… In Magruber Habib’s study of patients attending a general medical clinic, the PPV was
only 0.53 for lifetime alcohol abuse / dependence.Other studies of hospital and ambulatory …

… Future research with larger study samples could examine the CRAFFT in different cultural
and ethnic groups and compare the questionnaire’s psychometric properties across these …

… Eleven RCT s involving 455 participants were included in the meta‐analysis. 325 participants
were evaluated for symptomatic improvement and 330 were evaluated for histological …

Background & Aims Most patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) eventually require an intestinal
resection. However, CD frequently recurs after resection. We performed a randomized trial …

… The treatment by subgroup P-value was derived from a Wald’s test of 1 or more indicator
variables of the interaction of the treatment group and subgroup within each stratum of the …

Objective: Patients with small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) have chronic intestinal
and extraintestinal symptomatology which adversely affects their quality of life. Present …

… The endoscopy database was queried for patients who underwent TPS (Niti-S esophageal
stent; Taewoong Medical, Seoul, South Korea) placement for the treatment of gastroparetic …

Background Esophagogastric junction ( EGJ ) outflow obstruction ( EGJOO ) is characterized
by impaired EGJ relaxation with intact or weak peristalsis. Our aims were to evaluate: (i) …

… Informed consent was obtained from prospective subjects, and each subject’s electronic
medical record was accessed to ascertain HCV serostatus and to determine which question…

… Entry of SARS–CoV-2 into host cells is dependent on its receptor, angiotensin-converting
enzyme 2 (ACE2) (8), as well as priming of the S protein by transmembrane protease serine 2 (…