2023
Outcomes of Infliximab-Treated inflammatory bowel disease patients undergoing therapeutic drug monitoring with two different assays
Al-Bawardy B, Jenkins S, Snyder M, Frinack J, Ladwig P, Loftus E, Willrich M. Outcomes of Infliximab-Treated inflammatory bowel disease patients undergoing therapeutic drug monitoring with two different assays. Clinical Biochemistry 2023, 119: 110618. PMID: 37507083, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2023.110618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel disease patientsBowel disease patientsEndoscopic healingClinical remissionDisease patientsMcg/Normal serum C-reactive proteinDrug monitoringSerum C-reactive proteinLC-MS/MSInfliximab drug levelsFavorable clinical outcomeC-reactive proteinTherapeutic drug monitoringIBD patientsNormal CRPClinical outcomesDrug levelsPatientsECLIARemissionDifferent assaysOutcomesMcgAssaysComparative Safety of Biologic Agents in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease With Active or Recent Malignancy: A Multi-Center Cohort Study
Holmer A, Luo J, Russ K, Park S, Yang J, Ertem F, Dueker J, Nguyen V, Hong S, Zenger C, Axelrad J, Sofia A, Petrov J, Al-Bawardy B, Fudman D, Llano E, Dailey J, Jangi S, Khakoo N, Damas O, Barnes E, Scott F, Ungaro R, Singh S, Helping-IBD R. Comparative Safety of Biologic Agents in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease With Active or Recent Malignancy: A Multi-Center Cohort Study. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2023, 21: 1598-1606.e5. PMID: 36642291, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-TNF biologicsInflammatory bowel diseaseProgression-free survivalRecurrence-free survivalTNFα antagonistsActive cancerPrior cancerCohort studyBiologic agentsBowel diseaseRecent cancerMulticenter retrospective cohort studyMulti-center cohort studyIBD disease severityRetrospective cohort studyChoice of biologicsTumor necrosis factorCohort BPrimary outcomeComparable safetyΑ antagonistsComparative safetyCancer recurrenceNecrosis factorPatients
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 endoscopic intervention for overt GI bleeding in severe thrombocytopenia
Ramos GP, Binder M, Hampel P, Braga Neto MB, Sunjaya D, Al Bawardy B, Abu Dayyeh BK, Buttar NS, Bruining DH, Prabhu-Coelho N, Larson MV, Wong Kee Song LM, Rajan E. Outcomes of endoscopic intervention for overt GI bleeding in severe thrombocytopenia. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2018, 88: 55-61. PMID: 29408558, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.01.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCause of DeathCohort StudiesComorbidityEndoscopy, GastrointestinalErythrocyte TransfusionFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHematemesisHemostasis, SurgicalHumansHypotensionIntensive Care UnitsInternational Normalized RatioLiver CirrhosisLung DiseasesMaleMelenaMiddle AgedMortalityPartial Thromboplastin TimePlatelet TransfusionRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexThrombocytopeniaYoung AdultConceptsIncreased international normalized ratioOvert gastrointestinal bleedingInitial hemostasis rateRecurrent bleeding rateGastrointestinal bleedingLiver cirrhosisSevere thrombocytopeniaPlatelet transfusionsPlatelet countTherapeutic yieldRecurrent bleedingHemostasis rateAdverse eventsBleeding rateHigh initial hemostasis rateIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionPredictors of mortalityCause mortality ratesMedian platelet countHours of presentationInternational normalized ratioSetting of thrombocytopeniaProcedural adverse eventsPartial thromboplastin time
2016
Over-the-scope clip-assisted endoscopic full-thickness resection of epithelial and subepithelial GI lesions
Al-Bawardy B, Rajan E, Wong Kee Song LM. Over-the-scope clip-assisted endoscopic full-thickness resection of epithelial and subepithelial GI lesions. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2016, 85: 1087-1092. PMID: 27569858, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2016.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoscopic full-thickness resectionConventional resection techniquesFull-thickness resectionAdverse eventsResection techniquesEpithelial lesionsHistopathologic diagnosisR0 resection statusMean lesion sizeSessile serrated adenomasR0 resectionEndoscopic findingsResection statusBloc resectionElectrosurgical snareRectosigmoid colonGI lesionsMean ageDefinitive diagnosisNeuroendocrine tumorsSubepithelial lesionsPancreatic heterotopiaSafe techniquePadlock clipSerrated adenomasOutcomes and Predictors of Rebleeding After 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate Injection in Acute Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage
Al-Bawardy B, Gorospe EC, Saleem A, Buttar NS, Song L. Outcomes and Predictors of Rebleeding After 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate Injection in Acute Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2016, 50: 458-463. PMID: 26890326, DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000000487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute gastric variceal hemorrhageGastric variceal obturationGastric variceal hemorrhageVariceal hemorrhageAdverse eventsPulmonary embolismEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreGastric varices type 1Gastric variceal rebleedingLiver Disease scoreMetastatic hepatocellular carcinomaAcute hemostasisCyanoacrylate injectionHospital mortalityHospital rebleedingSarin classificationVariceal rebleedingEndoscopic injectionGastric varicesPulmonary emboliRenal failureHemorrhagic strokeInitial hemostasisVariceal obturationPatient cohortOutcomes of double-balloon enteroscopy-assisted direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube placement
Al-Bawardy B, Gorospe EC, Alexander JA, Bruining DH, Coelho-Prabhu N, Rajan E, Wong Kee Song LM. Outcomes of double-balloon enteroscopy-assisted direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube placement. Endoscopy 2016, 48: 552-556. PMID: 26964079, DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-101853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJejunostomy tube placementAdverse eventsTube placementPost-procedural adverse eventsStudy aimDPEJ tube placementSerious adverse eventsSignificant adverse eventsMean procedure durationDouble-balloon enteroscopyTechnical success ratePatient demographicsCommon indicationSurgical repairGastric interpositionTechnical successMedical recordsProcedure durationLarge cohortDPEJSurgical adhesionsGut anatomyPatientsConventional endoscopyLarge series
2015
Diarrhea and Weight Loss in a 67-Year-Old Man
Al-Bawardy B, Sweetser S. Diarrhea and Weight Loss in a 67-Year-Old Man. Gastroenterology 2015, 149: 1693-1694. PMID: 26480884, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.08.057.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesAn Elderly Woman With an Uncommon Cause of Dysphagia
Al-Bawardy B, Said SM, Iyer P. An Elderly Woman With an Uncommon Cause of Dysphagia. Gastroenterology 2015, 149: e9-e10. PMID: 26226586, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.12.052.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2014
Successful closure of a Billroth II duodenal stump leak with fistulization to the colon by use of stacked over-the-scope clips
Gorospe EC, Desai S, Al-Bawardy B, Baron TH, Wong Kee Song LM. Successful closure of a Billroth II duodenal stump leak with fistulization to the colon by use of stacked over-the-scope clips. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2014, 80: 523-524. PMID: 25028277, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2013
Over-the-scope clip closure of pancreaticocolonic fistula caused by severe necrotizing pancreatitis
Gorospe EC, Desai S, Al-Bawardy B, Baron TH, Buttar NS, Wong Kee Song LM. Over-the-scope clip closure of pancreaticocolonic fistula caused by severe necrotizing pancreatitis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2013, 79: 713. PMID: 24332403, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2013.10.042.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes