2024
Rates, Predictors, and Outcomes of Ustekinumab Dose Escalation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Petrov J, Al-Bawardy B, Alzahrani R, Mohamed G, Fine S. Rates, Predictors, and Outcomes of Ustekinumab Dose Escalation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2024 PMID: 38595134, DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000002003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUstekinumab dose escalationDose-escalation groupInflammatory bowel diseaseDose escalationC-reactive proteinEndoscopic healingEscalation groupClinical remissionNormalization of C-reactive proteinSteroid-free clinical remissionBowel diseaseSerum C-reactive proteinNormalization of serum C-reactive proteinMaintenance of remissionReal-world cohortProportion of patientsUstekinumab doseMean hemoglobinBaseline albuminRetrospective studyUstekinumabMale sexMultivariate analysisPrimary outcomeSecondary outcomesLonger Colonoscopy Withdrawal Time Is Associated With the Detection of Visible Dysplasia in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
McMillan C, Li D, Mohamed G, Alsadoun D, Almohsen L, Gaidos J, Proctor D, Al-Bawardy B. Longer Colonoscopy Withdrawal Time Is Associated With the Detection of Visible Dysplasia in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Crohn's & Colitis 360 2024, 6: otae020. PMID: 38585555, PMCID: PMC10998460, DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otae020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchColonoscopy withdrawal timeHigh-definition white light colonoscopyInflammatory bowel diseaseWhite light colonoscopyVisible dysplasiaBowel diseasePersonal historyWithdrawal timeAssociated with detectionEndoscopic healingAdenoma detectionDysplasia detectionDysplasia groupRetrospective studyAdult patientsInvisible dysplasiaColonoscopyPrimary outcomeDysplasiaMultivariate analysisPatientsIncreasing ageGeneral populationMinutesDisease
2018
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