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Settings for Bipolar Electrocoagulation
- Gastroenterology
- Summary and Comment
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Optimal clinical technique involves lower watt settings of moderately long duration, and application force is needed to coagulate vessels.
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- May 2, 2008
- Covering Gastrointest Endosc 2008 Mar
Local vs. Systemic Effects of Aspirin
- Gastroenterology
- Summary and Comment
- Free
Which is more causal to peptic ulcers?
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- April 11, 2008
- Covering Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 Mar
Timing of H. Pylori Therapy in Gastric Cancer
- Gastroenterology
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Is Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy more effective before or after surgery in gastric cancer patients?
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- February 22, 2008
- Covering Am J Gastroenterol 2008 Jan
Does Omeprazole Affect Antiplatelet Therapy?
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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Circumstantial evidence shows that coadministration of clopidogrel and PPIs can affect platelet reactivity.
- By Kirsten E. Fleischmann, MD, MPH
- March 13, 2008
- Covering J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 Jan 22
Proton-Pump Inhibitors to Prevent NSAID Complications
- General Medicine
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Risk for upper GI events was higher when NSAIDs or coxibs were prescribed without PPIs.
- By Allan S. Brett, MD
- February 21, 2008
- Covering Am J Gastroenterol 2008 Feb
Idiopathic Duodenal Ulcers and Duodenal H. pylori Infection
- Gastroenterology
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Duodenal H. pylori infection may account for a substantial number of duodenal ulcers that previously were classified as idiopathic.
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- February 8, 2008
- Covering Am J Gastroenterol 2008 Jan
Gastroprotective Cotherapy or Coxibs to Prevent Ulcer Hospitalizations in NSAID Users?
- Gastroenterology
- Summary and Comment
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Findings show that PPIs are as effective as coxibs in preventing NSAID-related gastropathy.
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- November 2, 2007
- Covering Gastroenterology 2007 Sep
Endoscopic Dilation with Medical Therapy for Benign Gastric-Outlet Obstruction
- Gastroenterology
- Summary and Comment
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Most patients in this small study underwent multiple dilations and received long-term acid-suppression therapy.
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- October 26, 2007
- Covering Gastrointest Endosc 2007 Sep
Acid Reduction After Endoscopic Mucosal Dissection
- Gastroenterology
- Summary and Comment
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PPIs worked better than H2RAs for lowering bleeding risk among patients who underwent endoscopic removal of early gastric cancers.
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- October 19, 2007
- Covering Am J Gastroenterol 2007 Aug
GI Safety of COX-2 Inhibitors: Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review
- Gastroenterology
- Summary and Comment
- Free
Adverse GI events are less common with COX-2 inhibitors than with NSAIDs, but we still have to weigh overall harms and benefits before prescribing these agents.
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- September 21, 2007
- Covering Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007 Jul