Advances in endoscopic management of colonic diverticular bleeding.

Purpose Of Review: This review is focused on diagnostic and management strategies for colonic diverticular bleeding (CDB). It aims to present the current state of the field, highlighting the available techniques, and emphasizing findings that influence the choice of therapy.

Recent Findings: Recent guidelines recommend nonurgent colonoscopy (>24 h) for CDB.

Endoscopic approaches to the management of hemorrhoids.

Purpose Of Review: To review the literature within the last 5 years on the current status and future perspectives of the endoscopic management of internal hemorrhoids.

Recent Findings: Despite the large burden of hemorrhoidal diseases, research in this area, particularly on endoscopic approaches for treatment, has been slow. Within the last 5 years, data has been published on the novel cap-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy (CAES), which will continue to gain attention in the future.

Adaptation and psychometric testing of the end-of-life professional caregiver survey in Jamaica.

Background: Using a validated instrument to measure palliative care (PC) educational needs of health professionals is an important step in understanding how best to educate a well-versed PC workforce within a national health system. The End-of-life Professional Caregiver Survey (EPCS) was developed to measure U.S.

Severity and Outcomes of Dengue in Hospitalized Jamaican Children in 2018-2019 During an Epidemic Surge in the Americas.

Objective: In 2019, dengue was among the "top-ten threats to global health," with 3.1 million cases reported from the Americas, the highest ever. Simultaneously, Jamaica reported its largest dengue outbreak in 40 years, following Chikungunya and Zika virus epidemics, in 2014 and 2016-2017, respectively.