News tagged with small bowel
Gut ecology in transplant patients
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Small-bowel transplant patients with an ileostomy -- an opening into their small bowel -- have a very different population of bacteria living in their gut than patients whose ileostomy has been closed, researchers from UC ...
Predictors of disease behavior change in Crohn’s disease
Aug 10, 2009 |
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A research team from Hungary investigated the probability of disease behavior changes in a well-characterized Crohn's disease cohort with strict clinical follow-up. They found that perianal disease, small bowel disease, smoking, ...
MR enterography eliminates unnecessary radiation exposure in patients with small bowel disease
Apr 23, 2009 |
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MR enterography is an effective tool to evaluate and guide treatment of patients with Crohn's Disease (a common form of inflammatory bowel disease that typically affects young people) without exposing them to radiation, according ...
Study identifies double-balloon enteroscopy as cost-effective approach for obscure GI bleeding
Nov 24, 2008 |
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A cost-effectiveness analysis conducted by researchers at Stanford University Hospital in Calif., shows that an initial double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is a cost-effective approach for patients with obscure gastrointestinal ...
A rare case of collagenous colitis presenting as protein-losing enteropathy
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Since the first report in 1976, collagenous colitis has been associated with a variety of conditions, including use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and proton pump inhibitors. This condition is characterized by chronic ...
