Primary prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin in cirrhotic patients with ascites: a randomized, double blind study.

Unlabelled: INTRODUCTION AND AIM. There is scarce information about primary prophylaxis in cirrhotic patients. The aim was to assess the efficacy of ciprofloxacin for primary prophylaxis for bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis of the liver and ascites.

Rapid diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis using leukocyte esterase reagent strips in emergency department: uri-quick clini-10SG® vs. Multistix 10SG®.

Background And Aim: Bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the most frequent infection in patients with cirrhosis causing significant mortality. Delay in SBP diagnosis is a serious problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic yield of Uri-Quick Clini-10SG® vs.

Vascular invasion in pancreatic cancer: predictive values for endoscopic ultrasound and computed tomography imaging.

Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) to determine vascular invasion in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Methods: Data were obtained prospectively from patients with a pancreatic lesion who underwent EUS, computed tomographic (CT) imaging, and surgery from March 2005 to March 2010.

Results: Fifty patients were included with a mean ± SD age 61 ± 11.

Utility of a simplified predictive model to predict rebleeding in patients with high-risk stigmata ulcers.

Aim: To evaluate a simplified Predictive Model (sPM) to predict rebleeding in patients with high-risk stigmata ulcers.

Patients And Methods: Retrospectively, patients seen from March 2002 to September 2007 with peptic ulcers Forrest Ia, Ib, IIa and/or IIb were included. A sPM based on modified Blatchford Score Risk System (mBRS) was used.

Utility of endoscopy in patients with incidental gastrointestinal luminal wall thickening detected with CT.

Background: Reports of incidental gastrointestinal luminal wall thickening (IGILWT) on computed tomography (CT) in patients without gastrointestinal complaints are not rare. Currently there is no consensus about what to do in those cases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of endoscopic study in asymptomatic patients with IGILWT.

Upper gastrointestinal dieulafoy's lesions and endoscopie treatment: first report from a mexican centre.

The aim was to evaluate the initial success, rebleeding rate, need for emergent surgery, and mortality rates of patients with Dieulafoy's lesion (DL) and endoscopic treatment (ET). Patients with DL from a tertiary center were included. We included 20 patients with follow-up of 90 (60-550) days.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome, obesity and diabetes type 2 in cryptogenic cirrhosis.

Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS), obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a group of Mexican Mestizo patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) and to compare this group with patients with cirrhosis secondary to other causes (disease controls).

Methods: Patients with CC, diagnosed between January, 1990 and April, 2005, were included in a retrospective study. Patients with cirrhosis caused by chronic hepatitis C, alcohol abuse or autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) served as disease controls.

[Critical analysis of awards in gastroenterology research. The Mexican experience].

The impact of Mexican gastrointestinal research worldwide is limited and the outcome of the best research papers awarded by the Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología (AMG) is unknown. The objective of this study was to analyze the publication pattern of the research work, awarded by the AMG and their impact in international journals. The abstracts accepted for the annual meeting of the AMG from 1998 to 2006 were reviewed.

Endoscopic treatment of high-risk bleeding ulcers: success, rebleeding and mortality.

Introduction And Aims: Endoscopic treatment of peptic ulcers with high-risk stigmata has been probed. The rates of recurrent bleeding, need for emergent surgery and death are related to Forrest Classification, Blatchford's modified risk score and the kind of endoscopic treatment used (monotherapy vs. dual).