COLORECTAL CANCER, SERIES #4

Graeme P. Young

Dr. Young writes that several factors determine whether surveillance is appropriate and how it may be conducted. His paper covers the history and nature of a polyp, treatment and follow-up surveillance.

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A PRACTICAL APPROACH, SERIES # 31

Peter Irving and David Rampton

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are some three times more likely than the general population to have a thromboembolic event. This article addresses the issue of the increased risk and the reasons for it and what can be done to minimize the risk.

TREATMENT OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, SERIES #9

R. Paul Svoboda and Kevin W. Olden

The authors write that rectal prolapse may increase the risk of perforation during retroflexion and that endocopists should use caution when performing this examination in the presence of rectal prolapse.

NUTRITION ISSUES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY, SERIES #52

Eugene C. Corbett, Jr.

This paper highlights several important considerations in the management of intravenous fluids, specifically sodium and water. The sodium content of various salt-containing fluids and supplements are given and the general principles of sodium and water administration are described.

GERD IN THE 21st CENTURY, SERIES #22

Vishal Jain, Inder Mainie, Wojciech Blonski, Raj Sharma and Donald O. Castell

A report of a study of patients with refractory GERD.

A CASE REPORT

Jonathan M. Buscaglia, J. Timothy Sherwood and Sanjay B. Jagannath

A case report illustrating the use of a polyflex stent in the upper distal hypopharynx that would not have been feasible with the traditional metal stent.

FELLOWS' CORNER

William A. Mourad and Yaron Perry

A case for you to solve.

A CASE REPORT

Hassan Albataineh and Firdous Siddiqui

A case of acute liver failure after the use of clarithromycin in a patient with alcoholic liver disease who was being treated for pneumonia.

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