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Hepatic steatosis and patients with inflammatory bowel disease: when transient ...
Arieira, Cátia; Monteiro, Sara; Xavier, Sofia; Dias de Castro, Francisca; Magalhães, Joana; Moreira, Maria J.; Marinho, CarlaRecent studies suggest an increased prevalence of hepatic steatosis (HS) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Features such as chronic inflammation, previous surgeries, drug-induced hepatotoxicity, malnutrition, and intestinal dysbiosis seem to be involved in its pathogenesis. Background Recent studies suggest an increased prevalence of hepatic steatosis (HS) in patients with inflammatory bowel di...
Optimizing the Risk Assessment in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Comparison o...
Cúrdia Gonçalves, Tiago; Barbosa, Mara; Xavier, Sofia; Boal Carvalho, Pedro; Firmino Machado, João; Magalhães, Joana; Marinho, CarlaAlthough different scores have been suggested to predict outcomes in the setting of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), few comparative studies between simplified versions of older scores and recent scores have been published. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy of pre- (PreRS) and postendoscopic Rockall scores (PostRS), the Glasgow-Blatchford score (GBS) and its simplified version (sGBS), as well as the AIMS...
Capsule endoscopy with PillCamSB2 versus PillCamSB3: has the improvement in tec...
Xavier, Sofia; Monteiro, Sara; Magalhães, Joana Fernandes Silva; Rosa, Bruno; Moreira, Maria João; Cotter, José Almeida BerkeleyAim: To compare the findings and completion rate of PillCam(r) SB2 and SB3. Methods: This was a retrospective single-center study that included 357 consecutive small bowel capsule endoscopies (SBCE), 173 SB2 and 184 SB3. The data collected included age, gender, capsule type (PillCam(r) SB2 or SB3), quality of bowel preparation, completion of the examination, gastric and small bowel transit time, small bowel fin...
Proton pump inhibitors: are they a real threat to the patient?
Xavier, Sofia; Magalhães, Joana; Cotter, José Almeida BerkeleyProton pump inhibitors are among the most frequently prescribed drugs in the world and are generally considered safe. However, there is growing concern regarding their safety.
Endoscopic ultrasonography - emerging applications in hepatology
Magalhães, Joana; Monteiro, Sara; Xavier, Sofia; Leite, Sílvia; Castro, Francisca Dias de; Cotter, José Almeida BerkeleyThe inspection of the liver is a valuable part of the upper endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) studies, regardless of the primary indication for the examination. The detailed images of the liver segments provided by EUS allows the use of this technique in the study of parenchymal liver disease and even in the diagnosis and classification of focal liver lesions. EUS has also emerged as an important tool in underst...
Small bowel neuroendocrine tumors: from pathophysiology to clinical approach
Xavier, Sofia; Rosa, Bruno; Cotter, JoséNeuroendocrine tumors (NETs), defined as epithelial tumors with predominant neuroendocrine differentiation, are among the most frequent types of small bowel neoplasm. They represent a rare, slow-growing neoplasm with some characteristics common to all forms and others attributable to the organ of origin. The diagnosis of this subgroup of neoplasia is not usually straight-forward for several reasons. Being a rar...