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| – | Physicians must aggressively treat heart failure in the early stages to prevent disease progression and improve survival. Early treatment implies early diagnosis of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, before the onset of symptoms. Patients with risk factors for the development of heart failure, especially coronary disease or hypertension, should undergo echocardiography to evaluate LV function. Patients with LV systolic dysfunction should be further evaluated to determine the type of cardiac dysfunction, uncover correctable etiologic factors, determine prognosis, and guide treatment. |
| – | Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and beta-adrenergic blocking drugs improve survival and are integral to the treatment plan. Physicians should prescribe an ACE inhibitor as initial therapy for all patients with LV systolic dysfunction unless there are specific contraindications. The combination of hydralazine and isosorbide dinitrate is an acceptable alternative therapy for patients who cannot take ACE inhibitors. |
| – | Diuretics should be used if there are signs or symptoms of volume overload. |
| – | Beta-adrenergic blocking drugs should be added to therapy in stable patients with mild to moderate heart failure after optimal treatment with ACE inhibitors, diuretics, or other vasodilators. |
| – | Digoxin should be used routinely in patients with severe heart failure and should be added to therapy in patients with mild to moderate heart failure who remain symptomatic despite optimal doses of ACE inhibitors and diuretics. |
| – | Spironolactone should be added, but electrolytes should be closely monitored. |
| – | Warfarin anticoagulation should be considered in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 35% or less. |
| – | Until survival data exist, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) should not be used as initial therapy or as sole therapy but can be used for ACE-intolerant patients or can be added to standard heart failure therapy. |
| – | Outpatient use of intravenous inotropic therapy should be avoided. |
| – | Patients with severe heart failure should have peak oxygen consumption measured to quantify functional impairment, determine prognosis, and identify the need for advanced heart failure therapy. |
| – | Patients who remain symptomatic while receiving optimal standard therapy should be referred early to a specialized heart failure center. |
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| – | The best treatment for gastric cancer remains early detection and prompt surgical removal. Currently, the majority of gastric carcinomas diagnosed in western centers are late-stage tumors with poor prognoses. |
| – | Endoscopic ultrasound and diagnostic laparoscopy aid our ability to accurately stage patients with gastric cancers, and may prevent unnecessary laparotomies in asymptomatic patients. |
| – | While extended lymphadenectomy is the standard approach in Japanese centers, the utility of this procedure in improving long-term survival has yet to be proved in prospective, randomized trials. |
| – | Accurate staging of patients preoperatively and selected multidisciplinary approaches to individual patients may eventually lead to improvements in survival for patients with gastric cancer. |
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Buchman AL 《Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology》2002,5(3):173-180
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| – | An oral calcium supplement (1000 mg/day) is recommended. |
| – | Regular exercise should be performed. |
| – | Ethanol intake should be moderate. |
| – | Protein intake should be moderate. |
| – | The patient’s vitamin D status should be determined and corrected with an oral supplement when deficiency is present. |
| – | Baseline and yearly bone density measurement should be taken. |
| – | Alendronate, 10 mg/d orally, or risedronate, 5 mg/d orally, should be given to patients with osteopenia. |
| – | Use of corticosteroids, cyclosporin, tacrolimus, and methotrexate should be limited to the short term when possible. |
| – | Estrogen replacement therapy is recommended in postmenopausal women unless contraindications exist. |
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Anil Tumbapura MD Scott Kuwada MD James A. DiSario MD 《Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology》2000,3(1):51-57
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| – | Adenocarcinomas of the small intestine are rare tumors accounting for about 1% of all gastrointesinal neoplasms. |
| – | These cancers have a poor prognosis, perhaps because of the nonspecific symptoms and delay in diagnosis. |
| – | They can arise in the setting of Crohn’s disease, celiac sprue, and inherited colon cancer syndromes like familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). |
| – | As most of these lesions occur in the duodenum or proximal jejunum, upper endoscopy and push enteroscopy are reasonable initial diagnostic tests. Enteroclysis and intraoperative enteroscopy may be complementary to these procedures. |
| – | Surgical cures may be possible in patients with tumors detected at an early and resectable stage. Endoscopic therapy is useful for cure of premalignant lesions and palliation of unresectable disease. |
| – | Chemotherapy and radiotherapy have limited impact in the management of these tumors, because they are often of advanced stage at the time of presentation. |
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| – | Early diagnosis permits preventive therapy to preempt development of organ damage. |
| – | In all diagnosed patients, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, pharmacologic therapy is lifelong, and maintenance treatment to prevent copper toxicity is mandatory. |
| – | Patients with either fulminant hepatic failure or hepatic insufficiency unresponsive to medical therapy should be considered for orthotopic liver transplantation, which effectively cures Wilson’s disease. |
| – | Prognosis is excellent for compliant patients receiving pharmacologic therapy. |
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| – | Esophageal malignancies presenting with dysphagia from luminal obstruction generally are not resectable for cure, and palliative therapy is the primary focus. |
