Are there also negative effects of social support? A qualitative study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease by Alexander Palant, Wolfgang Himmel

“…By conducting a series of interviews with people who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we received the impression that social support in face-to-face or online communication could also be a source of stress and strain. …”
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Large Bowel Obstruction Due to a Big Gallstone Successfully Treated with Endoscopic Mechanical Lithotripsy by Marco Balzarini, Laura Broglia, Giovanni Comi, Calcedonio Calcara

“…Colonic gallstone ileus in an uncommon mechanical bowel obstruction caused by intraluminal impaction of one or more gallstones. …”
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Diaphragm Disease: The Limitation of Laparoscopy and Assessment of the Small Bowel for Strictures Using a Ball Bearing by C.E. Moffat, M.N. Khyan, C.G. Davies, A.S.K. Ghauri, C.J. Ranaboldo

“…A high index of suspicion, recognition of the limitations of conventional diagnostic aids, and the need to assess the full length of the small bowel are all important in the surgical management of this condition.…”
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Clinicians’ Guide to the Use of Fecal Calprotectin to Identify and Monitor Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Brian Bressler, Remo Panaccione, Richard N Fedorak, Ernest G Seidman

“…BACKGROUND: Objective monitoring of the severity of inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an essential part of disease management. …”
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A Multicentre, Observational Study of Sodium Picosulfate and Magnesium Citrate as a Precolonoscopy Bowel Preparation by Jonathan Love, Edmond-Jean Bernard, Alan Cockeram, Lawrence Cohen, Martin Fishman, James Gray, David Morgan

“…BACKGROUND: Sodium picosulfate with magnesium citrate (PSMC) has been available as a precolonoscopy bowel preparation in Canada since 2005. A high patient acceptability and preference appears to have contributed to its wide adoption across the country. …”
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The resolution of Advisory council «How to improve treatment results functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome»? by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. A. Sheptulin, O. P. Alekseyeva, Ye. K. Baranskaya, K. V. Ivashkin, A. V. Kalinin, N. V. Korochanskaya, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, Ye. Yu. Plotnikova, Ye. A. Poluektova, V. I. Simanenkov, O. A. Storonova, A. V. Tkachyov, O. S. Shifrin, L. V. Tarasova, I. B. Khlynov

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Small Bowel in Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Osman Ahmed, David Mario Rodrigues, Geoffrey C. Nguyen

“…Magnetic resonance has become a useful modality for assessing small bowel activity. In this study, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on the use of MR in detecting small bowel activity as well as extramural complications in Crohn’s patients. …”
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Strategies to Improve Inpatients’ Quality of Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Georgios Tziatzios, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Konstantinos Triantafyllou

“…Background and Aims. Inpatients’ bowel preparation before colonoscopy is frequently inadequate, and various interventions have been investigated to improve it, so far. …”
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The Challenges of Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Summary of a Summit on Patient and Healthcare Provider Perspectives by Judith Bray, Aida Fernandes, Geoffrey C. Nguyen, Anthony R. Otley, Joan Heatherington, Jennifer Stretton, Natasha Bollegala, Eric I. Benchimol

“…Canada has one of the highest rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the disease represents a significant health, social, and economic burden. …”
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Multiple small bowel GIST as GI manifestation of neurofibromatosis type I: A case report by Habtamu Tsegaye, Adamu Tigabu

“…Abdomininoplevic CT shows multiple different size avidly enhancing small bowel mass. The patient underwent laparotomy and resection with jejenu-jejunal anastomosis was done with smooth post op condition. …”
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Natural Killer Cell and Large Granular Lymphocyte Deficiency in the Gut of Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by F Hadziselimovic, LR Emmons, U Schaub

“…The occurrence of natural killer cells and large granular lymphocytes (LGL) within the epithelium of colonic mucosa in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was compared to normal controls. …”
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Endometriosis Mimicking a Cecum Mass with Complete Bowel Obstruction: An Infrequent Cause of Acute Abdomen by Gabriel A. Molina, Darwin R. Ramos, Alberto Yu, Patricio A. Paute, Paul S. Llerena, S. Alexandra Valencia, Jose V. Fonseca, Jhonatan F. Morillo, Sandra C. López, Bernardo M. Gutierrez

“…She presented to the emergency room with complete bowel obstruction and a mass in the cecum. Surgery was decided, and the patient underwent full recovery. …”
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Face-to-Face Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: The Effects on Gastrointestinal and Psychiatric Symptoms by Hanna Edebol-Carlman, Brjánn Ljótsson, Steven J. Linton, Katja Boersma, Martien Schrooten, Dirk Repsilber, Robert J. Brummer

“…Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal disorder linked to disturbances in the gut-brain axis. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis by Xin Feng, Jie Hu, Xin Zhang

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Small Bowel Obstruction due to Migrated Intragastric Balloon: A Case Report and Literature Review by Min Yien Tan, Kar Yin Fok, Huong Nguyen, Senarath Edirimanne, Michael Devadas

“…Computed tomography scan confirmed small bowel obstruction due to a migrated IGB, requiring laparotomy and enterotomy for retrieval. …”
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Alternations of the gut microbiota and the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio after biologic treatment in inflammatory bowel disease by Yu-Chieh Tsai, Wei-Chen Tai, Chih-Ming Liang, Cheng-Kun Wu, Ming-Chao Tsai, Wan-Hsiang Hu, Pao-Yuan Huang, Chien-Hung Chen, Yuan-Hung Kuo, Chih-Chien Yao, Seng-Kee Chuah

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Investigating the Activity Status of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and its Related Factors: A Study Protocol by Mehrnaz Asgharnezhad, Ehsan Amini-Salehi, Niloofar Faraji, Soheil Hassanipour, Saman Maroufizadeh, Adele Isanazar, Marjan Mahdavi-Roshan, Zahra Hedayatzadeh, Farahnaz Joukar, Fariborz Mansour Ghanaei

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Basic Science for the Clinical Gastroenterologist: A Review of the Recent Literature on the Small Bowel – Part II by ABR Thomson

“…In small bowel science, as in all parts of medicine, there has been a recent explosion of information. …”
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Idiopathic Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis Resulting in Small Bowel Ischemia in a Pregnant Woman by Hao Lin, Chih-Che Lin, Wan-Ting Huang

“…Background. Small bowel ischemia due to superior mesenteric vein thrombosis (MVT) is rare during pregnancy. …”
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Frequency and Risk Factors of Advanced Neoplasia in Korean Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with Low-grade Dysplasia by Kyeong Ok Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Soo-Kyung Park, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Chang Kyun Lee, IBD Research Group of the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (KASID)

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