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Archives of Gastroenterology Research

ISSN: 2692-5427

2021

Volume 2, Issue 3, p75-109

Articles published in this issue are Open Access and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY NC) where the readers can reuse, download, distribute the article in whole or part by mentioning proper credits to the authors.

Editorial Open Access

Treatment and Drug Resistance to Helicobacter Pylori: A Brief Review

Vinícius Lima de Souza Gonçalves, Jonathan Santos Apolonio, Ronaldo Teixeira da Silva Junior, Maria Luísa Cordeiro Santos, Beatriz Rocha Cuzzuol, Marcel Silva Luz, Fabian Fellipe Bueno Lemos, Hanna Santos Marques, Camilo Santana Silva, Mariana Miranda Sampaio, Bruna Teixeira da Costa, Fabrício Freire de Melo

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, spiral-shaped bacterium that inhabits the gastric environment of 60.3% of the global population. Though most individuals infected with the bacterium remain asymptomatic, it is known that this infection plays a pivotal role in the development of diseases such as chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and gastric MALT lymphoma. Hence, eradication of H. pylori is associated with the potential prevention of many gastric and extra gastric diseases, such as gastric cancer.

Arch Gastroenterol Res, 2021, Volume 2, Issue 3, p75-78 | DOI: 10.33696/Gastroenterology.2.031
Research Article Open Access

Creation of an Ex-vivo Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Training Model Using a Perfused Non-cirrhotic Porcine Liver

Jorge E Lopera, Ryan Bitar, John Walker, James Elliott, Katie Strychalski, Harrison Pollard, Annie Dang, Luis Garza, Carlos Ortiz, Matthew Parker, Matthew Z Taon, Partha Mandal, Barrett O’Donnell, Rajeev Suri, Ho-Young Song

Liver cirrhosis is growing problem worldwide with serious adverse clinical manifestations secondary to portal hypertension, including ascites, hydrothorax, bleeding from gastric and esophageal varices among others. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation has demonstrated to be a very effective minimally invasive technique to treat portal hypertension largely supplanting surgical shunts. TIPS, however, is a highly technically demanding procedure with a steep learning curve.

Arch Gastroenterol Res, 2021, Volume 2, Issue 3, p79-85 | DOI: 10.33696/Gastroenterology.2.032
Short Communication Open Access

Survival Disparity Between Antiviral-Treated and Antiviral-Naïve Patients Who Develop Their First HBV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Daniel Garrido, Peter Block, Selena Lin, Dina Halegoua-DeMarzio, Hie-Won Hann

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a public health problem, accounting for more than 257 million cases of chronic infection and a major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. With the vaccination and the advent of nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) as antiviral therapy, chronic HBV infection currently accounts for approximately 50% of HCC cases worldwide, a significant decrease from >80% in the 1980’s. The reduced incidence of HBV-related HCC (HBV-HCC) with NAs with lamivudine, entecavir, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is well documented.

Arch Gastroenterol Res, 2021, Volume 2, Issue 3, p86-94 | DOI: 10.33696/Gastroenterology.2.033
Research Article Open Access

The Inappropriate Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors: An Internal Medicine Residency Clinics Effort to Deprescribe

Polina Gaisinskaya, Zed Seedat, Sanja Patino, Navneet Kaur, Oscar L. Hernandez, Eric Abkian, Jamie Fabricant, Mishah Azhar, Michael A. DeDonno, Nabil Benhayoun

Since 1989, PPIs have become among the top-selling drug classes in the country. It is estimated that in the United States alone, about a quarter of the country suffers from acid related conditions. Their versatility and popularity have prompted the World Health Organization to add PPIs to their list of essential medications. The low cost of PPIs and over the counter (OTC) availability of these medications have made their use ubiquitous in outpatient care.

Arch Gastroenterol Res, 2021, Volume 2, Issue 3, p95-101 | DOI: 10.33696/Gastroenterology.2.034
Commentary Open Access

Extragastric Manifestations of Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Commentary

Camilo Santana Silva, Ronaldo Teixeira da Silva Junior, Luana Kauany de Sá Santos, Jonathan Santos Apolonio, Bruna Teixeira da Costa, Beatriz Rocha Cuzzuol, Marcel Silva Luz, Fabrício Freire de Melo

Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is characterized as a gram-negative bacterium with microaerophilic metabolism, flagellated and helix-shaped that affects approximately 50% of the world population and, in some regions, this rate can exceed 80%. Hp infection is well known to infect the epithelial tissue of the stomach, being involved with development of many stomach diseases, including gastric carcinoma.

Arch Gastroenterol Res, 2021, Volume 2, Issue 3, p102-109 | DOI: 10.33696/Gastroenterology.2.035
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