TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 104, Issue 5 (May 2009)
Original Contributions |
Clinical Reviews |
Letters to the Editor |
Announcements |
Errata, Corrigenda and Retractions
The Red Section
What's Hot in the Red Journal This Month?
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1081-1082; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.218
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Endoscopic Variceal Band Ligation
Todd H Baron MD and Louis M Wong Kee Song MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1083-1085; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.17
Methodology
Systematic Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Yuhong Yuan MD, PhD and Richard H Hunt MB, FRCP, FRCPC, FACG, AGAF
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1086-1092; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.118
Genetics and Molecular biology
Biomarkers in Gastroenterology: Between Hope and Hype Comes Histopathology
Janusz A Jankowski MD, PhD, FRCP, FACP and Robert D Odze MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1093-1096; doi:10.1038/ajg.2008.172
Original Contributions
Outcomes
A 25-Year Analysis of the American College of Gastroenterology Research Grant Program: Factors Associated With Publication and Advancement in Academics
Seth D Crockett MD, Evan S Dellon MD, MPH, Stephanie D Bright BS and Nicholas J Shaheen MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1097-1105; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.35
Esophagus
The Impact of Lifestyle Modification on the Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients With Reflux Esophagitis Receiving Treatment With a Proton Pump Inhibitor
Yoshikazu Kinoshita MD, PhD, Kiyoshi Ashida MD, PhD, Hiroto Miwa MD, PhD, FACG and Michio Hongo MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1106-1111; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.77
Subject Category: Esophagus
Endoscopy
Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy vs. EGD for the Evaluation of Portal Hypertension: A French Prospective Multicenter Comparative Study
M G Lapalus MD, E Ben Soussan MD, M Gaudric MD, J C Saurin MD, PhD, P N D'Halluin MD, O Favre MD, B Filoche MD, PhD, F Cholet MD, A de Leusse MD, M Antonietti MD, J L Gaudin MD, P Sogni MD, D Heresbach MD, PhD, T Ponchon MD, PhD and J Dumortier MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1112-1118; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.66
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Remifentanil vs. Meperidine for Patient-Controlled Analgesia During Colonoscopy: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial
Lorella Fanti MD, Agostoni Massimo MD, Gemma Marco MD, Gambino Giulia MD, Facciorusso Antonio MS, Guslandi Mario MD, FACG, Torri Giorgio MD, PhD and Testoni Pier Alberto MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1119-1124; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.53
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Urgent vs. Non-Urgent Endoscopy in Stable Acute Variceal Bleeding
Justin Cheung MD, FRCPC, Isaac Soo MD, Ravin Bastiampillai, Qiaohao Zhu MSc and Mang Ma MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1125-1129; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.78
Subject Category: Endoscopy
Liver and Biliary Tract
Association of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy With Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Cirrhotic Patients With Ascites
Jasmohan S Bajaj MD, MS, Yelena Zadvornova MD, Douglas M Heuman MD, Muhammad Hafeezullah MBBS, Raymond G Hoffmann PhD, Arun J Sanyal MD and Kia Saeian MD, MS
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1130-1134; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.80
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Insulin Resistance Is Not Associated With Histologic Severity in Nondiabetic, Noncirrhotic Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Seung Ha Park MD, Dong Joon Kim MD and Heon Young Lee MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1135-1139; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.6
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Prognostic Indices for Budd–Chiari Syndrome: Valid for Clinical Studies but Insufficient for Individual Management
Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou MD, Rami Moucari MD, Sylvie Escolano MD, Dominique Cazals-Hatem MD, Cécile Denié MD, Carine Chagneau-Derrode MD, Claire Charpignon MD, Victor de Lédinghen MD, Marieke Grenouillet-Delacre MD, François Habersetzer MD, Jean-Baptiste Nousbaum MD, Marie-Hélène Denninger Pharm D, Dominique C Valla MD and Aurélie Plessier MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1140-1146; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.63
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Predicting Mortality Risk in Patients With Compensated HCV-Induced Cirrhosis: A Long-Term Prospective Study
Savino Bruno MD, Massimo Zuin MD, Andrea Crosignani MD, Sonia Rossi MD, Felice Zadra MD, Luigi Roffi MD, Mauro Borzio MD, Alessandro Redaelli MD, Alberto Chiesa MD, Enrico Maria Silini MD, Piero Luigi Almasio MD and Patrick Maisonneuve Eng.
