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Positioning Aeromonas Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Retrospective ...

Abstract Background and Aim: Aeromonas are Gram-negative rods known to cause a spectrum of diseases. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic complex condition resulting from interaction of multiple factors. Aeromonas infection in association with IBD is still largely unknown. We aim to look for the significance of Aeromonas infection and for significant differences between IBD and non-IBD patients. Me...

Burden of Disease and Cost of Illness of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Portugal

Abstract Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases’ (IBD) increasing incidence and prevalence place a heavy health and economic burden on society. Objectives: This study assesses the burden and cost of IBD in Portugal to support the definition of health policies, resource allocation, and patient care. Methods: The burden of disease was expressed using disability-adjusted life years (DALY). Costs were estimated co...

The Coronavirus Chasm in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Report of Patient-Centered...

Abstract: Introduction: Although patient-centered care can be found in the mission statement of nearly every hospital, it is not always put into practice, and COVID-19 brings new challenges even to the best-organized hospitals and well-developed health care systems. Methods: In the current COVID-19 pandemic, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients have a potentially higher risk of complications from this infe...

Preoperative Enteral Nutrition and Surgical Outcomes in Adults with Crohn’s Dis...

Background and Aim: Enteral nutrition (EN) is applicable to adult Crohn’s disease (CD) in treating malnutrition and in inducing remission - here as a less effective alternative than corticosteroids. The purpose of this review is to determine whether preoperative EN impacts postoperative complications of adult CD, either by means of nutritional or therapeutic effects. Summary: A systematic review of English writ...

Functional outcomes in patients submitted to restorative proctocolectomy with i...

ABSTRACT Background: Functional results after restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis are variable. We assessed functional results in patients with ileal pouch anal anastomosis and evaluated potential factors associated with poor functional results. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 38 patients who were submitted to a restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouc...

Type 2 Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A Challenge in the Differential Diagnosis of a ...

Introduction: Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare entity of unknown etiology that can mimic pancreatic cancer and whose diagnosis involves clinical, serological, imagiological, and histological findings. There are two types of autoimmune pancreatitis: type 1, in which the pancreas is involved as one part of a systemic immunoglobulin G4-related disease, and type 2, generally without immunoglobulin G4-positive cell...

Octreotide Long-Acting Release is effective in preventing gastrointestinal blee...

Background: Angiodysplasias are one of the most frequent causes of gastrointestinal bleeding. Pharmacological options, such as octreotide Long-Acting Release (LAR), do not yet have a defined role and are currently used for patients who are not candidates for or are refractory to endoscopic treatment. Aims: (1) To evaluate the efficacy of octreotide LAR by considering transfusion requirements (units of packed er...

Autoimmune pancreatitis: A demanding clinical challenge

Decisões clínicas na doença de Crohn

Introdução: A doença de Crohn é uma doença infl amatória crónica do trato gastrointestinal. O aumento da incidência e a heterogeneidade desta patologia, com diferentes apresentações e prognóstico leva a uma constante preocupação em desenvolver e melhorar a sua classificação e tratamento. Objectivos: Elaborar recomendações (com base no nível de evidência e grau de recomendação) para 5 questões consideradas como ...

Portuguese consensus on the best practice for the management of inflammatory bo...

Introduction: The treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has focussed on the management of symptoms but is becoming more resolute on changing the course of the disease and its complications in the long-term. In order to minimize the development of complications and to improve outcomes for these patients it is important to develop other strategies to manage IBD and to optimize current clinical practice. O...