Assessment of dietary habits and the adequacy of dietary intake of patients with cirrhosis-the KIRRHOS study.

Background & Aims: Undernutrition is widely prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and affects prognosis. Given the lack of data regarding the dietary intake (DI) and habits of patients with cirrhosis, the aim of the present study was to evaluate them by assessing diet's adequacy compared to the new guidelines, and the association of DI with nutritional status indicators.

Methods: One hundred and eighty-seven patients (57.

When in Trouble Think of the Bubble: Paradoxical Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism after Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography.

Air embolism (a result of direct communication with the vasculature and an external pressure gradient from the gastrointestinal or the biliary tract), although rare, is a potentially devastating adverse event seen in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures. Whether venous, arterial, or paradoxical, the clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic patients to cardiorespiratory arrest. This is of particular importance because it makes the diagnosis of air embolism even more difficult in an already sedated patient.

Basket versus balloon extraction for choledocholithiasis: a single center prospective single-blind randomized study.

Background And Study Aims: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is essential when dealing in patients with choledocholithiasis. However, the proper extraction device selection is, often, a matter of the endoscopists' preference. We conducted a single center prospective randomized controlled study to access success rates for basket versus balloon catheters for small stones.

Gastrointestinal involvement in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study from a Greek COVID-19 referral hospital.

Background: Much attention has been paid to the study and reporting of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in COVID-19 patients. Moreover, an increasing number of COVID-19 patients have been noted to experience hepatic and pancreatic injury. In this study, we retrospectively investigated symptoms and laboratory findings related to the GI system in a single center in Athens, Greece, and assessed the role of these parameters in relation to survival and disease severity.

10-Day Versus 14-Day Quadruple Concomitant Nonbismuth Therapy for the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection: Results From a Randomized Prospective Study in a High Clarithromycin Resistance Country.

Goals: The aim of this study was to investigate the implementation of a 14-day quadruple nonbismuth concomitant regimen, as proposed by recent Guidelines and Consensus Statements.

Background: In Greece, a region with >20% clarithromycin resistance where bismuth is unavailable, the 10-day quadruple concomitant scheme has already been adopted as the accepted first-line Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment.

Study: Our prospective randomized study included 364 patients with newly diagnosed H.