A Prospective, Multicenter Study of the AIMS65 Score Compared With the Glasgow-Blatchford Score in Predicting Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Outcomes.

Background: The AIMS65 score and the Glasgow-Blatchford risk score (GBRS) are validated preendoscopic risk scores for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGIH).

Goals: To compare the 2 scores' performance in predicting important outcomes in UGIH.

Study: A prospective cohort study in 2 tertiary referral centers and 1 community teaching hospital.

Utility of liquid-based cytologic examination of distal esophageal brushings in the management of Barrett esophagus: a prospective study of 45 cases.

Introduction: The goal of Barrett esophagus surveillance is to identify high-grade dysplasia (HGD) for eradication. Surveillance programs currently rely on limited histologic sampling; however, the role of cytology in this setting is not well studied.

Materials And Methods: From December 1, 2011 to March 30, 2014, 45 patients underwent 4 circumferential brushings of the distal tubular esophagus followed by standard 4-quadrant biopsies.

Interventional endoscopy.

Interventional endoscopy is a general label given to endoscopic procedures used to deal with a variety of gastrointestinal disorders. The interventional endoscopic procedures of interest in this review are those used specifically with gastric disorders. They include hemostasis, endoscopic ultrasound, endoscopic mucosal resection, stenting, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement and photodynamic laser therapy.

Magnification endoscopy as a reliable tool for the early diagnosis of rejection in living related small bowel transplants: a case report.

The purpose was to determine whether magnification endoscopy (ME) accurately diagnosed rejection in living related small bowel transplants (LRSBTx) during initial morphological adaptation of segmental intestinal grafts. The small bowel recipient was a 44-year-old woman with short gut syndrome following multiple bowel surgeries for familial adenomatous polyposis. ME was enhanced by chromoendoscopy staining.

Nutrition in acute pancreatitis.

Pancreatitis is a common disorder. Numerous factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic pancreatitis, but the exact mechanisms of these conditions are still poorly understood. Depending on the cause of the disorder, patients who have pancreatitis are usually not malnourished and are able to eat within 5 to 7 days of disease onset.