Clinical and Pathological Features of Ulcerative Colitis in Patients with and without Infection; An Observational Study.

BACKGROUND A dramatic rise in the rate of infection (CDI) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been reported in recent years. METHODS In this observational case control study, 65 patients were included and were divided into two groups of IBD + CDI as case group and IBD without CDI as control group. RESULTS 35 patients who had positive test for were assigned to the case group.

Comparing efficacy of enteral nutrition plus ranitidine and enteral nutrition alone as stress ulcer prophylaxis.

Aim: Adequacy of enteral nutrition (EN) alone as stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is controversial. The aim of this study was to compare efficacy of EN alone and ranitidine plus EN as SUP.

Method: Critically ill adults with indications to receive SUP were randomized to ranitidine 50 mg IV every 8 h plus EN (SUP) or EN alone (non-SUP) group for 7 days.

Relationship between continuous use of low-dose enteric-coated aspirin and gastrointestinal injuries in patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

Background/aims: Gastrointestinal disorders are important side effects of aspirin therapy, even if the low-dose enteric-coated form is administered. The aim of the current study was to present the upper and lower endoscopic features of patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage using low-dose enteric-coated aspirin.

Materials And Methods: This prospective study was conducted among 633 consecutive patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage who admitted to our tertiary referral hospital for endoscopy assessment.

Long-term quality of life after ileal pouch anal restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis.

Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) has evolved as the surgical procedure of choice for ulcerative colitis (UC). The aim of our study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of UC patients who underwent this procedure over 5 years ago. Thirty-nine UC patients who underwent restorative proctocolectomy with IPAA were interviewed by the validated inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (IBDQ).

Risk factors for post-ERCP cholangitis in patients with pancreatic cancer from a single referral center in Iran.

Cholangitis is relatively uncommon but associated mortality is high due to the predisposition in people with underlying disease. For this recognition of contributing risk factors is necessary. Therefore, the present descriptive- analytical cross-sectional survey was designed to determine contributing risk factors for post-ERCP cholangitis in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Botulinum toxin injection versus lateral internal sphincterotomy for the treatment of chronic anal fissure: randomized prospective controlled trial.

Purpose: Lateral internal sphincterotomy has been the gold standard treatment for chronic anal fissure, but it still carries the risk of permanent damage of the anal sphincter, which has led to the implementation of alternative treatment like botulinum toxin injection. The aim of this randomized prospective controlled trial was to compare the efficacy and morbidity of botulinum toxin injection and lateral internal sphincterotomy in the treatment of chronic anal fissure.

Methods: Fifty consecutive adults with chronic anal fissure were randomly treated with either lateral internal sphincterotomy or botulinum toxin (BT) injection with 50 U BT into the internal sphincter.

Biliary brush cytology in the assessment of biliary strictures at a tertiary center in Iran.

Background: Confirmation of cholangiocarcinoma and other malignant bile duct stenosis is challenging. The aim of the current study was to assess the accuracy of brush cytology for diagnosis of malignant biliary strictures.

Methods: 105 patients with hepatic biliary strictures undergoing ERCP were included in this study.

Unusual complication of aluminum phosphide poisoning: Development of hemolysis and methemoglobinemia and its successful treatment.

Methemoglobinemia and hemolysis are rare findings following phosphine poisoning. In this paper, a case of aluminum phosphide (AlP) poisoning complicated by methemoglobinemia and hemolysis with a successful treatment is reported. A 28-year-old male patient presented following intentional ingestion of an AlP tablet.