A large number of patients worldwide receive anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents, collectively known as antithrombotic agents. Several new anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents recently were approved for use. Gastroenterologists may be unfamiliar with the mechanism of action, indications for use, and pharmacokinetics of these newer drugs. In patients undergoing elective and urgent endoscopic...

PURPOSE To compare the medication history error rate of the emergency department (ED) pharmacy technician with that of nursing staff and to describe the workflow environment. METHODS Fifty medication histories performed by an ED nurse followed by the pharmacy technician were evaluated for discrepancies (RN-PT group). A separate 50 medication histories performed by the pharmacy technician and ...

Background: Entamoeba histolytica are very common protozoan parasites in Iraq and causative agents of gastrointestinal diseases especially among children.
 Objective: To show the distribution Giardia lamblia children aging 6-12 years old Tikrit City.
 Materials Methods: A cross sectional study was carried on (1100) school attended Primary Heath Care Centers for period from February 20...

Prostaglandins (PGs) are widely distributed throughout the gastrointestinal tract and affect a variety of gastrointestinal functions. The observation that PGs of the E and A series are potent inhibitors of gastric acid secretion and that PGs, especially the E compounds, are released into the gastric lumen during vagal or gastrin stimulation suggests a possible physiological role for these agent...

Intraperitoneal chemotherapy together with cytoreductive surgery is the standard of care for a number of peritoneal surface malignancies. However, this approach fails to maintain the complete response and disease recurs due to microscopic residual disease. Although safer than systemic chemotherapy regimens, locoregional treatment with chemotherapeutics can induce toxicity which is a major conce...

Current therapies for type 2 diabetes are frequently associated with inadequate control of postprandial hyperglycemia, weight gain, and, in the case of oral agents, loss of efficacy over time. A better understanding of physiological responses to meals is leading to the development of new agents whose therapeutic action is based on the enhancement of gastrointestinal hormone action. These therap...

Since their introduction into clinical medicine 20 years ago, the glucocorticoids have become therapeutic agents of major importance. They have become associated with numerous clinical consequences involving every system of the body', including the gastrointestinal tract2'3. It now seems pertinent and valuable to review critically the clinically relevant consequences of glucocorticoid therapy f...

At least 3 systematic reviews have assessed the safety of propofol versus traditional agents used for sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures. These reviews uncovered a marked variability in study design and found the quality of the included randomized controlled trials to be poor. To date there is no demonstrated difference in the endoscopic safety or efficacy of propofol sedation c...

Since their introduction into clinical medicine 20 years ago, the glucocorticoids have become therapeutic agents of major importance. They have become associated with numerous clinical consequences involving every system of the body', including the gastrointestinal tract2'3. It now seems pertinent and valuable to review critically the clinically relevant consequences of glucocorticoid therapy f...

Since their introduction into clinical medicine 20 years ago, the glucocorticoids have become therapeutic agents of major importance. They have become associated with numerous clinical consequences involving every system of the body', including the gastrointestinal tract2'3. It now seems pertinent and valuable to review critically the clinically relevant consequences of glucocorticoid therapy f...