Pharmacological Management of Diarrhea
According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 2 billion annual cases of diarrhea worldwide. Diarrhea is the leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years and…
Current Medical Treatments of Dyspepsia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dyspepsia is a highly prevalent condition characterized by symptoms originating in the gastroduodenal region without underlying organic disorder. Treatment modalities include acid-suppressive drugs, gastroprokinetic drugs, Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy, tricyclic…
Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug-Related Injury to the Gastrointestinal Tract: Clinical Picture, Pathogenesis, and Prevention
Increasing life expectancy in developed countries has led to a growing prevalence of arthritic disorders, which has been accompanied by increasing prescriptions for nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These are the…
The Pharmacological Therapy of Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
The modern management of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding includes, in selected patients, the performance of timely multimodal endoscopic hemostasis followed by profound acid suppression. This article discusses the available…
New Pharmacologic Approaches in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
This article highlights current and emerging pharmacological treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), opportunities for improving medical treatment, the extent to which improvements may be achieved with current therapy, and…
Endomicroscopy of Barrett’s Esophagus
Endomicroscopy is a remarkable technical advance in gastrointestinal mucosa imaging. In 2003, Kiesslich and colleagues described the first human use of contrast-aided confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) as a novel technique…
Molecular Imaging: Interaction Between Basic and Clinical Science
One of the major proceedings in the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy has been the advent of molecular imaging, which possesses the potential to have a significant effect on the existing…
Molecular Imaging of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Somatostatin-receptor scintigraphy has become an obligatory molecular imaging method in the management of patients with neuroendocrine tumors when metastatic disease is suspected. Using positron emission tomography and new somatostatin analogues,…
High-Definition and Filter-Aided Colonoscopy
New high-resolution colonoscopes and filter technologies are allowing us to visualize more lesions and better characterize lesions within the gastrointestinal tract. In light of recent findings that flat and serrated…
Computed Tomographic Colonography: Ready for Prime Time?
Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is a noninvasive method to evaluate the colon and has received considerable attention in the last decade as a colon-imaging tool. The technique has also been…
