ALLMedicine™ Malabsorption Center

Dec 1st, 2021 - Key clinical point: Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is the major cause of nutrient malabsorption in cystic fibrosis (CF), with the likelihood of restoration of pancreatic function significantly higher if CF transmembrane conductance regula.

Nov 27th, 2021 - Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) is characterized by debilitating malabsorption requiring parenteral nutrition. The intestinotrophic glucagon-like peptide-2 receptor agonist, h[Gly2]GLP2, is currently used to treat patients with SBS. Recent evidence sug...

Nov 19th, 2021 - PE-23: Reversal of Treatment-refractory Malabsorption after Resection of Jejunal Diverticulosis: A Case Series.|2021|L W,M C,I J,D M,L C,|

Nov 18th, 2021 - Healthy hair results from a combination of good generalized health and mindful health care practices. Many nutritional deficiencies lead to poor hair health and include changes to hair structure, texture, and viability. Although the mechanisms by ...

Nov 15th, 2021 - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a frequently encountered disorder. According to the Rome IV criteria, it is characterized by abdominal pain associated with a change in stool frequency or con-sistency, or with symptomatic improvement by defecatio...

Jul 18th, 2020 - Thanks to ready access to hydrogen breath testing, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is now commonly diagnosed among individuals presenting with a variety of gastrointestinal and even non-gastrointestinal complaints and is increasingly implica...

Jul 31st, 2014 - The National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) published its document, Vitamin D and Bone Health: A Practical Clinical Guideline for Patient Management, in 2013 as a practical clinical guideline on the management of vitamin D deficiency in adult patients...

Sep 2nd, 2010 - To develop a set of recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) to guide their approach to the patient with malnutrition and possible malabsorption. The Canadian Scleroderma Research Group convened a meeting of...

Jul 3rd, 2010 - Many of the ideas on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are derived from studies conducted in Western societies. Their relevance to Asian societies has not been critically examined. Our objectives were to bring to attention important data from Asian s...

Nov 15th, 2021 - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a frequently encountered disorder. According to the Rome IV criteria, it is characterized by abdominal pain associated with a change in stool frequency or con-sistency, or with symptomatic improvement by defecatio...

Nov 10th, 2021 - Background: A prospective cohort of Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome (IBMFS) will provide new information regarding cancer rates and types in these disorders. Pathogenic variant(s) in IBMFS genes are relevant to carcinogenesis in sporadic ca...

Nov 9th, 2021 - Scientific background Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) occurs in 65-90% of patients with chronic liver disease. PEM is caused by various factors including poor dietary intake, loss of appetite, decreased hepatic protein synthesis, malabsorption a...

Oct 29th, 2021 - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most frequently diagnosed gastroenterological disorders and can lead to significant deterioration of quality of life and an increase in health care and societal costs. Patients with lactose intolerance ...

Oct 29th, 2021 - End stage renal disease is a severe pathology in which some toxic waste and an excessive amount of water can accumulate in the human body with life threatening consequences. Maintenance hemodialysis is one of the possible treatment for this diseas...

Dec 1st, 2021 - Key clinical point: Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is the major cause of nutrient malabsorption in cystic fibrosis (CF), with the likelihood of restoration of pancreatic function significantly higher if CF transmembrane conductance regula.

Nov 22nd, 2021 - The variability in symptomatic indicators of chronic graft-vs-host disease (cGVHD) emphasizes the need to closely monitor patients posttransplant for signs of cGVHD development, said Joyce L. Neumann, PhD, APRN, AOCN, BMTCN, FAAN, adding that the ...

Sep 28th, 2021 - More than half of chronic pancreatitis patients showed osteopathy on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) screening, researchers found in a prospective study. In a cross-sectional analysis involving nearly 300 patients with confirmed chronic pan...

Sep 16th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I'm Dr David Johnson, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Welcome back to another GI Common Concerns. Today I wanted to hi...

Aug 16th, 2021 - Zinc deficiency may be inherited or acquired. Acrodermatitis enteropathica is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by a mutation in the gene that encodes a zinc transporter.