Mechanism of Acid Hypersecretio ...
Background Some patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome post curative gastrinoma resection continue to show gastric acid hypersecretion; however, t ...
Association Between Proton Pump ...
Background Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely prescribed to treat gastrointestinal diseases. However, concerns have been raised regarding thei ...
Can an Immunohistochemistry Met ...
Background It is sometimes difficult to diagnose whether a patient has intestinal tuberculosis or Crohn’s disease because both have similar clinical ...
The Effect of Antisecretory The ...
Background Conventional catheter-based and wireless pH monitoring continue to be widely used for the evaluation of GERD symptoms despite the emergen ...
Patterns of Gram-Stained Fecal ...
Background The gut is an important target organ of injury during critically ill conditions. Although Gram staining is a common and quick method for ...
The Neutrophil Respiratory Burs ...
Background Neutrophils are a key part of the innate immune defence against microbes, using the respiratory burst (RB) to optimise killing and digest ...
Natural Orifice Translumenal En ...
Background Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has generated a surge of enthusiasm among researchers by virtue of its challenge ...
Predictors of Colorectal Cancer ...
Background The incidence of colorectal cancer following a normal colonoscopy in the Medicare population is not known. Methods A 5% national sample ...
Efficacy and Tolerability of Sp ...
Background and Aims Adequate bowel cleansing is essential for a high-quality, effective, and safe colonoscopy. The aims of this study were to compar ...
Fecal Detection of Mycobacteriu ...
Background and Aim Despite the increasing evidence of MAP/DNA isolation in Crohn’s disease (CD), its potential pathogenetic role remains unclear. To ...
Gastric Juice Prostaglandins an ...
Background Gastric secretion can provide valuable information especially when Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection results in chronic atrophic gastrit ...
Generalized Transit Delay on Wi ...
Background The prevalence of generalized transit delay and relation to symptoms in suspected gastroparesis, intestinal dysmotility, or slow transit ...
Increased emergency department ...
Objective To determine whether a sentinel clinic network or an emergency department (ED) was more timely in identifying the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) ...
The effect of sleep restriction ...
Objective The effect of a severely stressful situation (sleep restriction and psychological load) on the diurnal changes in novel tryptamine-related ...
A case report of giant esophage ...
This report concerns a 68-year-old man with an esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) surgically resected after preoperative treatment. En ...
The changes in submandibular gl ...
To investigate the effects of chorda tympani section on submandibular gland size and function in the early (postoperative day 7) and late (postopera ...
Surgical measurement to sphenoi ...
The objective this study was to measure the changes of sphenoid sinusin the Chinese in AsiausingCT sagittal thin-slice reconstruction images, and to ...
Laryngeal eVects of nasal aller ...
In spite of our recent insight into nasobronchial interaction mechanisms in allergic airway disease, the association between allergic rhinitis and v ...
new tool measuring oral malodor ...
A valid measure of oral malodor (halitosis) and associated quality of life is required for the complete assessment of treatment effectiveness. The p ...
Deep neck abscesses: the Singap ...
This study aims to review our experience with deep neck abscesses, identify key trends, and improve the management of this condition. This is a retr ...
Prognosis of patients with recu ...
No studies to date have classified recurrent facial palsy according to the House-Brackmann grade, thus limiting any comparisons between patients wit ...
Less known non-infectious and n ...
Pain syndromes of neuromusculoskeletal origin are not well-known by most of the clinicians working on head and neck area. As a result, most of the p ...
Otolith function in patients wi ...
This study evaluates the otolith function of patients with head trauma, postulating that otolith dysfunction is a cause of nonspecific dizziness aft ...
MMP-2 expression in 102 patient ...
In order to evaluate the potential of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) as a prognostic factor for glottic laryngeal cancer. One hundred and two su ...
Semicircular canal dehiscence i ...
The literature about bony defects in the semicircular canal system is highly inconsistent. Therefore, we analyzed a series of 700 high-resolution mu ...