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1147-1158; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.31
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Clinical Trials: As Rare as Hens' Teeth
Timothy J Davern MD and Naga Chalasani MD, FACG
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1159-1161; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.76
Subject Category: Liver and Biliary Tract
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The Vexed Relationship Between Clostridium Difficile and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Assessment of Carriage in an Outpatient Setting Among Patients in Remission
Evelyn M Clayton BSc, Mary C Rea BSc, MSc, Fergus Shanahan MD, BSc, FRCP (UK), FRCPI, FACP, FRCP(C), Eamonn M M Quigley MD, FRCP, FACP, FACG, Barry Kiely BSc, PhD, Colin Hill BSc, PhD and R Paul Ross BSc, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1162-1169; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.4
Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Comparison of Two Adalimumab Treatment Schedule Strategies for Moderate-to-Severe Crohn's Disease: Results From the CHARM Trial
Jean-Frédéric Colombel MD, William J Sandborn MD, Paul Rutgeerts MD, PhD, Michael A Kamm MD, Andrew P Yu PhD, Eric Q Wu PhD, Paul F Pollack MD, Kathleen G Lomax MD, Jingdong Chao PhD and Parvez M Mulani PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1170-1179; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.59
Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Combined Polymorphisms in Genes Encoding the Inflammasome Components NALP3 and CARD8 Confer Susceptibility to Crohn's Disease in Swedish Men
Ida Schoultz MSc, Deepti Verma MSc, Jonas Halfvarsson MD, PhD, Leif Törkvist MD, PhD, Mats Fredrikson PhD, Urban Sjöqvist MD, PhD, Mikael Lördal MD, PhD, Curt Tysk MD, PhD, Maria Lerm PhD, Peter Söderkvist PhD and Johan D Söderholm MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1180-1188; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.29
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Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Paucicellular Lymphocytic Colitis: Is It a Minor Form of Lymphocytic Colitis? A Clinical Pathological and Immunological Study
Fernando Fernández-Bañares MD, Jaume Casalots MD, Antonio Salas MD, Maria Esteve MD, Mercè Rosinach MD, Montserrat Forné MD, Carme Loras MD, Rebeca Santaolalla MD, Jorge Espinós MD and Josep M Viver MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1189-1198; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.65
Subject Category: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Functional GI Disorders
Opioid Bowel Dysfunction and Narcotic Bowel Syndrome: A Population-Based Study FREE
Rok Seon Choung MD, G Richard Locke III MD, Alan R Zinsmeister PhD, Cathy D Schleck BS and Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1199-1204; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.71
Subject Category: Functional GI Disorders
T-Cell Activation in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Lena Öhman PhD, Stefan Isaksson BSc, Ann-Charlotte Lindmark BSc, Iris Posserud MD, PhD, P-O Stotzer MD, PhD, Hans Strid MD, PhD, Henrik Sjövall MD, PhD and Magnus Simrén MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1205-1212; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.116
Subject Category: Functional GI Disorders
Colon/Small Bowel
Incidence of Right-Sided Colorectal Cancer After Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Study
L Y L Tang, Z Nugent, A A Demers and Harminder Singh
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1213-1220; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.32
Subject Category: Colon/Small Bowel
Physical Activity Decreases Diverticular Complications
Lisa L Strate MD, MPH, Yan L Liu MS, Walid H Aldoori MD, MPA, ScD and Edward L Giovannucci MD, ScD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1221-1230; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.121
Subject Category: Colon/Small Bowel
Dietary Meat Intake in Relation to Colorectal Adenoma in Asymptomatic Women
Leah M Ferrucci MPH, Rashmi Sinha PhD, Barry I Graubard PhD, Susan T Mayne PhD, Xiaomei Ma PhD, Arthur Schatzkin MD, DrPH, Philip S Schoenfeld MD, Brooks D Cash MD, Andrew Flood PhD and Amanda J Cross MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1231-1240; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.102
Subject Category: Colon/Small Bowel
Statins and the Risk of Colorectal Carcinoma: A Nested Case–Control Study in Veterans With Diabetes
Christine Hachem MD, Robert Morgan PhD, Michael Johnson PhD, Mark Kuebeler and Hashem El-Serag MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1241-1248; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.64
Subject Category: Colon/Small Bowel
Pancreas
Intrathecal Narcotic Infusion Pumps for Intractable Pain of Chronic Pancreatitis: A Pilot Series
