Endoscopic findings and psychometric abnormalities: what is the relationship in upper endoscopic outpatients?

Background: Psychological disorders are often associated with diseases of the upper digestive tract. Although emotions can influence gastrointestinal function in healthy individuals, psychological setting in upper gastrointestinal patients are unclear. We evaluate the psychological alterations prevalence in outpatients submitted to upper endoscopy.

Low-volume plus ascorbic acid vs high-volume plus simethicone bowel preparation before colonoscopy.

Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of low-volume plus ascorbic acid [polyethylene glycol plus ascorbic acid (PEG + Asc)] and high-volume plus simethicone [polyethylene glycol plus simethicone (PEG + Sim)] bowel preparations.

Methods: A total of one hundred and forty-four outpatients (76 males), aged from 20 to 84 years (median age 59.5 years), who attended our Department, were divided into two groups, age and sex matched, and underwent colonoscopy.

Duodenal bulb in celiac adults: the "whether biopsying" dilemma.

Background: Celiac disease (CD)-related lesions were described in duodenal bulb of celiac patients.

Goal: Our aim was to evaluate the morphology of bulb mucosa in adult celiac patients and in controls to evaluate its usefulness for CD diagnosis.

Study: We studied 43 celiac patients (10 male, median age: 35.

Assessment of the oxidative stress markers in patients with chronic renal insufficiency undergoing dialysis treatment.

Aims: Uraemia is a disease characterised by a significant oxidative stress, and it is a wide agreement that oxidative stress which accompanies uraemia, increases the inflammatory state and promotes the alterations of tiny molecules such as amino acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates. There are numerous records of how ROS are connected to the pathology of end stage renal disease (ESRD). The aim of this study is to assess the Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC), the Thiolic Capacity (TC) and the Pro-Oxidant Capacity (POC) in the serum of patients undergoing dialysis treatment.

Open comparison study of oxidative stress markers between patients with chronic renal failure in conservative therapy and patients in haemodialysis.

Aims: Oxidative stress is defined as tissue damage caused by an imbalance between the excessive production of the oxidant components and an insufficient defence mechanism. It has been observed, as in patients with chronic kidney failure, that there exists a pro-oxidant state characterised by a higher level of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and that oxidative stress in dialysis patients can be aggravated by the activation of neutrophils associated with the production of free radicals. In patients undergoing dialysis even the molecules other than those of cytokines can accumulate and provoke an inflammatory response.