Publications by authors named "T Klag"
Adult patients suffering from Crohn's disease (CD) are often dissatisfied with the information they receive from their physicians about nutrition and its impact on CD inflammation activity. Only a few publications are available about patients' internet research on nutrition in CD. The study aim is to elucidate the internet information sources of adult CD patients regarding nutritional advice via a questionnaire.
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- * A study involving patients with CDH1 mutations used chromoendoscopy alongside standard endoscopy to enhance the detection of gastric cancer, resulting in targeted biopsies revealing suspicious lesions.
- * The results showed that chromoendoscopy effectively identified all gastric cancer cases within the study, highlighting its potential to improve diagnostic accuracy for those choosing conservative management.
Alcohol abuse after liver transplantation can seriously impact graft and patient survival. However, to date, there is no defined standard procedure to identify patients consuming alcohol after liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to analyze the diagnostic value and clinical impact of routinely measured urinary ethyl glucuronide (uEtG) - a metabolite of ethanol - in patients after liver transplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aims: The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and Crohn's disease (CD) are chronic diseases mostly affecting young patients. As they are diseases accompanying patients for their entire life, and the quality of life (QUOL) interacts with disease activity, improving QUOL should be one of the main goals of therapy. This study aims to identify factors contributing to good or impaired QUOL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: The role of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in ustekinumab (UST) therapy for Crohn's disease (CD) has not been established, as only few studies have analyzed the relationship between UST serum concentrations and clinical outcome. In this pilot study, we retrospectively examined the potential of UST-concentrations (cUST) 8 weeks after induction (cUSTw8) to predict clinical response at week 16.
Methods: Serum samples and clinical data from patients (n = 72) with moderate to severely active CD who received intravenous induction with UST were retrospectively analyzed.