Gastrointestinal Disorders

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Probiotics Can Reduce Risk of Diarrhea Caused by Antibiotics — May 8, 2012

Probiotics are believed to improve health by maintaining a normal balance of microorganisms in the human intestines. Evidence shows that they can reduce the risk of developing diarrhea, which is a common side effect of taking antibiotics.

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Probiotics Can Reduce Risk of Diarrhea Caused by Antibiotics — May 8, 2012

Probiotics are believed to improve health by maintaining a normal balance of microorganisms in the human intestines. Evidence shows that they can reduce the risk of developing diarrhea, which is a common side effect of taking antibiotics.

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Eliminating Discretionary Use of Anesthesia Providers During Gastroenterology Procedures Could Generate $1.1 Billion in Savings per Year — Mar 20, 2012

The use of dedicated anesthesia providers for routine gastroenterology (GI) procedures is seen as medically justifiable only for high-risk patients. Eliminating these services for low-risk patients could generate $1.1 billion in savings per year.

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Use of Anesthesia Providers During Gastroenterology Procedures Has Increased Rapidly, but May Be Unneeded — Mar 20, 2012

The use of dedicated anesthesia providers for routine gastroenterology (GI) procedures is seen as medically justifiable only for high-risk patients. Eliminating these services for low-risk patients could generate $1.1 billion in savings per year.

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Use of Anesthesia Providers During Gastroenterology Procedures Has Increased Rapidly, but May Be Unneeded — Mar 20, 2012

Use of anesthesia providers to monitor sedation during screening colonoscopies and other outpatient gastroenterology procedures more than doubled from 2003 to 2009 in the United States, with most of the increase among low-risk patients who may not need this service.

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Minimally Important Differences of the UCLA Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract Instrument — Aug 31, 2011

This study provided minimally important difference (MID) estimates for the UCLA Scleroderma Clinical trial Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract 2.0 instrument. This information can aid in interpreting scale scores in future randomized controlled trials and observational studies.

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Changes in Diarrheal Disease and Treatment Among Brazilian Children from 1986 to 1996 — Jan 31, 2011

This paper examines changes in diarrhea prevalence and treatment in Brazil between 1986 and 1996 and concludes that policies to prevent the disease should be targeted at disadvantaged socioeconomic groups.

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Validation of a Quality-of-Life Scale for Women with Bladder Pain Syndrome/interstitial Cystitis — Jan 1, 2011

This study seeks to validate a disease-specific scale to measure the impact of symptoms of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC), a condition that affects up to 6.5% of US women.

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C Difficile Lessons: Getting to the Bottom of Complex Health Problems — Dec 31, 2008

Lessons from the C difficile experience with wider health policy implications.

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Reducing Stunting Among Children: The Potential Contribution of Diagnostics — Dec 31, 2005

Stunting affects ~ 147 million children in developing countries.

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Hospital Competition, Managed Care and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions: Evidence from Three States — Dec 31, 2005

Assesses the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California, New York, and Wisconsin.

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Meta-analysis of Dyspepsia and Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs — Dec 31, 2002

Clinical trial data indicate that high dosages of any NSAID along with any dosage of indomethacin, meclofenamate, or piroxicam increase the risk of dyspepsia by about 3-fold

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A Metaanalysis of Severe Upper Gastrointestinal Complications of Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs — Mar 31, 2002

Prior metaanalyses of the risk of upper gastrointestinal (GI) complications associated with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) have focused on the published English language epidemiologic literature and/or only a portion of the relevant evidence, restrictions that are now known to be associated with bias in metaanalysis. We synthesized the published and unpublished evidence to determine the least biased estimates of the risks of…

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Utilization of Health Care Resources for Low-Risk Patients with Acute, Nonvariceal Upper GI Hemorrhage: An Historical Cohort Study — Dec 31, 2001

Adults hospitalized with acute, nonvariceal upper GI hemorrhage can be accurately stratified according to their risk of subsequent adverse outcomes by using the Rockall score.

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The Impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome on Health-Related Quality of Life — Dec 31, 1999

Few data are available to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

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Is the Diagnostic Yield of Upper GI Endoscopy Improved By the Use of Explicit Panel-Based Appropriateness Criteria? — Dec 31, 1999

Upper GI endoscopies performed for appropriate indications resulted in detecting significantly more clinically relevant lesions than did those performed for inappropriate indications.

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Overuse and Underuse of Colonoscopy in a European Primary Care Setting — Dec 31, 1999

To improve quality of care, both overuse and underuse of important procedures must be addressed.

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Underutilization of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy — Dec 31, 1996

This article is a companion piece to the preceding article and looks at underuse of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the same 8,000 visits and over 600 patients who complained of upper digestive symptoms.

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Appropriateness of Upper GI Endoscopy: Comparison of American and Swiss Criteria — Dec 31, 1996

Compares the development of appropriateness criteria for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the United States and in Switzerland.

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