Pradermchai Kongkam MD, Dennis L Wagner MD, Stuart Sherman MD, Evan L Fogel MD, Stephanie C Whittaker RN, James L Watkins MD, Lee McHenry MD and Glen A Lehman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1249-1255; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.54
Subject Category: Pancreas
Branch Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Kanwar Rupinder S Gill MD, Mario Pelaez-Luna MD, Andrew Keaveny MD, Timothy A Woodward MD, Micheal B Wallace MD, MPH, Suresh T Chari MD, Thomas C Smyrk MD, Naoki Takahashi MD, Jonathan E Clain MD, Michael J Levy MD, Randall K Pearson MD, Bret T Petersen MD, Mark D Topazian MD, Santhi S Vege MD, Michael Kendrick MD, Michael B Farnell MD and Massimo Raimondo MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1256-1261; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.62
Subject Category: Pancreas
Nutrition/Obesity
Long-Term Outcome of Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction Adult Patients Requiring Home Parenteral Nutrition
Aurelien Amiot MD, Francisca Joly MD, PhD, Arnaud Alves MD, PhD, Yves Panis MD, PhD, Yoram Bouhnik MD, PhD and Bernard Messing MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1262-1270; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.58
Subject Category: Nutrition/Obesity
Endoscopic Position Control of Nasoenteral Feeding Tubes by Transnasal Re-endoscopy: A Prospective Study in Intensive Care Patients
Nico Wiegand MD, Peter Bauerfeind MD, Fabiola Delco MD, MPH, Michael Fried MD and Stephan M Wildi MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1271-1276; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.26
Subject Category: Nutrition/Obesity
Clinical Reviews
Review
Continuing Medical Education: May 2009
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1277; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.219
A Global, Evidence-Based Consensus on the Definition of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in the Pediatric Population
Philip M Sherman MD, Eric Hassall MD, Ulysses Fagundes-Neto MD, Benjamin D Gold MD, Seiichi Kato MD, Sibylle Koletzko MD, Susan Orenstein MD, Colin Rudolph MD, Nimish Vakil MD and Yvan Vandenplas MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1278-1295; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.129
Continuing Medical Education Questions: May 2009
James S Scolapio MD, Muhammad K Hasan MD, Anna M Buchner MD and Kanwar R S Gill MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1296; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.220
Continuing Medical Education: May 2009
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1297; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.221
Do NSAIDs, Antibiotics, Infections, or Stress Trigger Flares in IBD? FREE
Sunny Singh BSc, Lesley A Graff PhD and Charles N Bernstein MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1298-1313; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.15
Continuing Medical Education Questions: May 2009
James S Scolapio MD, Karen C Kim MD, Ying Hong Wang MD, Ashish Atreja MD and Dian Chiang MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1314; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.222
Endoscopic Closure of Gastrointestinal Leaks
Gottumukkala Subba Raju MD, FRCP, FACG, FASGE
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1315-1320; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.34
Letters to the Editor
Celiac Disease First Diagnosed in the Elderly
Weekitt Kittisupamongkol MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1321; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.60
Response to Kittisupamongkol
Alberto Pilotto MD, Marilisa Franceschi MD, Dino Vitale MD, Augusto Zaninelli MD, Francesco Di Mario MD, Davide Seripa PhD and Franco Rengo MD on behalf of FIRI (Fondazione Italiana Ricerca sull'Invecchiamento) and the SOFIA Project Investigators
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1321; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.70
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Levels in Chronic Sarcoidosis
Weekitt Kittisupamongkol MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1321; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.123
Response to Kittisupamongkol
E C Ebert MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1321-1322; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.125
Heartbreaking Weight Loss
Samar Harris MD, Harris V K Naina MD and Thomas J Beckman MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1322-1323; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.37
A PEG Tube Through the Liver
Jawaid Shaw MD and Kevin Casey MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1323-1324; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.61
Is Crohn's Disease Associated With Appendectomy or Appendicitis?
