Early Diagnosis of Amyloidosis and Cardiac Involvement through Carpal Tunnel Surgery and Predictive Factors.

: To determine the prevalence of amyloidosis through the analysis of synovial tissue and transverse carpal ligament (TCL) in patients undergoing surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), detect predictive factors for the presence of amyloid, and assess cardiac involvement degree. : A prospective study with longitudinal cohort follow-up at a teaching hospital. Patients undergoing CTS surgery from 1 January 2019 to 31 May 2021 were included.

Selecting the Best Combined Biological Therapy for Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients.

Current medical treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) does not achieve 100% response rates, and a subset of refractory and severely ill patients have persistent active disease after being treated with all possible drug alternatives. The combination of two biological therapies (CoT) seems a reasonable alternative, and has been increasingly tested in very difficult cases. The present review suggests that CoT seems to be safe and effective for refractory and severely ill IBD patients.

Management of non variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: position statement of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology.

In recent years there have been advances in the management of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding that have helped reduce rebleeding and mortality. This document positioning of the Catalan Society of Digestologia is an update of evidence-based recommendations on management of gastrointestinal bleeding peptic ulcer.

[Managing of the patient with dyspepsia. Clinical Practice Guideline. Update 2012].

The "Preparation of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Digestive Diseases, from Primary Care to Specialist Care" Program, is a joint project by the Spanish Gastroenterology Association (AEG), the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (SEMFyC), and the IberoAmerican Cochrane Center (CCI). We present the update of the Guidelines on the Management of Dyspepsia, which was published in 2003. The essential criteria provided in the AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation for Europe) Instrument were taken into account in the preparation of this document.

[Continuing care unit and day hospital as an alternative to conventional hospitalization: 10 years' experience in a district hospital].

Unlabelled: The continuing care unit and day hospital allows ambulatory care of patients with digestive diseases.

Aim: Reducing hospital admissions and the number of patients with digestive diseases that attend the emergency department.

Material And Methods: Two types of care are provided: a) continuing care; patients are urgently visited when they show acute decompensation of their digestive disease, and b) scheduled care: procedures that, due to their complexity, require nursing care but not necessarily hospital admission.