Our next GI journal club will be held this Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2015. Please plan to join us as we discuss this interesting set of articles:
Scharles will present the esophagus article by Sami et al: A Randomized comparative effectiveness trial of novel endoscopic techniques and approaches for Barrett’s Esophagus” from Am J Gastro. 110: 148-158. 2015. PMID 25488897.
Julius will present the colorectal cancer screening paper by Wu et al.: Screening colonoscopy versus sigmoidoscopy: implications of a negative examination for cancer prevention and racial disparities in average-risk patients. GIE. 80: 852-861. 2014. PMID 24814774.
Hassan will present the hot topic paper by Sengupta et al: The Risks of thromboembolism vs. recurrent GI bleeding after interruption of systemic anticoagulation in hospitalized inpatients with GI bleeding: A prostepctive study. Am J Gastro. 2015. PMID 25512338.
Given the recent news about “super-bugs” and GI (and the detection of these organisms in NC), I’m also including some links to articles related to this topic as we are all likely to have patients asking us about the safety of our procedures.
Epstein et al. New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli associated with exposure to duodenoscopes. JAMA 312: 1447-1455. 2014. PMID 25291580. There is an accompanying editorial by Rutala et al. PMID 25291575.
The recent FDA Safety Communication may also be of interest.
See you on Tuesday evening: 5PM, Tyor Conference room.
