Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding remains a significant cause of mortality and morbidity among renal transplant recipients. We retrospectively analyzed the records of patients who received renal transplantations between January 2001 and July 2007 using mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in their immunosuppressive regimens. The following data were recorded for those subjects with upper GI bleeding d...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to examine the correlation between information obtained from patients before endoscopy and histopathological findings. MATERIAL AND METHODS One thousand, five hundred and thirty-six patients underwent upper GI endoscopy between January 2011-September 2012, without distinction of age and sex were included in the study. Patients with alarm symptoms, dysp...

A 67-year-old male was brought to hospital (Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA) after being hit by a car. The patient underwent surgery for a fractured acetabulum. The post-operative course was complicated by 7 days of ileus. An upper gastrointestinal (GI) series (i.e. barium swallow) with small bowel follow-through was requested. There were no immediate complications during t...

We investigated the indications for and findings of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy in all children < or = 16 years old referred for the procedure to the endoscopy unit at Soba University Hospital, Khartoum from January 2004 to January 2006. Thus 113 children were enrolled; 73% underwent upper GI endoscopy, 27% lower GI endoscopy (15% colonoscopy, 12% flexible sigmoidoscopy). Indications for up...

The following case describes a young patient with failure to thrive and new-onset diarrhea who underwent upper GI series. The findings on upper GI series revealed an enterocolic fistula. Laparatomy was performed and the persistent pathology was lymphoma.

Background and Aims. Upper endoscopy is a valuable tool in the workup of gastrointestinal (GI) complaints. The purpose of this study is to determine cost and yield of taking biopsies in a normal upper GI tract. Methods. This is a retrospective study where all upper GI biopsies were identified between May 2012 and April 2013, at a tertiary care center. Clinical, procedural, and pathology reports...

AIM Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are reported to be common among patients with chronic disorders including end-stage renal disease (ESRD). This questionnaire study assessed the prevalence of GI symptoms among patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) and to correlate with the presence of diabetes mellitus and psychosomatic symptoms in Asian patients with ESRD. METHODS A total of 123 patients (m...

(1990) Cholecystectomy provides long-term symptom relief in patients with acalculous gallbladders. Elective cholecystectomy was performed in 60 patients with biliary colic and acaiculous gallbladders during a 5-year period. Gallbladder wall disease was significantly more common (p < 0.01) in patients with acalculous gallbladders than in a similar symptomatic group with calculous gallbladders. T...

OBJECTIVE To elucidate the mechanism of gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity of ibuprofen and to examine the effect of altered site of drug release using gastroduodenal and intestinal permeability tests in the rat model. METHODS Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered (n = 6 per group) either: (1) 100 mg/kg immediate or sustained release ibuprofen; (2) 100 mg/kg immediate release and ibupr...