
Errata, Corrigenda and Retractions |
Reviewer Recognition
The Red Section
What's Hot in the Red Journal This Month?
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 803-804; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.146
See also: Article by Liu et al.See also: Article by Vieth et al.See also: Article by Adams et al.See also: Article by Bangarulingam et al.See also: Article by Palanivelu et al.See also: Article by Levi et al.See also: Article by Levin et al.See also: Article by Passos et al.See also: Article by Camilleri et al.The Red Section
Management of Nondysplastic Barrett's Esophagus: Where Are We Now?
Prateek Sharma MD, Gary W Falk MD, Richard Sampliner MD, Stuart Jon Spechler MD and Kenneth Wang MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 805-808; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.75
Ethics in Gastroenterology
Helping Patients Make Informed Choices About Probiotics: A Need for Research
Richard R Sharp PhD, Jean-Paul Achkar MD, Margaret A Brinich BA and Ruth M Farrell MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 809-813; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.68
Reflections on Medical Practice
An Analog Doctor in a Digital World
Robert P Yatto MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 814-815; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.51
Original Contributions
Esophagus
Metaplastic Esophageal Columnar Epithelium Without Goblet Cells Shows DNA Content Abnormalities Similar to Goblet Cell–Containing Epithelium
Weitian Liu MD, PhD, Hejin Hahn MD, PhD, Robert D Odze MD, FRCPC and Raj K Goyal MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 816-824; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.85
Subject Category: Esophagus
Editorial: Defining a Bad Barrett's Segment: Is It Dependent on Goblet Cells?
M Vieth PD and H Barr MD(Dist) ChM, FRCS, FRCSE, FHEA
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 825-827; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.90
Subject Category: Esophagus
Seasonal Distribution in Newly Diagnosed Cases of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Adults
Cristina Almansa MD, Murli Krishna MD, Anna M Buchner MD, PhD, Marwan S Ghabril MD, Nicholas Talley MD, PhD, Kenneth R DeVault MD, Herbert Wolfsen MD, Massimo Raimondo MD, Juan C Guarderas MD and Sami R Achem MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 828-833; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.169
Subject Category: Esophagus
Risk Factors for Barrett's Esophagus Among Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Community Clinic-Based Case–Control Study
Zoe R Edelstein MS, Mary P Bronner MD, Sheldon N Rosen MD and Thomas L Vaughan MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 834-842; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.137
Subject Category: Esophagus
Endoscopy
NOTES: Transvaginal Endoscopic Cholecystectomy in Humans—Preliminary Report of a Case Series
Chinnusamy Palanivelu MCh, FRCS, FACS, Pidigu Seshiyer Rajan MS, DNB, FACS, Muthukumaran Rangarajan MS, DipMIS, FACS, Mohan Prasad MD, DM, Vijayan Kalyanakumari MD, Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi MBBS and Palanisamy Senthilnathan MS, DNB, MRCS
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 843-847; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.1
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Is PillCam COLON Capsule Endoscopy Ready for Colorectal Cancer Screening? A Prospective Feasibility Study in a Community Gastroenterology Practice
Andreas Sieg MD, PhD, Kilian Friedrich MD and Ulla Sieg
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 848-854; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.163
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Liver and Biliary Tract
Complications of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Sanjay Y Bangarulingam MD, Andrea A Gossard CNP, Bret T Petersen MD, Beverly J Ott and Keith D Lindor MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 855-860; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.161
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
NAFLD as a Risk Factor for the Development of Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome: An Eleven-Year Follow-up Study
Leon A Adams MBBS, PhD, Oliver R Waters MBBS, Matthew W Knuiman PhD, Robert R Elliott MBBS and John K Olynyk MBBS, MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 861-867; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.67
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Transient Cytokine-Induced Liver Injury Following Administration of the Humanized Anti-CD3 Antibody Visilizumab (HuM291) in Crohn's Disease
Daniel C Baumgart MD, PhD, James N Lowder MD, Stephan R Targan MD, William J Sandborn MD and Matthew B Frankel MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 868-876; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.138
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Seroprevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Taiwanese Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1–Positive Persons in the Era of Nationwide Hepatitis B Vaccination
