2019
Patient-oriented education and visual-aid intervention are inadequate to identify patients with potential capsule retention: a prospective randomized study
Al-Bawardy B, Kamboj AK, Desai S, Gorospe E, Bruining DH, Gostout CJ, Hansel SL, Larson MV, Murray JA, Nehra V, Leggett CL, Szarka LA, Watson RE, Rajan E. Patient-oriented education and visual-aid intervention are inadequate to identify patients with potential capsule retention: a prospective randomized study. Scandinavian Journal Of Gastroenterology 2019, 54: 662-665. PMID: 31034255, DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2019.1608465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-oriented educationVideo capsule endoscopyCapsule passageWB groupCapsule retentionProcedure-related risksSignificant differencesLack of visualizationBACKGROUND/Information bookletPatientsVerbal educationCapsule endoscopyStudy teamWrist bandInterventionGroupStatusPOE groupEndoscopyPoor indicatorAid interventionsDifferences
2018
Vedolizumab Drug Level Correlation With Clinical Remission, Biomarker Normalization, and Mucosal Healing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Al-Bawardy B, Ramos GP, Willrich MAV, Jenkins SM, Park SH, Aniwan S, Schoenoff SA, Bruining DH, Papadakis KA, Raffals L, Tremaine WJ, Loftus EV. Vedolizumab Drug Level Correlation With Clinical Remission, Biomarker Normalization, and Mucosal Healing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2018, 25: 580-586. PMID: 30165638, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izy272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedian vedolizumab trough levelsVedolizumab trough levelsC-reactive proteinInflammatory bowel diseaseNormal C-reactive proteinMucosal healingCrohn's diseaseUC patientsBowel diseaseTrough levelsUlcerative colitisClinical managementFourth of patientsTrough level measurementMayo endoscopic scoreCross-sectional studyHigh CRP patientsBiomarker normalizationIBD patientsClinical remissionCRP patientsEndoscopic scoreMucosal ulcersDetectable antibodiesBACKGROUND/Outcomes of repeat balloon assisted enteroscopy in small-bowel bleeding
Al-Bawardy B, Ramos G, Lennon R, Gorospe E, Song L, Bruining D, Alexander J, Coelho-Prabhu N, Fidler J, Rajan E. Outcomes of repeat balloon assisted enteroscopy in small-bowel bleeding. Endoscopy International Open 2018, 06: e694-e699. PMID: 29868634, PMCID: PMC5979197, DOI: 10.1055/a-0599-6085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall bowel bleedingTherapeutic yieldAdverse eventsAntegrade routeOnly significant predictive factorChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSelf-limited abdominal painChronic kidney diseaseAdverse event ratesObstructive pulmonary diseaseSignificant predictive factorsCardiac comorbiditiesRepeat balloonAbdominal painSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomePulmonary diseaseRetrospective reviewPredictive factorsKidney diseaseBACKGROUND/Diagnostic yieldNegative groupMultivariate analysisEvent rates