Best Practice Recommendations for Dysphagia Management in Intensive Care Unit (ICU): A Delphi Study from Multidisciplinary Experts in Turkey.

There is no study about all aspects of oropharyngoesophageal (OPE) dysphagia from diagnosis to follow-up in a multidisciplinary manner in the world. In order to close this gap, we aimed to create a recommendation study that can be used in clinical practice, addressing all aspects of dysphagia in the ICU in detail with the opinion of experienced multidisciplinary experts. This recommendation paper was generated by a multidisciplinary team, using the seven-step process and a three-modified Delphi round via e-mail.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-oriented surgery for accomplished treatment of Mirizzi syndrome: a single-center experience.

Background: Mirizzi syndrome is a gallstone disease characterized by compression of extrahepatic biliary duct with an impacted stone. Our aim is to identify and describe the incidence, clinical presentation, operative details and the association postoperative complication of Mirizzi syndrome in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

Methods: The ERCP procedures were held in Gastroenterology Endoscopy Unit and retrospectively evaluated.

Assessment of Ankaferd Blood Stopper in experimental liver ischemia reperfusion injury.

Background/aim: To investigate possible protective effects of Ankaferd Blood Stopper® (ABS) in an experimental liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) model.

Materials And Methods: The study was carried out on 30 female rats separated into 3 groups as sham, control (IRI), and treatment (IRI + ABS) groups. In the IRI + ABS group, 0.

Effect of sevoflurane anaesthesia on nasal mask in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: is it a preferred alternative?

Background/aim: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) often requires deep sedation. Propofol provides adequate sedation and amnesia at subhypnotic doses, but safe guarding the patient’s airway is important for preventing respiratory depression or hypoxic events. This study compared sedation levels, operator satisfaction, intraoperative and recovery characteristics using sevoflurane with nasal mask and propofol in ERCP.

Midkine level may be used as a noninvasive biomarker in Crohn’s disease.

Background/aim: Crohn’s disease (CD) is a kind of inflammatory bowel disease. Midkine (MDK) is an endogenous inflammatory marker. We aimed to investigate the relationship between MDK levels and inflammation and hence determine whether MDK can be used as a noninvasive biomarker in active CD.

A Rare and Late Postoperative Complication of Nissen Fundoplication: Mixed Hiatus Hernia.

Kekilli M, Dogan Z, Karaahmet F. A Rare and Late Postoperative Complication of Nissen Fundoplication: Mixed Hiatus Hernia. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol, 2018;8(2):172.

Boceprevir-induced Herpes Zoster.

Herpes zoster is caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV), that attacks peripheral or cranial nerves and result in painful cutaneous inflammation. Boceprevir is a protease inhibitor which used as a new therapeutic agent for chronic hepatitis C infection. Boceprevir associated herpes zoster is extremely rare condition.

Increasing challenges of inflammatory bowel disease in a Turkish cohort (2006-2016).

Background: We aimed to describe the natural course of inflam-matory bowel disease (IBD) in adult Turkish patients during the past decade.

Methods: We performed a retrospective investigation in total 508 patients with IBD between 2006 and 2016. The severity of IBD was assessed by the need for hospitalization, biological therapy and surgery.

The presence of periampullary diverticulum increased the complications of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

Background: The use of needle-knife fistulotomy technique in patient with periampullary diverticula (PAD) for biliary duct cannulation may lead to risk of complications. The present study aimed to investigate the association between PAD and the complications of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), unsuccessful cannulation rates and to determine the rates of cannulation complications using sphincterotomy and needle-knife fistulotomy.

Materials And Methods: The ERCP procedures were held in Gastroenterology Endoscopy Unit between September 2015 and October 2016 and were retrospectively evaluated.

Dysphagia in myasthenia gravis: the tip of the Iceberg.

We evaluated swallowing function in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) with or without dysphagia symptoms using different evaluation parameters and compared the results with those of healthy subjects. A total of 36 patients with MG and 25 healthy volunteers were included in the study. The subjects were classified into three groups; patients without dysphagia (group 1), patients with dysphagia (group 2), and healthy participants (group 3).

Inflammatory arthritis complicated by inflammatory bowel disease: two case reports.

Coexistence of inflammatory arthritis disease and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is often considered to be relatively rare, and the underlying mechanisms of the association between them remain unclear. Herein, we report two cases of IBD which occurred during the course of inflammatory arthritis disease. The first case had psoriatic arthritis (PsA) for two and a half years complicated by Crohn's disease and accompanied by inactive carrier state of hepatitis B.

Two gastrointestinal conditions with similar symptoms and endoscopic appearance: irritable bowel syndrome and microscopic colitis.

Background/aim: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal condition characterized by chronic abdominal pain, discomfort, bloating, and alteration of bowel habits in the absence of any organic cause. This trial investigated the presence of microscopic colitis (MC) and associated factors related to MC in patients diagnosed with IBS.

Materials And Methods: The study group (group I) consisted of 91 consecutive patients diagnosed with IBS based on the Rome III Criteria for whom colonoscopic examination was requested.

The efficiency of endoclips in maintaining the gastrointestinal bleeding-related Dieulafoy's lesion.

Background: Dieulafoy's lesion (DL) is a relatively uncommon medical condition characterized by a large tortuous arteriole in the submucosa of any part of gastrointestinal (GI) tract wall that bleeds via erosion likely caused in the submucosal surface by protrusion of the pulsatile arteriole. Compared with other endoscopic hemostatic techniques, clipping alone for DL is limited.

Aims: The aim of the present case series study is to identify common clinical and endoscopic features, rates of occurrence, to review the outcome of endoscopic management of upper GI tract DL, and to illustrate the use and the efficiency of endoclips in maintaining the GI bleeding due to DL.