Hsin-Yun Sun MD, Wen-Chien Ko MD, Jih-Jin Tsai MD, PhD, Hsin-Chun Lee MD, Chun-Eng Liu MD, Wing-Wai Wong MD, Shey-Chiang Su MD, Mao-Wang Ho MD, Shu-Hsing Cheng MD, Chin-Hui Yang MD, Yu-Hui Lin MD, Wei-Jay Miao MD, Wang-Huei Sheng MD, PhD and Chien-Ching Hung MD, MSc
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 877-884; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.159
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Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Natural History of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients With Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction
Praveen Sharma MD, DM, Barjesh Chander Sharma MD, DM, Vinod Puri MD, DM and Shiv Kumar Sarin MD, DM
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 885-890; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.84
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Increased Plasma Carbon Monoxide in Patients With Viral Cirrhosis and Hyperdynamic Circulation
Roberto Tarquini MD, Emanuela Masini MD, Giorgio La Villa MD, Giuseppe Barletta MD, Marco Novelli MD, Rosanna Mastroianni MD, Roberto Giulio Romanelli MD, Francesco Vizzutti MD, Ugo Santosuosso Eng and Giacomo Laffi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 891-897; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.2
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
The Effect of Fatigue on Driving Skills in Patients With Hepatic Encephalopathy
Jasmohan S Bajaj MBBS, MD, MS, Muhammad Hafeezullah MBBS, Yelena Zadvornova MD, Eric Martin MD, Christine M Schubert PhD, Douglas P Gibson Psy D, MPH, Raymond G Hoffmann MD, Arun J Sanyal MBBS, MD, Douglas M Heuman MD, Thomas A Hammeke PhD and Kia Saeian MD, MS
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 898-905; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.7
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Evaluation of Liver Biopsy in Egyptian HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Patients at Initial Presentation: Implications for Therapy
Abdel-Rahman El-Zayadi MD, Hanaa Mostafa Badran MD, Ahmed Saied MSc, Sherine Shawky MD, Mohy El-Deen Attia MD and Khaled Zalata MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 906-911; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.30
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Functional GI Disorders
Adequate Relief in a Treatment Trial With IBS Patients: A Prospective Assessment
Maria C F Passos MD, PhD, Anthony J Lembo MD, Lisa A Conboy ScD, Ted J Kaptchuk OMD, John M Kelly PhD, Mary T Quilty BS, Catherine E Kerr PhD, Eric E Jacobson PhD, Rong Hu PhD, Elizabeth Friedlander NP, PhD and Douglas A Drossman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 912-919; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.13
Subject Category: Functional GI Disorders
Editorial: Is Adequate Relief Fatally Flawed or Adequate as an End Point in Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
Michael Camilleri MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 920-922; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.20
Subject Category: Functional GI Disorders
Resolution of Tracheal Aspiration After the Acute Phase of Stroke-Related Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Rosa Terré MD and Fermín Mearin PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 923-932; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.160
Subject Category: Functional GI Disorders
Colon/Small Bowel
Sensitivity, but Not Specificity, of a Quantitative Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test for Neoplasia Is Slightly Increased by the Use of Low-Dose Aspirin, NSAIDS, and Anticoagulants
Zohar Levi MD, Paul Rozen MBBS, Rachel Hazazi BSc, Alex Vilkin MD, Amal Waked BSc, Eran Maoz MD, Shlomo Birkenfeld MD, Nicky Lieberman MD, Shmuel Klang MD and Yaron Niv MD, FACG, AGAF
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 933-938; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.14
Subject Category: Colon/Small Bowel
Editorial: It's Time to Make Organized Colorectal Cancer Screening Convenient and Easy for Patients
Theodore R Levin MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 939-941; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.18
Subject Category: Colon/Small Bowel
Using a Multifaceted Approach to Improve the Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Test Results
Hardeep Singh MD, MPH, Himabindu Kadiyala MD, Gayathri Bhagwath MD, Anila Shethia MBA, Hashem El-Serag MD, MPH, Annette Walder MS, Maria E Velez MD and Laura A Petersen MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 942-952; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.55
Subject Category: Colon/Small Bowel
Intestinal and Renal Effects of Low-Volume Phosphate and Sulfate Cathartic Solutions Designed for Cleansing the Colon: Pathophysiological Studies in Five Normal Subjects
Viralkumar Patel MD, Michael Nicar PhD, Michael Emmett MD, John Asplin MD, John A Maguire PhD, Carol A Santa Ana BS and John S Fordtran MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 953-965; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.124
Subject Category: Colon/Small Bowel
Pancreas
A Prospective Evaluation of the Bedside Index for Severity in Acute Pancreatitis Score in Assessing Mortality and Intermediate Markers of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis
Vikesh K Singh MD, MSc, Bechien U Wu MD, MPH, Thomas L Bollen MD, Kathryn Repas BA, Rie Maurer MA, Richard S Johannes MD, Koenraad J Mortele MD, Darwin L Conwell MD and Peter A Banks MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 966-971; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.28
Subject Category: Pancreas
Pathology
A Quality Initiative to Decrease Pathology Specimen–Labeling Errors Using Radiofrequency Identification in a High-Volume Endoscopy Center
Dawn L Francis MD, MHS, Shalini Prabhakar MBA and Schuyler O Sanderson MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 972-975; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.170
Subject Category: Pathology
Pediatrics
Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Botulinum Toxin Injection in Children With Nonrelaxing Internal Anal Sphincter
Bruno P Chumpitazi MD, MPH, Steven J Fishman MD and Samuel Nurko MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 976-983; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.110
Subject Category: Pediatrics
Clinical Reviews
Review
Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis: Presentation and Management
Wayne Tsuang MD, Udayakumar Navaneethan MD, Luis Ruiz MD, Joseph B Palascak MD and Andres Gelrud MD, MMSc
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 984-991; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.27
Continuing Medical Education: April 2009
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 992; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.153
Oral Antibiotic Prophylaxis Reduces Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Occurrence and Improves Short-Term Survival in Cirrhosis: A Meta-Analysis
Sammy Saab MD, MPH, AGAF, Jose Carlos Hernandez MD, Amanda C Chi BA and Myron J Tong PhD, MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 993-1001; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.3
Continuing Medical Education Questions: April 2009
James S Scolapio MD, Benjamin Levitzky MD, Frank Marrero MD and Mohammed A Qadeer MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1002; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.154
Differentiating Intestinal Tuberculosis From Crohn's Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
Majid Abdulrahman Almadi MD, FRCPC, Subrata Ghosh MD, FRCP, FRCP(E) and Abdulrahman Mohamed Aljebreen MD, FRCPC
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1003-1012; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.162
Pathogenesis of and Unifying Hypothesis for Idiopathic Pouchitis
J Calvin Coffey PhD, AFRCSI, Fiachra Rowan MRCSI, John Burke MRCSI, Neil Dochery PhD, William O Kirwan FRCSI and P Ronan O'Connell FRCSI
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1013-1023; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.127
Viral Hepatitis in Incarcerated Adults: A Medical and Public Health Concern
Douglas R Hunt MD and Sammy Saab MD, MPH, AGAF
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1024-1031; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.143
Continuing Medical Education: April 2009
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1032; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.151
The Utility of Probiotics in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Darren M Brenner MD, Matthew J Moeller MD, William D Chey MD and Philip S Schoenfeld MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi)
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1033-1049; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.25
Continuing Medical Education Questions: April 2009
James S Scolapio MD, Anna M Buchner MD, Kanwar R S Gill MD and Muhammad Hassan MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1050; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.152
Letters to the Editor
Old but Still Standing
J Dib Jr
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1051; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.174
Response to Dib
Rami Badreddine MD and Kenneth K Wang MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1051; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.179
Unveiling Glucose Abnormalities in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
Ming-Lun Yeh MD, Jee-Fu Huang MD, Ming-Lung Yu MD, PhD, Chia-Yen Dai MD, PhD and Wan-Long Chuang MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1051; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.9
Response to Yeh
Elisabetta Bugianesi MD, Chiara Giordanino MD and Giorgio Saracco MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1052; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.11
Biological Plausibility Between Proton Pump Inhibitory Therapy and Hip Fracture: Hypermocysteinemia Can Be the Link
Xavier Roblin MD and Jean Marc Phelip MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1052; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.175
Crohn's Disease of the Common Bile Duct and Ampulla Causing Obstructive Jaundice and Acute Pancreatitis
John M Rivas MD, Tolga Erim DO, Mariana E Berho MD, Robert E Petras MD and Fernando J Castro MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1053-1055; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.136