| – | Self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) have replaced plastic stents as a primary mode of palliation for malignant esophageal obstruction because of the relative ease of insertion, lower initial morbidity, and larger stent diameter. |
| – | Self-expandable metal stents are ideal for patients with midesophageal tumors. |
| – | A majority of patients experience relief of dysphagia with SEMS and dietary modification, but the initial cost is high and early morbidity may be significant. |
| – | The placement of SEMS across the gastroesophageal junction may result in free reflux that may improve with a stent containing a one-way gastric flap valve. |
| – | The placement of SEMS in the cervical esophagus, although more difficult, less effective, and less well tolerated, also may be successful. |
| – | Coated SEMS are a treatment of choice for individuals with tracheoesophageal fistula. |
| – | Delayed complications occur in up to 40% of patients and include stent migration, bleeding, perforation, fistula formation, and occlusion. Most complications can be managed endoscopically and additional stents may be placed for tumor overgrowth. |
| – | The comparison of three currently available SEMS for esophageal malignancy show no statistically significant differences with regard to ease of placement, effectiveness, complications, and mortality. |
| – | The use of SEMS for patients with benign disease is still considered experimental. |
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Shabetai R 《Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine》2000,2(5):385-397
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| – | The treatment of sarcoid cardiomyopathy can be considered in part the treatment of the systemic disorder, and in part cardiac involvement, the manifestations of which may differ greatly. Therapy for the systemic disease is corticosteroid. Therapy for cardiac involvement includes prednisone, but because treatment must ameliorate or abolish many differing manifestations, therapy differs among patients. |
| – | Asymptomatic patients (the majority) who are free from serious manifestations of the disease do not require pharmacologic or interventional treatment. |
| – | Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy require treatment for congestive heart failure. |
| – | High-grade atrioventricular conduction delay usually necessitates a permanent electronic pacemaker. |
| – | Life-threatening arrhythmia usually requires implantation of an automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator (AICD). Antiarrhythmic drugs may also be needed. |
| – | Cardiac tamponade should be treated by drainage of pericardial fluid. |
| – | Pericardiectomy is usually the appropriate treatment for patients who develop significant constrictive pericarditis. |
| – | Calcium channel blockers may be helpful for severe diastolic dysfunction that occurs in those with restrictive cardiomyopathy. |
| – | Therapy should be given to those few patients who manifest hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to relieve left ventricular outflow obstruction. |
| – | Cardiac transplantation for intractable heart failure or arrhythmia may be needed. |
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Pedrosa M 《Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology》2001,4(1):67-71
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| – | Dysplasia is the most important marker of progression to invasive cancer in Barrett’s esophagus. |
| – | Intensive endoscopic surveillance with biopsy may identify invasive cancer in a patient with high-grade dysplasia (HGD). |
| – | Close relationship with an experienced gastrointestinal pathologist and thoracic surgeon will improve treatment decisions and patient outcomes. |
| – | No intervention is required in patients with low-grade dysplasia (LGD); continued surveillance is recommended. |
| – | Surgical resection is the currently accepted therapy for high-grade dysplasia. Endoscopic ablative therapy remains experimental. |
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Andersen JM 《Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology》2001,4(5):433-440
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| – | Venous malformations of blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) may involve any area of the gastrointestinal tract. |
| – | Gastrointestinal blood loss and anemia brings these patients to the attention of gastroenterologists. |
| – | Effective treatment of these malformations throughout the gastrointestinal tract requires aggressive management to ultimately decrease blood loss and restore the patient’s hemoglobin to a near-normal level. |
| – | Treatment of patients with BRBNS includes supportive measures, endoscopic ablation, and surgery. |
| – | Supportive therapy consists of proton pump inhibitors and octreotide to decrease blood loss, iron replacement, and blood transfusions. |
| – | The effective management of patients with anemia demands aggressive treatment of venous malformations in the small bowel. This requires a collaboration between the surgeon and the therapeutic endoscopist, ie, laparotomy and excision of larger lesions with surgically assisted enteroscopy and thermal ablation of smaller lesions via enterotomy. |
| – | There is no effective systemic therapy for treatment of the vascular malformations in patients with BRBNS. |
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| – | Fulminant ulcerative colitis necessitates immediate hospitalization. |
| – | Supportive therapy such as aggressive rehydration, restriction of oral intake, and consideration of parenteral nutrition should be initiated. |
| – | High-dose intravenous steroids should be started in almost all cases. |
| – | Antibiotics and cyclosporine should be considered, especially in disease refractory to steroid therapy. |
| – | Indications for surgery should always be kept in mind, and early involvement of the surgical team is always encouraged. |
| – | Avoidance of life-threatening complications such as toxic megacolon, hemorrhage, and perforation is the goal of any treatment for fulminant ulcerative colitis. |
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Ott P 《Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine》2000,2(4):323-327
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| – | Results of recent clinical trials allow an evidence-based approach to ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). |
