Although their findings have to be confirmed by further studies, Djouder believes that c-MYC inhibitors might be useful to mitigate radiation-induced
gastrointestinal syndrome in patients.
Study limitations included potential misclassification of anticoagulant treatment, PPI cotherapy, and NSAIDs; confounding by unmeasured factors; and
gastrointestinal bleeding being measured using a disease risk score.
Feeding intolerance is a sign of
gastrointestinal dysfunction.[12] According to current clinical practice guidelines for nutritional support in critically ill patients, the enteral nutritional target was set for all patients at 83.7 kJ*kg −1*d −1 within the 1st week of ICU admission.[13],[14],[15] Therefore, the remission of feeding intolerance was considered if 83.7 kJ*kg −1*d −1 via the enteral route could be reached after 7 days of treatment.
Large duodenal
gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting with acute bleeding managed by a Whipple resection.
The objective of our study was to evaluate the
gastrointestinal complications which prolong the length of hospital stay, require readmission or repeat surgery after discharge, and increase the morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing abdominal sacrocolpopexy.
Carbonated drinks contain carbon dioxide, a gas that can build up in the
gastrointestinal tract and cause bloating.
It has demonstrated an ability to eliminate Clostridium difficile bacteria without destroying other microorganisms of the
gastrointestinal flora.
CDI will offer its state-of-the-art, non-invasive, functional GI diagnostic tests to the approximately five million Canadians afflicted with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and millions of other patients suffering from functional
gastrointestinal disorders such as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), and carbohydrate malabsorption disorders.
Researchers using current 3-D models, such as
gastrointestinal organoids, experience difficulties with model variability, tissue viability, and experimental accessibility.
Objective--To evaluate
gastrointestinal transit times in red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) by use of contrast fluoroscopic imaging and investigate the effect of falconry hooding in these hawks on
gastrointestinal transit time.
Wedlake L, Shaw C, McNair H, Lalji A, Mohammed K et al, Randomized controlled trial of dietary fiber for the prevention of radiation-induced
gastrointestinal toxicity during pelvic radiotherapy.
A study published in the November 2017 Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine looked at cats admitted to a teaching hospital with
gastrointestinal signs and low blood cobalamin (vitamin B12) levels.