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Mashup Score: 0Keeping tabs - 16 hour(s) ago
Patients with a complete, negative colonoscopy had reduced risk of colorectal cancer for more than 15 years, one study found, while another found that early-onset colorectal cancer doesn’t require more frequent follow-up surveillance than average-onset cases.
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Mashup Score: 0Test yourself - 16 hour(s) ago
A 25-year-old woman is evaluated for a 6-month history of dyspepsia associated with early satiety, occasional epigastric burning, rare nausea, and postprandial bloating and belching. She has no melena or weight loss. Following a physical exam and other tests, what is the most appropriate management?
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Mashup Score: 0Highlights - 17 hour(s) ago
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colectomy was linked with more than doubled risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), indicating that these patients may benefit from close monitoring of kidney biomarkers, according to the authors of a Swedish cohort study.
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Mashup Score: 0Highlights - 17 hour(s) ago
Patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes had lower risk of hepatocellular carcinoma than those on insulin or sulfonylureas, and hepatic decompensation risk was reduced compared with five comparison diabetes drug classes, a study found.
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Mashup Score: 0Highlights - 18 hour(s) ago
Patients with cirrhosis who had iron-deficiency anemia after variceal bleeding had greater improvement in clinical outcomes at three months with IV iron versus oral iron therapy, a randomized trial in India found.
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Mashup Score: 0Test yourself - 29 day(s) ago
A 55-year-old man is evaluated for follow-up of fundic gland polyps. After endoscopy and biopsy showing no dysplasia, when should a follow-up upper endoscopy be performed?
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Mashup Score: 0Test yourself - 29 day(s) ago
A 55-year-old man is evaluated for follow-up of fundic gland polyps. After endoscopy and biopsy showing no dysplasia, when should a follow-up upper endoscopy be performed?
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Mashup Score: 0Highlights - 29 day(s) ago
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists were associated with a delay of approximately 36 minutes in gastric emptying on scintigraphy compared to placebo.
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Mashup Score: 4ACP Gastroenterology Monthly - 29 day(s) ago
ACP Gastroenterology Monthly delivers a monthly summary of news in gastroenterology and hepatology, including the latest research, clinical guidelines, and FDA drug actions.
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Mashup Score: 0Highlights - 29 day(s) ago
A 5 mm Hg increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP) was linked with a small but significant increase in the likelihood of reversal of acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a retrospective study of patients hospitalized with decompensated cirrhosis.
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