Pancreatic cysts: can surveillance interval for small low-risk lesions be lengthened?

Background: Surveillance of pancreatic cysts are necessary due to risk of malignant transformation. However, reported progression rates to advanced neoplasia are variable and the high frequency of surveillance scans may pose a considerable burden on healthcare resources.

Purpose: To validate the effectiveness of the Fukuoka Guidelines surveillance regime and determine if a longer surveillance interval can be established.

Real-World Validation of a Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for Prediction of Polyp Histology in Colonoscopy: A Prospective Multicenter Study.

Introduction: Computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) of polyp histology could support endoscopists in clinical decision-making. However, this has not been validated in a real-world setting.

Methods: We performed a prospective, multicenter study comparing CADx and endoscopist predictions of polyp histology in real-time colonoscopy.

Clinical Predictors for Abnormal ALT in Patients Infected with COVID-19-A Retrospective Single Centre Study.

Objective: Abnormal liver tests have been associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients infected with COVID-19. This retrospective observational study from Singapore aims to elucidate simple clinical predictors of abnormal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in COVID-19 infections.

Design: 717 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Singapore, from 23 January-15 April 2020 were screened, of which 163 patients with baseline normal alanine transferase (ALT) and at least two subsequent ALTs performed were included in the final analysis.