Please plan on joining us for GI journal club this Tuesday, April 25^th. We’ll meet at 5PM in the Tyor Conference Room.

Ahmad will present the esophageal paper by Duits et al from Gastroenterology: Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus and Confirmed Persistent Low-Grade Dysplasia Are at Increased Risk for Progression to Neoplasia. Gastroenterology 2017; 152: 993–1001. PMID 28012849.

Scharles will present the colorectal cancer screening paper by Jia et al. from the American Journal of Gastroenterology: Water Exchange Method Significantly Improves Adenoma Detection Rate: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial. 112: 568 – 576. 2017. PMID 27922025.

Rey will present the hot topic by Vergis et al from Gastroenterology: In Patients with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, Prednisolone Increases Susceptibility to Infection and Infection-Related Mortality, and Is Associated with High Circulating Levels of Bacterial DNA. 152: 1068-1077. 2017. PMID 28043903.