Publications by authors named "Nicole C Ruiz"

Introduction: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Mucosal healing (MH) is a therapeutic goal in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Current data suggest that Black patients may experience worse clinical outcomes than White patients with IBD.

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The etiologies of short bowel syndrome (SBS) can be stratified into congenital or acquired etiologies, with the latter being more prevalent. Small intestinal surgical resection is the most common acquired etiology, employed in settings including mesenteric ischemia, intestinal injury, radiation enteritis, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) complicated by internal fistulas. We describe a case of a 55-year-old Caucasian male with a history of idiopathic superior mesenteric artery (SMA) ischemia post-SMA placement complicated by recurrent small bowel obstructions.

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Carnitine is an essential cofactor for fatty acid metabolism. Deficiencies can be associated with muscle weakness, fatigue, weight loss, and cardiomyopathies. A 27-year-old woman with short bowel syndrome (SBS) presented with significant weight loss, fatigue, and muscle wasting despite adequate parenteral nutrition.

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Background And Aims: Ablation of resection margins after EMR of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps decreases recurrence. Margin marking before EMR (EMR-MM) may represent an alternative method to achieve a healthy resection margin. We aimed to determine the efficacy of EMR-MM in reducing neoplasia recurrence.

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Background: The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)/ Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism guidelines recognize that critically ill patients receiving stable, low doses of vasopressors have experienced the advantages of early initiation of enteral nutrition (EN). However, clinical questions remained unanswered including vasopressor combinations associated with complications, the advent of other therapies during hypotensive states, as well as the volume and content of EN that might contribute to the development of a nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI).

Presentation: A 68-year old male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease with two-vessel bypass grafting, and peripheral vascular disease underwent subtotal excision of an infected right axillofemoral-femoral bypass graft.

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Background: Very early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) secondary to interleukin 10 receptor A (IL-10RA) mutations has aggressive disease courses with increased nutrition needs compared with those in other monogenic forms of IBD.

Presentation: A male patient was hospitalized when he was 18 days old for bloody diarrhea, which was diagnosed as Crohn's disease at 6 months old. He showed failure to thrive (FTT) and worsening inflammation while receiving enteral nutrition (EN) and standard IBD treatment.

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