Octreotide long-active release in the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding due to vascular malformations: Cost-effectiveness study.

Introduction: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to vascular malformations has a negative impact on patients´ quality of life and consumes an important quantity of resources.

Objective: Analyze the cost-effectiveness of long-active releasing octreotide (OCT-LAR) in the treatment of gastrointestinal haemorrhage secondary to vascular malformations.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study, including 19 pacients that were treated with mensual injections of OCTLAR between 2008-2013.

Listeria monocytogenes infection in inflammatory bowel disease patients: case series and review of the literature.

Background: Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a gram-positive intracellular bacillus that in immunodeficient patients, children, geriatric patients, pregnant women, and even in healthy individuals can cause central nervous system infection, bacteremia, and other clinical manifestations, becoming a relevant pathogen.

Materials And Methods: From the Microbiology Service data of 'Gregorio Marañón' Hospital, we selected all positive biological sample cultures for LM from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, from January 1986 until January 2011. These cases were included in an SPSS database, analyzing several basal clinical characteristics and factors related to the infection.