Tetsuji Fujita MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1324; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.39
Hydatid Cyst of Pancreas Presented as a Pancreatic Pseudocyst
Amrollah M Bayat MD, Ramin Azhough MD, Shahriar Hashemzadeh MD, Alireza Barband FACS, Ali Reza Yaghoubi MD and Reza Movassagi Gargari MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1324-1326; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.38
Suggested Association of NOS2A Polymorphism in Idiopathic Achalasia: No Evidence in a Large Case–Control Study
Ana González Vigo PhD, Alfonso Martínez PhD, Emilio G de la Concha MD, PhD, Elena Urcelay PhD and Antonio Ruiz de León MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1326-1327; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.72
Bacillus clausii as a Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Maurizio Gabrielli PhD, Ernesto Cristiano Lauritano MD, Emidio Scarpellini MD, Andrea Lupascu MD, Veronica Ojetti MD, Giovanni Gasbarrini MD, Nicolò Gentiloni Silveri MD and Antonio Gasbarrini MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1327-1328; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.91
The Combination of Annular Pancreas and Duodenum Inversum Presenting With Delayed Gastric Emptying, Pain, and Feeding Intolerance
Rmin Azhough MD, Amrollah Bayat MD, Shahryar Hashemzadeh MD, Amir Afshin Khaki MD, Negar Motayagheni MD and Mohammad Kazem Tarzamni MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1328-1329; advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.68
Early Tracheal Stenosis Post Esophageal Stent Insertion in a Patient With Lung Cancer
J Greenall MBBS, K A Chengappa MBBS and B Pereira MBBS, MD, MRCP
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1329-1330; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.69
Post-Colonoscopy Massive Air Leakage With Full Body Involvement: An Impressive Complication With Uneventful Recovery
Gerd Bouma MD, PhD, Adriaan A van Bodegraven MD, PhD, Jan Hein van Waesberghe MD, PhD, Chris J Mulder MD, PhD and Indra C Pieters-van den Bos MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1330-1332; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.92
Transient Autoimmune Hepatitis Induced by a Thymoma
E Aigner MD, C P Strassburg MD, M Strasser MD, G Pohla-Gubo PhD, O Dietze MD, J Hutter MD, M P Manns MD and Christian Datz MD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1332-1334; advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.99
Comment on a Retraction
Bruno Bonaz MD, PhD, Germain Bessard PhD and Jean-Pierre Zarski MD, PhD
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1334; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.198
Announcements
Calendar of Courses, Symposiums, and Conferences
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1335; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.212
Errata, Corrigenda and Retractions
Corrigendum: A 25-Year Analysis of the American College of Gastroenterology Research Grant Program: Factors Associated With Publication and Advancement in Academics FREE
Seth D Crockett MD, Evan S Dellon MD, MPH, Stephanie D Bright BS and Nicholas J Shaheen MD, MPH
Am J Gastroenterol 104: 1336; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.277