New-Onset Ulcerative Colitis in a Patient Treated With the Anti-CD11a Monoclonal Antibody Efalizumab
Fergal Donnellan MD, Garret Cullen MD and Frank E Murray MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1055; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.137
Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: Imaging Surveillance for Pancreatic and Extra-Pancreatic Malignancy
Mitsunobu Matsushita MD, Tsukasa Ikeura MD, Masaaki Shimatani MD, Kazushige Uchida MD, Makoto Takaoka MD, Akiyoshi Nishio MD and Kazuichi Okazaki MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1055; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.17
A Rare Cause of Large Liver Cysts
Leonardus Gerardus Matheus Moons MD, PhD, Franciscus Hubertus Joseph Wolfhagen MD, PhD, Rudolf Beukers MD, PhD, Robert A de Man MD, PhD, Geert Jacob Leonard Hubert van Leenders MD, PhD and Hendrik Reindert van Buuren MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1056-1058; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.24
Cutaneous Metastatic Crohn's Disease Responsive to Infliximab
Alessandra Petrolati, Nadia Altavilla, Rosanna Cipolla, Pompeo Fenderico, Giuseppe Forlini, Silvia Nasoni and Zaccaria Rossi
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1058; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.171
Very Long Survival of a Patient With a Metastatic Upper Jejunal Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
Stefano La Rosa MD, Giovanna Finzi PhD and Carlo Capella MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1059; advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.144
Successful Multimodality Treatment for Hemosuccus Pancreaticus
Parissa Tabrizian MD, Pippa Newell MD, Bruce P Reiter MD and Tomas M Heimann MD, FACS
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1060; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.33
Fatty Liver and Carotid Intimal Thickening: A Tale of Two Ages?
Amedeo Lonardo MD and Paola Loria MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1061; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.10
Two-Year Retention of Bravo Capsule in a Giant Colonic Diverticulum
Reed B Hogan II MD, Paxton Phillips RRT, Stewart A Boyd BA and Jane Claire Williams MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1062; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.176
Mesalazine-Induced Aplastic Anemia
Ari Wiesen MD, Jonathan Wiesen MS, Sewanti Limaye MD and Neeraj Kaushik MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1063; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.164
A Population-Based Case–Control Study of Potential Risk Factors for IBD
A M El-Tawil MSc, MRCS, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1064; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.165
Mucosal Healing of Crohn's Disease Demonstrated by Capsule Endoscopy in a Woman With Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
R Y Akhtar MD, Blair S Lewis MD and Thomas Ullman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1065-1066; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.177
An Unusual Presentation of Scrub Typhus With Atraumatic Hemoperitoneum
Wen-Yu Lin MD, Gen-Min Lin MD and Feng-Yee Chang MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1067; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.8
Not All Mesalamine Enema Bottles Are Created Equal
Sandy F C Stewart PhD, Donna L Walsh and R Jason Schroeder PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1068; advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.178
Thalidomide as a Treatment for Refractory CGD Colitis
Harry Sokol MD, PhD, Felipe Suarez MD, PhD, Tchao Meatchi MD, Georgia Malamut MD, Marie-Anne Pocidalo MD, PhD, Stephane Blanche MD, PhD, Christophe Cellier MD, PhD and Olivier Hermine MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1069; advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.56
False-Positive Wireless Video Capsule Secondary to Performing a Simultaneous Sigmoidoscopy
Arthur D Shiff MD, Suryakanth Gurudu MD, G Anton Decker MD and Jonathan A Leighton MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1070; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.12
Announcements
Calendar of Courses, Symposiums, and Conferences
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1071; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.148
Errata, Corrigenda and Retractions
Corrigendum: An Evidence-Based Position Statement on the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome FREE
American College of Gastroenterology Task Force on IBS
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1072; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.134
Erratum: 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 FREE
Xavier Roblin, Laurent P Biroulet, Jean M Phelip, Stéphane Nancey and Bernard Flourie
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1072; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.157
Erratum: Overutilization of Proton Pump Inhibitors: A Review of Cost-Effectiveness and Risk in PPI FREE
Joel J Heidelbaugh, Kathleen L Goldberg and John M Inadomi
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1072; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.183
