Publications by authors named "H Schmilovitz-Weiss"
Background: The association between long-term omeprazole use and gastric cancer (GC) risk is controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of GC in elderly community-dwelling omeprazole chronic users with/without aspirin compared to non-users.
Methods: The registry of a large health management organization was searched for all community-dwelling members aged ≥65 years from January 2002 to December 2016.
Aims: To investigate the potential association of chronic use of omeprazole with the occurrence of osteoporotic fractures (OF) in community-dwelling elderly subjects.
Methods: The cohort consisted of community-dwelling residents aged >65 years registered with a large health maintenance organization in Israel between January 2002 and December 2016. Data were retrospectively collected from the electronic medical files on demographics, parameters known to be associated with OF, diagnoses of osteoporotic hip, wrist, and vertebral fractures, and chronic use of omeprazole (>11 prescriptions/year).
Background: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy (UPLB) is currently performed mainly to determine if new hepatic space occupying lesions (SOL) represent benign, primary malignant, or metastatic disease. This study sought to investigate the outcome of UPLB in this setting.
Methods: In a retrospective study, patients with a new hepatic SOL who underwent UPLB during 1/2006-12/2016 were included and followed to 12/2018.
Objectives: Patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE) are at risk of progression to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). We developed a model to predict histologic progression in patients with nondysplastic BE (NDBE).
Methods: A longitudinal study in three referral centers was performed between January 2010 and December 2019.