A5000134915- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
- Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Lipid metabolism and disorders
- Lymphadenopathy Diagnosis and Analysis
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
2018-2022
Aurora Health Care
2017-2019
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
2012-2014
Central Middlesex Hospital
2006
To compare the efficacy and tolerability of morning-only polyethylene glycol (PEG) with split-dose preparation in hospitalized patients scheduled for colonoscopy.Morning-only colonoscopy may improve efficiency by allowing patient to be performed on same day. There are limited data comparing preparation, more studies needed before can routinely recommended.A single-center, prospective, endoscopist-blinded study was conducted, which undergo diagnostic were randomly assigned receive 4 L PEG...
Introduction: Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a common etiology of acute pancreatitis (AP) after gallstones and alcohol accounts for 1-4% all cases. Both primary secondary causes lipoprotein metabolism may be associated with HTG-induced pancreatitis. It important to recognize this disease entity timely management prevent life threatening complications. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed electronic patient records discharge diagnosis “acute pancreatitis” “hypertriglyceridemia” based on ICD...
Case Report: A 42-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of epigastric pain. The pain was described as dull, deep, intermittent, non-radiating, and aggravated food intake. She denied any dysphagia, weight loss, or change in bowel habits. had hypertension alcohol use. On examination she afebrile hemodynamically stable. General did not reveal pallor, icterus, edema, lymphadenopathy. Abdomen soft, non-tender, without obvious masses clinical evidence free fluid. Laboratory...
Purpose: A 28-year-old vegetarian Indian male with past medical history of hypothyroidism presented sudden onset sharp left lower abdominal pain radiating to the back along dysuria and three episodes loose bowel motions. He was afebrile exam revealed mild tenderness in abdomen. Laboratory tests showed leucocytosis, microcytosis normal Hb hematuria. CT abdomen few small faint calcified densities near splenic flexure which were thought be due recent antacid use. This episode self limiting...
PEG was initially developed in early 1980s and is now the preferred modality for long term enteral access nutrition. Buried bumper syndrome first described 1988 a less frequent but major complication of tube placement. Incidence buried around 0.3-2.4%. We report 54-year-old female patient with BMI 40.37 who needed nutritional after undergoing tracheostomy. A 20 French placed without any complications. On follow-up CT scan chest one month, G-tube internal diaphragm had migrated from stomach...
A 60-year-old woman presented with acute pancreatitis complicated by the development of pancreatic fluid collection, which later organized into a large peripancreatic pseudocyst (Fig. 1). This was drained endoscopically lumen-apposing metal stent inserted under EUS guidance 2). The patient experienced gastric perforation after procedure, possibly resulting from an immature cyst wall, required surgical repair 3). Two months later, she had residual fistula along posterior wall communicating...