2008
Foreign-body ingestion: characteristics and outcomes in a lower socioeconomic population with predominantly intentional ingestion
Palta R, Sahota A, Bemarki A, Salama P, Simpson N, Laine L. Foreign-body ingestion: characteristics and outcomes in a lower socioeconomic population with predominantly intentional ingestion. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2008, 69: 426-433. PMID: 19019363, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.05.072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForeign body ingestionUrban county hospitalIntentional ingestionEndoscopic extractionCounty HospitalPsychiatric patientsLow socioeconomic status populationRetrospective case seriesLow socioeconomic populationOverall success rateCase seriesRetrospective reviewEndoscopic managementIngestion casesMedical recordsPrior ingestionAccidental ingestionPatientsSocioeconomic populationsSurgeryStatus populationIngestionPerforationSuccess rateHospital
2005
The effect of GI bleeding on Helicobacter pylori diagnostic testing: a prospective study at the time of bleeding and 1 month later
Laine LA, Nathwani RA, Naritoku W. The effect of GI bleeding on Helicobacter pylori diagnostic testing: a prospective study at the time of bleeding and 1 month later. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2005, 62: 853-859. PMID: 16301025, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.09.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsH pylori densityAcute GI bleedingInflammatory cell infiltrationH pyloriGI bleedingHistologic examinationCohort studyCell infiltrationDiagnostic testingBlinded histologic examinationH pylori testingAcute variceal bleedingProspective cohort studyUrban county hospitalProton pump inhibitorsTime of bleedingRapid urease testingVariceal bleedingCase seriesEndoscopic biopsyProspective studyPump inhibitorsBiopsy specimensUrease testingCounty Hospital
2004
The epidemiology of ischaemic colitis
Higgins PD, Davis KJ, Laine L. The epidemiology of ischaemic colitis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2004, 19: 729-738. PMID: 15043513, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.01903.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic colitisRisk factorsPopulation-based sampleGeneral populationPopulation incidenceChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCo-morbid conditionsIrritable bowel syndromeObstructive pulmonary diseasePopulation-based studyGeneral population incidenceBowel syndromePulmonary diseaseCase seriesBaseline incidenceCase reportAdvanced ageVascular surgeryColitisEligible articlesIncidencePopulation samplePrevalenceRiskBibliographic databases