Fatigue in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Eastern China.

Background: Fatigue is a very common but relatively neglected problem in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The prevalence rate of IBD in China is the highest in Asia, but there is little research on fatigue in patients with IBD. Neither the relationship between fatigue and quality of life (QoL) nor the relationship between fatigue and work productivity (WP) in Chinese IBD patients has been reported.

Risk factors for predicting early variceal rebleeding after endoscopic variceal ligation.

Aim: To analyze the clinical risk factors for early variceal rebleeding after endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL).

Methods: 342 cirrhotic patients with esophageal varices who received elective EVL to prevent bleeding or rebleeding at our endoscopy center between January 2005 and July 2010. were included in this study.