AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study quantified health-related quality of life in a group of irritable bowel syndrome patients and measures changes following a treatment programme of nurse-led gut-directed hypnotherapy. BACKGROUND It is well recognized that health-related quality of life can be severely impaired in patients suffering form the irritable bowel syndrome. Current conventional treatment...

INTRODUCTION Bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome is rare systemic diseases characterized by a prodrome of fever, chills, and influenza-like symptoms with subsequent skin eruptions, myalgias, and polyarthralgias. It is reported to be occurred in Intestinal bypass surgery and inflammatory bowel disease. CASE DESCRIPTION Herein, we described a 29-years-old man with Bowel-associated de...

BACKGROUND The natural history of irritable bowel syndrome is unclear, including the likelihood that these patients will be diagnosed with an alternative organic or functional gastrointestinal disorder. Understanding the stability of an irritable bowel syndrome diagnosis may limit repeated diagnostic evaluation among these patients. METHODS The inclusion criteria included observational longit...

BACKGROUND This retrospective study evaluates the efficacy of gabapentin for the treatment of pain syndrome related to radiation-induced mucositis in patients with head and neck tumors. METHODS Thirty cases of head and neck malignancies treated with radiotherapy were analyzed. RESULTS By using a median dose of 2700 mg/day of gabapentin, only 10% of patients required additional narcotic pain...

Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) is a relatively recently recognized cause of chronic multisystem polymorbidity of a generally inflammatory theme. Patients with MCAS often report migratory soft tissue and/or bone pain which frequently responds poorly to typical (narcotic and non-narcotic) analgesics as well as atypical analgesics such as antidepressants and anticonvulsants. Hydroxyurea (HU)...

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by hamartomatous polyps in the small bowel and mucocutaneous pigmentation. Patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome often present as surgical emergencies with complications of the polyps, such as intussusception, bowel obstruction and bleeding. Furthermore, repeated operations may be needed in some patients, which may ...

s, Posters, Oral Presentations & Awards Ferreira, N. B., Eugenicos, M., Morris, P., Gillanders, D. "Acceptance of irritable bowel syndrome as a mediator between anxiety and outcomes in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)‖. Gut, UEGW abstracts Supplement, A139. -Poster presented at the 18 th United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, Spain, October 2010. Ferreira, N. B., Eugenicos, M., Morris,...

OBJECTIVES To compare rates of narcotic administration for medically treated neonates in different neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and to compare treated and untreated neonates to assess whether narcotics provided advantages or disadvantages for short-term outcomes, such as cardiovascular stability (ie, blood pressure and heart rate), hyperbilirubinemia, duration of respiratory support, g...

Narcosis is a nonspecific reversible state of arrested activity of protoplasmic structures caused by a wide variety of organic chemicals. The vast majority of industrial organic chemicals can be characterized by a baseline structure-toxicity relationship as developed for diverse aquatic organisms, using only the n-octanol/water partition coefficient as a descriptor. There are, however, many app...