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In the therapy for Clostridium Difficile-induced diarrhea, vancomycin or metronidazole are used, even if there is no clear evidence of the usefulness of these two therapies.
MedNews (Gastroenterology) - Wed, 30 January 2008
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A protonic pump inhibitor (PPI) is often prescribed for the empirical treatment of dyspepsia, but clear data on this subject lack.
MedNews (Gastroenterology) - Sun, 27 January 2008
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Celiac disease is widely underdiagnosed, partly because of its non-specific symptoms and partly because diagnosis is not easy to make by the general practitioner.
MedNews (Gastroenterology) - Wed, 2 January 2008
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A double dose of a rotavirus vaccine administered along with traditional childhood vaccines can provide protection against rotavirus gastroenteritis episodes of any severity in children, and can also reduce the need for hospital treatment and medical attention.
The Lancet (Gastroenterology) - Thu, 29 November 2007
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The results of clinical trials have shown that high doses of a protonic pump inhibitor administered after endoscopy in patients with bleeding peptic ulcers are capable to decrease the risk of bleeding relapse.
MedNews (Gastroenterology) - Tue, 4 September 2007
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A 5-year-old with abdominal pain, nausea and fever may have appendicitis or any of a number of other problems. But how does the child’s doctor decide whether to schedule an emergency appendectomy to surgically remove a presumably inflamed appendix or wait and observe what could be a ticking time bomb that could rupture and kill the patient in a matter of hours?
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Gastroenterology) - Tue, 28 August 2007
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It is not yet clear the need to use Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP) in patients affected by acute pancreatitis in the presence of gallstones.
MedNews (Gastroenterology) - Tue, 22 May 2007
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In patients with cirrhosis the endoscopic screening is indicated to verify the possible presence of esophageal varices, in order to start a preventive therapy with beta-blockers to avoid bleeding.
MedNews (Gastroenterology) - Tue, 24 April 2007
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Even if ASA remains the most used antithrombotic drug, other therapies and the association of various drugs are increasing, even if data on their safety are still poor.
MedNews (Gastroenterology) - Tue, 10 April 2007
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a motility disorder caused by a temporary relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), in general treated with antiacids in case of need, given that in the USA there is no drug with procinetic activity.
MedNews (Gastroenterology) - Tue, 3 April 2007
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