Pancreas Divisum
Management of Portal Hypertensi ...
Management of portal hypertension in children has evolved over the past several decades. Portal hypertension can result from intrahepatic or extrahe ...
Update on the Role of Endoscopi ...
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) remains an important healthcare problem that adversely affects quality of life. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a preferred ...
Current Approach to the Treatme ...
Achalasia is a primary esophagealmotility disorder characterized by aperistalsis and incomplete or absent relaxation of the lower esophageal sphinct ...
Mechanisms Underlying Visceral ...
Visceral hypersensitivity is currently considered a key pathophysiological mechanism involved in pain perception in large subgroups of patients with ...
Early Management of Severe Acut ...
Significant literature on the management of acute severe acute pancreatitis has emerged in recent years. The new information ranges from data on new ...
Management of Refractory Ascite ...
One of the most common manifestations of the development of portal hypertension in the patient with cirrhosis is the appearance of ascites. Once asc ...
Ablative Therapies for Barrett’ ...
Barrett’s esophagus has gained increased clinical attention because of its association with esophageal adenocarcinoma, a cancer with increasing inci ...
Recent Advances in Functional A ...
Defecatory disorders are a common cause of chronic constipation and should be managed by biofeedback-guided pelvic floor retraining. While anorectal ...
New Developments in Pancreatic ...
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma presents in an advanced stage and has a dismal prognosis. Extensive recent research efforts have provided us with greater ...
Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Esoph ...
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a chronic inflammatory condition with a rapidly evolving epidemiology, is now a major cause of esophageal disease. C ...
Advances in the Evaluation and ...
Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is a neurocognitive disorder that affects up to 80% of cirrhotic patients. Similar to overt hepatic encephalopa ...
The Role of Eosinophils and Mas ...
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common and currently defined by a symptom-based classification with no discernable pathology. In f ...
Recurrent and Relapsing Pancrea ...
Recurrent acute pancreatitis is a common clinical problem. Most cases of pancreatitis are identified by a careful history and physical examination. ...
GERD-Related Cough: Pathophysio ...
Chronic cough is a common problem resulting in significant impairment of quality of life. Along with cough variant asthma and nasal disease, gastroe ...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What ...
Knowing what patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) want or expect from their medical care is critical in helping them manage the symptoms of ...
Pulmonary Complications of Cirr ...
Pulmonary vascular complications of liver disease comprise two distinct clinical entities: hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS—microvascular dilatation an ...
Pancreas Divisum
We review important new clinical observations in pancreas divisum (PD) made since 2007. PD is common and has the same prevalence in the general popu ...
Recent Progress in Congenital D ...
Congenital diarrheal disorders (CDD) are a group of rare enteropathies related to specific genetic defects. Infants with these disorders have chroni ...
Acute Pancreatitis: Should We U ...
Acute pancreatitis is a common cause of hospitalization and a major source of morbidity worldwide. When it is severe, and especially when it progres ...
Bone Disorders in Chronic Liver ...
Bone disease is a major complication of chronic liver disease. Osteomalacia is quite uncommon despite low vitamin D levels in the majority of patien ...
Recent Advances in the Epidemio ...
Clinical observation has defined the medical profile of alcoholic pancreatitis, but its low incidence and prevalence has limited characterizing the ...
Intestinal Obstruction Syndrome ...
Meconium ileus at birth, distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS), and constipation are an interrelated group of intestinal obstruction syndrom ...
Clostridium Difficile Infection ...
Clostridium difficile infection is a common cause of morbidity in patients with HIV infection and in patients with non-HIV immune deficiency. The fr ...
Modern Approach to Hepatocellul ...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) used to be considered a universally fatal disease. Today, however, we have tools to identify patients at risk for HCC ...
Diagnosis and Management of Acu ...
Acute cholangitis is a potentially life-threatening systemic disease resulting from a combination of infection and obstruction of the biliary tree, ...