Small Bowel Video Capsule Endoscopy Guidance in Practice: Expert Opinion Report.

Capsule endoscopy, in clinical use since the 2000s, has disrupted the diagnosis of various small bowel diseases, especially obscuregastrointestinal bleeding. An overview of information on indications, contraindications, patient management, and patient preparationfor capsule endoscopy, which allows the evaluation of the entire gastrointestinal tract, will be helpful for both referrers and capsuleendoscopy. This review critically considers current evidence on the optimal clinical use of capsule endoscopy and addresses areas in the "gray zone.

The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 tool for detecting malnutrition risk in hospitalised patients: perspective from a developing country.

Background/aims: To verify the validity of the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS) 2002 test in a Turkish population.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively investigated 2566 patients at a tertiary referral hospital. Nutritional status was screened using NRS 2002, and the length of the stay (LOS) was the main outcome measure.

Analysis of 2222 colorectal polyps in 896 patients: a tertiary referreal hospital study.

Background/aims: In Turkey, there are a limited number of studies including the characteristics of colorectal polyps, and the number of patients was too small in most of them. The aim of this study was to evaluate histological characteristics of colorectal polyps that were determined by colonoscopy and clinical features of patients who had removal of the polyp.

Materials And Methods: Patients who underwent colonoscopy were analyzed retrospectively from January 2007 to December 2011.

Impact of anti-aggregant, anti-coagulant and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on hospital outcomes in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding.

Background/aims: There are a limited number of studies including the impact of antiplatelet drugs use on hospital outcomes for nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of anti-aggregant, anti-coagulant and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs upon hospital outcomes in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding.

Materials And Methods: The patients under treatment with antiaggregant, anticoagulant or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were categorized as exposed group (n = 118) and the patients who were not taking any of these drugs were categorized as non-exposed group (n = 81).

Anticoagulant-induced intramural duodenal haematoma presenting with upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

Warfarin is an anticoagulant agent known to have a common complication, bleeding. Intramural intestinal haematoma is an uncommon incidence of warfarin-induced haemorrhage. Abdominal pain is its most frequent symptom and presentation with upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage is rarely seen.

Ongoing symptoms after eradication of Helicobacter pylori: psychiatric disorders may accompany.

Background/aims: The precise mechanism of functional dyspepsia is yet to be elucidated. Helicobacter pylori infection and psychiatric disorders are implicated in the etiology. We aimed to determine the prevalence of psychiatric co-morbid disorders in patients with Helicobacter pylori-positive functional dyspepsia and the impact of existing psychiatric disorders on symptomatic response following eradication treatment.

Acute pancreatitis caused by bortezomib.

Drug-induced pancreatitis has been reported rarely. Bortezomib is a selective and reversible proteasome inhibitor used for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Recently, one case report about acute pancreatitis (AP) caused by bortezomib was published in the international literature.

Evaluation of serum ghrelin levels in patients with hyperplastic gastric polyps.

Background/aims: Ghrelin is a 28 amino acid peptide and the main source of serum ghrelin is the stomach. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum ghrelin levels in patients with hyperplastic gastric polyp.

Materials And Methods: Eighty patients (50 female, 30 male) were included in this study: 28 with hyperplastic gastric polyp, 20 with benign gastric ulcer and 32 with chronic active gastritis.

Long-term efficacy and safety of lamivudine, entecavir, and tenofovir for treatment of hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis.

Background & Aims: Data are limited on the efficacy and safety of tenofovir and entecavir when given for more than 1 year to patients with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis. We investigated the long-term safety and efficacy of these antiviral drugs in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, with compensated or decompensated cirrhosis, and compared results with those from lamivudine.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of data from 227 adult patients with chronic HBV infection who were diagnosed with cirrhosis, beginning in 2005, at 18 centers throughout Turkey.

[Comparison of disc diffusion, E-test, and broth microdilution methods for the determination of resistance to colistin, polymyxin B, and tigecycline in multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates].

The increased rate of antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii made it necessary to reconsider old antibiotics such as polymyxins and develop new drugs such as tigecycline. The aim of this study was to investigate the susceptibility rates of multi-drug resistant A. baumannii clinical isolates to colistin, polymyxin B, and tigecycline by three different methods in microbiology laboratory of Gaziantep University Research Hospital, between September 2006 and April 2008.

Capsule endoscopy findings in celiac disease.

Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a noninvasive imaging method used to evaluate intestinal mucosa. We aimed to examine intestinal mucosal changes in celiac disease (CD) with CE. Eight untreated patients who had anti-endomysial antibody-positive duodenal biopsy results consistent with CD were included in the study.

The effect of melatonin treatment on oxidative and nitrosative stress in rats with thioacetamide-induced hepatic damage.

Background: : The following study aimed to clarify the importance of arginase and NOS activities in thioacetamide-induced hepatic damage and to evaluate the underlying mechanism of proposed protection provided by melatonin, using commonly applied therapeutic dose.

Methods: : Rats were randomly assigned to four groups (n=5): control, melatonin (10mg/kg i.p.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease in chronic renal failure patients with upper GI symptoms: multivariate analysis of pathogenetic factors.

Objective: The association between gastroesophageal reflux disease and end-stage renal disease remains unclear. We aimed to assess the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and also to identify possible pathogenetic factors in the development of reflux in symptomatic end-stage renal disease patients.

Methods: The study involved 42 end-stage renal disease patients with upper GI symptoms (group I) and 46 age- and sex-matched controls who did not have renal disease but had the same symptoms (group II).