Endoscopy: gastroenterology

Chair of Gastroenterology, Dietology and Endoscopy, P.U. Shoupik National Academy of Postgraduate Education, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, 9 Dorogozhytska str., 04112, Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Laine, L., Harper, S., Simon, T., Bath, R., Johanson, J., Schwartz, H., Stern, S., Quan, H., Bolognese, J. A randomized trial comparing the effect of rofecoxib, a cyclooxygenase 2-specific inhibitor, with that of ibuprofen on the gastroduodenal mucosa of patients with osteoarthritis.Rofecoxib Osteoarthritis Endoscopy Study Group, Gastroenterology 1999, 117, 776-783. 

In some cases, invasive tests such as endoscopy are needed. For most gastroenterological allergies, small bowel biopsy shows a patchy enteropathy with nonspecific inflammatory infiltrate (lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils). If the diagnosis is positive, the mucosa improves when the offending proteins are removed from the diet. Histology of the biopsy samples often confirms the diagnosis but does not indicate which foods are responsible for the reaction (Sampson, 2004). 

British Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy Committee (2002) Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage guidelines. Cut 51 (Suppl IV) iv1-iv6. Available at http //www.bsg.org.uk/pdf word docs/nonvar3.pdf [Accessed 7 July 2008],... 

West AB, Kuan SF, Bennick M, Lagarde S. Glutaraldehyde colitis following endoscopy clinical and pathological features and investigation of an outbreak. Gastroenterology 1995 108(4) 1250-5. 

Sartor RB Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. In Drossman DA, ed. Manual of Gastroenterologic Procedures. New York, Raven, 1993 131—139. 

Talley NJ, Lauritsen K, Tunturi-Hihnala H, et al. Esomperazole 20 mg maintains symptom control in endoscopy-negative GERD A randomized placebo-controlled trial of on-demand therapy for 6 months. Gastroenterology 2000 118(4 R 2) A21. Abstract 348. 

Bielen D, Vanbeckevoort D, Thomeer M et al (2001) Virtual endoscopy, in Multislice CT a practical guide. Proceedings of the 5th International SOMATOM CT Scientific User Conference, Zurich, June 2000, pp 204-215 Boivin ML, Voderholzer W, Lochs H (2004) M2A patency capsule the Berlin experience (abstr). Gastroenterology 126(suppl 2) 459... 

The specialized gastroenterology training is supervised by four professional societies the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American Board of Internal Medicine. The American Board of Internal Medicine administers the final comprehensive competency exam. 

Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, via Emilio Morosini 30, 00153 Rome, Italy... 

The most recent guidelines were developed by the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) Endoscopy Committee and are founded on an evidence-based review of the literature. These guidelines share, with other writings on the subject, an approach rooted in the basic principles of managing any potentially serious... 

Lind T, Havelund T, Glise H et al (1995) Omeprazole improves quality of life in patients with endoscopy negative reflux disease. Gastroenterology 108 A151... 

Endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract not only facilitates education and training in gastroenterology through the visualisation of lesions in a full range of colours, but has also made the detection of early malignant lesions possible. This has opened the possibilities of treatment by endoscopy which is often curative and at low cost to society. 

Lee KJ, Kim JH, Hahm KB et al (2000) Randomized trial of N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate compared with injection of hypertonic saline-epinephrine in endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers. Endoscopy 32 505-511 Lin CK, Lai KH, Lo GH et al (1996) The value of second-look endoscopy after endoscopic injection therapy for bleeding peptic ulcer. Gastroenterology 110 A-117 Lind T, M graud F, Unge P et al (1999) The MACH2 study role of omeprazole in eradication of Helicobacter pylori with 1-week triple therapies. Gastroenterology 116 248-253... 

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