Nutrition in alcoholic steatohepatitis: more of the same or something new?Eduard Cabre
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i PujolBadalona, Catalonia, Spain
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 11:626-31. 2008
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- Irritable bowel syndrome: can nutrient manipulation help?
Eduard Cabre
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 13:581-7. 2010
..To describe the evidences for the usefulness of dietary manipulations (including the use of probiotics and prebiotics) in the management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)...
- Top-down therapy: is the evidence strong enough?
Eugeni Domenech
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, IBD Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, ES 08916 Badalona, Spain
Dig Dis 27:306-11. 2009
..In addition, there is a risk of overtreating those 10-30% of patients that will have a benign course of the disease; that's the reason why the implementation of top-down strategies remains as a matter of debate...
- Infliximab reintroduction is not associated to a higher rate of immune-related adverse effects in patients with inflammatory bowel disease initially treated with a three-infusion induction regimen
Eugeni Domenech
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
J Clin Gastroenterol 44:34-7. 2010
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- Impact of capsule endoscopy findings in the management of Crohn's Disease
Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga
Department of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s n, 08916 Badalona, Spain
Dig Dis Sci 55:411-4. 2010
..Capsule endoscopy (CE) has proven efficacy in detecting mucosal lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract and it has been widely evaluated for assessing small-bowel lesions in patients with suspected or established Crohn's disease (CD)...
- Smoking status and response to thiopurines in steroid-dependent inflammatory bowel disease
Eugeni Domenech
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Inflamm Bowel Dis 17:971-5. 2011
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the response to thiopurines in patients with steroid-dependent IBD according to their smoking habits...
- Development of antinuclear antibodies and its clinical impact in patients with Crohn's disease treated with chimeric monoclonal anti-TNFalpha antibodies (infliximab)
Esther Garcia-Planella
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 15:351-4. 2003
..No patient presented lupus-like syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: Only a few CD patients treated with infliximab and immunosuppressants develop ANAs. This condition is not associated with aDNAds and/or lupus-like syndrome in the majority of cases...
- Cytomegalovirus infection in ulcerative colitis: a prospective, comparative study on prevalence and diagnostic strategy
Eugeni Domenech
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Inflamm Bowel Dis 14:1373-9. 2008
..However, its role in steroid-refractoriness remains unknown. Our goals were to evaluate the prevalence of CMV disease in UC, the best diagnostic strategy, and the influence of disease activity and/or treatment in its development...
- Tuberculous chemoprophylaxis requirements and safety in inflammatory bowel disease patients prior to anti-TNF therapy
Yamile Zabana
Fundació Institut d Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Catalonia, Badalona, Spain
Inflamm Bowel Dis 14:1387-91. 2008
..The goal was to evaluate the requirements, effectiveness, and safety profile of ChP in IBD patient candidates for anti-TNF therapy...
- [Portal hypertension in patients with inflammatory bowel disease]
Carles Leal-Valdivieso
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Gastroenterol Hepatol 33:297-302. 2010
..We present the cases of two patients with IBD who developed PH and review the most likely causes of PH in IBD, as well as preventive and therapeutic strategies...
- Predictors of clinical response to systemic steroids in active ulcerative colitis
Isabel Bernal
Gastroenterology Department Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 5 planta, edifici general, Ctra. del Canyet, s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain
Dig Dis Sci 51:1434-8. 2006
..In conclusion, clinical evaluation 3 days after starting systemic steroids seems to be the best tool to assess short-term prognosis...
- Combining steroids with enteral nutrition: a better therapeutic strategy for severe alcoholic hepatitis? Results of a pilot study
Marco A Alvarez
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 16:1375-80. 2004
..CONCLUSION: This pilot study suggests that TEN associated with a short course of steroids could be a good therapeutic strategy for severe alcoholic hepatitis. This possibility deserves investigation in a randomized controlled trial...
- Liver dysfunction related to hepatitis B and C in patients with inflammatory bowel disease treated with immunosuppressive therapy
C Loras
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Mutua de Terrassa, Universitat de Barcelona, Plaça Dr Robert no 5, Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Gut 59:1340-6. 2010
..There is no information about the frequency of liver dysfunction in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treated with immunosuppressants and infected with hepatitis B (HBV) and/or C virus (HCV)...
- [Psoas abscess as a complication of Crohn's disease: report of three cases and literature review]
Ingrid Marin
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas CIBERehd, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Espana
Gastroenterol Hepatol 32:557-61. 2009
..We review the literature and focus on the clinical factors associated with the occurrence of these abscesses and the therapeutic approach to both this septic complication and the underlying disease...
- Prospective, observational, cross-sectional study of intestinal infections among acutely active inflammatory bowel disease patients
Mercè Navarro-Llavat
Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Digestion 80:25-9. 2009
..The reported incidence of such infections among IBD patients varies between 9 and 13%, but only a few prospective studies have been conducted...
- Nutrition in liver disease
Eduard Cabre
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 8:545-51. 2005
..The aim of this paper is to describe the relevant medical literature published between spring 2003 and spring 2005 in the field of malnutrition in liver disease and its management...
- Lactobacillus fermentum CECT 5716 prevents and reverts intestinal damage on TNBS-induced colitis in mice
Josep Mañé
Research Institute Foundation in Health Sciences Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Inflamm Bowel Dis 15:1155-63. 2009
..We aimed to evaluate the effects of Lactobacillus fermentum CECT 5716 on gut injury when administered either before or after trinitrobencene sulfonic acid (TNBS) colitis in Balb/c mice...
- Medication-taking behavior in a cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Isabel Bernal
Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 5a planta, edifici general, Ctra. del Canyet, s/n, 08916, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Dig Dis Sci 51:2165-9. 2006
..02). Twenty percent of patients admitted to self-medicating. An important proportion of patients with IBD admit to forget some doses of the prescribed medication in the setting of a specialized unit of a referral centre...
- [Infectious mononucleosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease under treatment with azathioprine]
Ana Bargalló
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Espana
Gastroenterol Hepatol 31:289-92. 2008
..We report two cases of atypical infectious mononucleosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease under azathioprine therapy and review the available evidence on the most appropriate therapeutic approach in this subset of patients...
- Long-term methotrexate for Crohn's disease: safety and efficacy in clinical practice
Eugeni Domenech
Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s n, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
J Clin Gastroenterol 42:395-9. 2008
..To assess the efficacy and safety profile of methotrexate (MTX) for the treatment of Crohn's disease (CD) in clinical practice...
- Impact of azathioprine on the prevention of postoperative Crohn's disease recurrence: results of a prospective, observational, long-term follow-up study
Eugeni Domenech
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Inflamm Bowel Dis 14:508-13. 2008
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