An Intraprocedural Endoscopic Cleansing Device for Achieving Adequate Colon Preparation in Poorly Prepped Patients.

Background And Aims: An effective bowel preparation is essential for quality colonoscopy. Inadequate preparation results in missed lesions, need for earlier repeat procedures, prolonged colonoscopy duration, an increased likelihood of adverse events, reduced patient satisfaction, and increased costs. The MOTUS GI Pure-Vu System (Tirat Carmel, Israel) is an Food and Drug Administration-cleared device designed to improve visualization in an inadequately prepared colon by facilitating intraprocedural cleaning.

Esophageal varices: evaluation with esophagography with barium versus endoscopic gastroduodenoscopy in patients with compensated cirrhosis--blinded prospective study.

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the accuracy of esophagography with barium in diagnosis of esophageal varices (EV) in patients with compensated cirrhosis, with endoscopic gastroduodenoscopy as the reference standard.

Materials And Methods: In this study, which was approved by the local Helsinki Committee and in which all patients consented to participate, 61 patients with cirrhosis (34 men, 27 women; mean age, 61 years; range, 36-76 years) received a diagnosis clinically or with liver biopsy. In 87% (n = 53) of patients, Child-Pugh classification was A; in 13% (n = 8), Child-Pugh classification was B.

Postoperative irradiation in localized renal cell carcinoma: the Rambam Medical Center experience.

Objective: This study evaluated the results of postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Patients: Eighty-six patients (median age, 60 years) with RCC treated by radical nephrectomy were evaluated for the efficacy of postoperative radiotherapy. Twenty-four percent of patients had stage T2, 35% T3a, 36% T3b and 5% T4 disease.

Effect of atenolol, a new cardioselective beta-blocker, on plasma renin activity in treatment of hypertension.

Atenolol, a cardioselective beta-blocking drug, was prescribed in doses of 100 mg b.i.d.