2024
Ustekinumab Drug Levels and Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Petrov J, Fine S, Alzahrani R, Mohamed G, Al-Bawardy B. Ustekinumab Drug Levels and Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2024 PMID: 38300529, DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArea under the curveInflammatory bowel diseaseEndoscopic healingTrough levelsBowel diseaseAssociated with favorable outcomesUstekinumab trough levelsHighest area under the curveCohort of patientsTherapeutic drug monitoringClinical remissionCombination therapyMedian ageCRP normalizationRetrospective studyDrug levelsFavorable outcomeUstekinumabDrug monitoringPrimary outcomeSecondary outcomesCRPPatientsOutcomesHealing
2023
Early Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Improves Clinical Outcomes in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Sharma S, Li D, Levine L, Chaar A, McMillan C, Gaidos J, Proctor D, Al-Bawardy B. Early Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Improves Clinical Outcomes in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis. Crohn's & Colitis 360 2023, 5: otad032. PMID: 37323477, PMCID: PMC10263117, DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otad032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute severe ulcerative colitisSevere ulcerative colitisClinical outcomesSigmoidoscopy groupHospital stayFlexible sigmoidoscopyUlcerative colitisIntravenous corticosteroid useRate of colectomyRisk of colectomyHours of admissionOpioid medication useShorter hospital stayCohort of patientsFavorable clinical outcomeLarge prospective studiesRelevant clinical outcomesColectomy rateCorticosteroid useSecondary outcomesMedication usePrimary outcomeProspective studyRetrospective studySigmoidoscopy
2022
Impact of thiopurine dose in anti-tumor necrosis factor combination therapy on outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease
Nawaz A, Glick L, Chaar A, Li D, Gaidos J, Proctor D, Al-Bawardy B. Impact of thiopurine dose in anti-tumor necrosis factor combination therapy on outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2022, 36: 39-44. PMID: 36593807, PMCID: PMC9756033, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2022.0766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInflammatory bowel diseaseC-reactive proteinAnti-TNF combination therapySteroid-free clinical remissionCombination therapyThiopurine doseDose groupEndoscopic healingClinical remissionBowel diseaseUlcerative colitisCrohn's diseaseTherapeutic doseNormal serum C-reactive proteinAnti-tumor necrosis factorNormal C-reactive proteinSerum C-reactive proteinAnti-drug antibody formationAnti-TNF immunogenicityCohort of patientsLow-dose groupSignificant differencesSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeClinical outcomes
2018
Small bowel bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist device: outcomes of conservative therapy versus balloon-assisted enteroscopy
Al-Bawardy B, Schettle SD, Gorospe E, Song L, Pereira NL, Alexander JA, Bruining DH, Coelho-Prabhu N, Fidler JL, Mauermann WJ, Barbara DW, Dierkhising R, Rajan E. Small bowel bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist device: outcomes of conservative therapy versus balloon-assisted enteroscopy. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2018, 31: 692-697. PMID: 30386119, PMCID: PMC6191869, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2018.0316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon-assisted enteroscopySmall bowel bleedingLeft ventricular assist deviceConservative therapyBAE groupCT groupLVAD patientsVentricular assist deviceGastrointestinal bleedingPacked red blood cell transfusionAssist deviceRed blood cell transfusionRe-bleeding rateFuture prospective trialsBlood cell transfusionCohort of patientsBowel bleedingGIB hospitalizationsLVAD databasePRBC transfusionCause mortalityCell transfusionProspective trialRetrospective reviewSmall bowel