2021
Towards personalised management for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Sung JJY, Laine L, Kuipers EJ, Barkun AN. Towards personalised management for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Gut 2021, 70: 818-824. PMID: 33649044, DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323846.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsIndividual patientsNon-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleedingPre-endoscopic assessmentUpper gastrointestinal bleedingImportant clinical issuePostendoscopic managementGastrointestinal bleedingPatient characteristicsEndoscopic evaluationPoint of careOptimal treatmentInternational guidelinesClinical issuesInternational professional societiesClinical settingSpecific management strategiesStages of managementPatientsTreatmentProfessional societiesManagement strategiesGuidelinesBleedingHaemostasisLesions
2020
Use of Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a Diagnostic Tool for Clinical Indications: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Lee MW, Pourmorady JS, Laine L. Use of Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a Diagnostic Tool for Clinical Indications: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2020, 115: 662-670. PMID: 31972617, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFecal occult blood testIron deficiency anemiaSensitivity of FOBTAcute diarrheaClinical indicationsSystematic reviewFecal occult blood testingDiagnostic testsSpecific gastrointestinal symptomsOccult blood testingPrimary end pointOccult blood testColorectal cancer screeningPositive stool cultureRisk of biasQUADAS-2 toolGastrointestinal symptomsAdult patientsEndoscopic evaluationUlcerative colitisEndoscopic activityBlood testsIdentifiable causeStool culturesBlood testing
1988
Prevalence ofCampylobacter pylori and association with antral mucosal histology in subjects with and without upper gastrointestinal symptoms
Pettross C, Appleman M, Cohen H, Valenzuela J, Chandrasoma P, Laine L. Prevalence ofCampylobacter pylori and association with antral mucosal histology in subjects with and without upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 1988, 33: 649-653. PMID: 3371136, DOI: 10.1007/bf01540425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUpper gastrointestinal symptomsGastrointestinal symptomsAsymptomatic volunteersNormal endoscopic findingsRoutine endoscopic evaluationPeptic ulcer diseaseYoung asymptomatic adultsAntral inflammationAntral gastritisEndoscopic findingsEndoscopic evaluationMucosal histologyUlcer diseaseAsymptomatic adultsChronic gastritisEndoscopic examinationHistological examinationPatientsVolunteersGastritisMucosaSymptomsExaminationAssociationBiopsy