ALLMedicine™ Malabsorption Center

Jun 24th, 2022 - 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...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - Postmenopausal women with primary hyperparathyroidism will be included in the study. The diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism is based on the high levels of parathyroid hormone and calcium. Postmenopausal women with kidney failure, liver failu...

Jun 21st, 2022 - Reference Range Normal values are as follows: Color – Yellow (light/pale to dark/deep amber) Clarity/turbidity – Clear or cloudy pH – 4.5-8 Specific gravity – 1.005-1.025 Glucose - ≤130 mg/d Ketones – None Nitrites – Negative Leukocyte esterase – ...

Jun 21st, 2022 - Reference Range Normal values are as follows: Color – Yellow (light/pale to dark/deep amber) Clarity/turbidity – Clear or cloudy pH – 4.5-8 Specific gravity – 1.005-1.025 Glucose - ≤130 mg/d Ketones – None Nitrites – Negative Leukocyte esterase – ...

Jun 21st, 2022 - Reference Range Copper levels can be evaluated to help diagnose several disease processes. These conditions may be monitored by looking at the total copper, the free serum copper, 24-hour urine copper, and liver biopsy copper concentrations. Serum...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a major cause of morbidity and burden of disease worldwide. It can generally be diagnosed by blood testing and remedied by iron replacement therapy (IRT) using the oral or intravenous route. The many causes of iron...

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...

Jun 24th, 2022 - 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...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - Postmenopausal women with primary hyperparathyroidism will be included in the study. The diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism is based on the high levels of parathyroid hormone and calcium. Postmenopausal women with kidney failure, liver failu...

Jun 14th, 2022 - Surgery is beneficial in terms of weight loss, correction of comorbidities and life expectancy but adverse effects can occur among which various nutritional deficiencies. Thus, in some cases, more or less marked protein undernutrition may be obser...

Jun 8th, 2022 - Inborn errors of bile acid metabolism have been established as a well recognized cause of neonatal cholestasis and fat-soluble vitamin malabsorption. Although there is extensive experience with metabolic defects in the biosynthetic pathway, few pa...

Jun 3rd, 2022 - The overall objective of the present study is to provide proof of concept that treatment with the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide is efficacious (as assessed by symptom relief, i.e. response to treatment) and safe (as assessed by adverse effect...

Apr 1st, 2022 - Darshan Kothari, MD is an assistant professor at Duke University School of Medicine and at the Durham Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center where he serves as the director of the Pancreas Program. He received his MD from Stony Brook University Medical.

Feb 22nd, 2022 - After the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) began recommending vitamin K shots for newborns in 1961, infant bleeding as a result of vitamin K deficiency plummeted. The life-threatening disorder is so rare that some parents now question the need...

Feb 16th, 2022 - This patient's clinical presentation and laboratory findings are consistent with a diagnosis of Crohn disease. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide.

Feb 15th, 2022 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Matthew F. Watto, MD: I'm Dr. Matthew Watto here with my very good friend, Dr Paul Nelson Williams. We are going to be talking about celiac disease, based on our recent podcast episode with Dr Amy Oxent...

Feb 14th, 2022 - Malnutrition is common among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is associated with worse outcomes that can prolong hospitalizations and increase patients’ risk for death. As many as 85% of inpatients with IBD may be malnourished, w.