| – | The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has clearly established its role in the secondary prevention of VA and should be considered first-line therapy in patients surviving episodes of potentially lethal VAs. It has also been clearly shown that in these patients, antiarrhythmic drug selection by means of serial Holter recording or electrophysiologic study does not improve survival. |
| – | Antiarrhythmic drug therapy (including amiodarone) as primary prevention in high-risk patients (eg, those who have experienced a myocardial infarction or who have heart failure) has thus far not reduced the mortality rate. |
| – | In contrast, use of the ICD as a primary preventative strategy has reduced the mortality rate in patients after myocardial infarction who have reduced left ventric-ular function, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, and inducible ventricular tachycardia during electrophysiologic study. Thus, patients fitting this clinical pro-file are best served by implantation of an ICD. |
| – | Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia occurs rarely in patients without heart disease. These arrhythmias are best treated with catheter ablation therapy, a treatment with a high rate of success and a low rate of complications. |
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| – | The percutaneous approach-specifically, ultrasound-guided percutaneous catheter drainage-associated with intravenous administration of antibiotics is the therapy of choice in patients with single or multiple pyogenic liver abscesses. |
| – | The initial empiric antibiotic therapy should be modified based on results of blood and pus cultures. |
| – | Surgery should be reserved for patients in whom antibiotic therapy and percutaneous drainage is unsuccessful. |
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| – | Infectious esophagitis is a common problem in immunocompromised patients that can result in prolonged discomfort and malnutrition. |
| – | Common infectious causes of esophagitis can be confirmed by laboratory testing, but esophagoscopy is often necessary not only to visualize the esophageal mucosa but also to obtain diagnostic biopsies |
| – | Empiric, systemic antifungal or antiherpetic therapies are often prescribed prior to confirming an etiologic diagnosis in esophagitis. In some cases, however, endoscopy is needed to guide therapy |
| – | Systemic antifungal therapy is usually superior to topical therapy for Candida esophagitis and the first choice of agent is generally fluconazole. |
| – | Valacyclovir or famciclovir are the preferred first treatments for herpetic esophagitis because of their clinical efficacy and convenient dosing schedules. |
| – | Thalidomide may be useful in the management of aphthous ulcerations of the mouth and esophagus in patients with HIV. |
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| – | Coagulopathy in patients with liver disease results from impairments in the clotting and fibrinolytic systems, as well as from reduced number and function of platelets. |
| – | Parenteral vitamin K replacement corrects coagulopathy related to biliary obstruction, bacterial overgrowth, or malnutrition. Vitamin K is less effective for coagulopathy caused by severe parenchymal liver injury. |
| – | Transfusion of fresh frozen plasma is the hallmark of treatment of significant coagulopathy in patients with liver disease and active bleeding. |
| – | Transfusion of fresh frozen plasma also reverses moderate to severe coagulopathy of cirrhosis prior to invasive procedures. |
| – | Cryoprecipitate is useful for severe coagulopathy with hypofibrinogenemia, especially when avoidance of volume overload is desired. |
| – | Exchange plasmapheresis is useful in selected patients with coagulopathy due to liver disease, in whom fresh frozen plasma fails to correct coagulopathy or in patients who have coexistent severe fluid overload. |
| – | Platelet transfusions, pooled or single donor, are useful in thrombocytopenic patients prior to performing invasive procedures or in the presence of significant bleeding, especially when the platelet count is below 50,000/mL. |
| – | The use of recombinant factor VIIa and thrombopoietin therapy for correction of coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia, respectively, in patients with cirrhosis, is currently under investigation. |
| – | Therapy with prothrombin complex concentrates, 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin and antithrombin III concentrates for the management of coagulopathy caused by liver disease can be hazardous and the use of these products is considered investigational at the present time. |
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Vakil N 《Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology》2000,3(4):341-345
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| – | There is no definitive therapy for this disorder. |
| – | Heliobacter pylori eradication therapy is only useful in areas with a high prevalence of H. pylori-related ulcer disease |
| – | Proton pump inhibitors are effective in short-term treatment for dyspepsia with a predominant symptom of epigastric pain |
| – | Prokinetic agents may be useful in some patients, particularly those with dysmotility-like dyspepsia, but serious side effects limit their usefulness. |
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Albert J. Czaja MD 《Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology》1999,2(5):423-436
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| – | Autoimmune hepatitis can be treated effectively with either prednisone alone or a lower dose of prednisone in combination with azathioprine. |
| – | All types of autoimmune hepatitis should be treated similarly. |
| – | The combination schedule of prednisone and azathioprine is preferred since it is associated with fewer side effects than a higher dose of prednisone alone. |
| – | Lifestyle changes are essential if overeating, under-exercising, excessive alcohol consumption, or overexposure to hepatotoxic medication or chemicals are common. |
| – | Adjunctive therapies, including calcium supplementation, vitamin D, and hormonal replacement, are important in postmenopausal women to preserve skeletal integrity. |
| – | Initial treatment should be continued until complete clinical, laboratory and histologic resolution. Relapse after attainment of an “ideal” end point tempers the goals of subsequent treatments. |
| – | Relapse after a second treatment and drug withdrawal is associated with a diminishing benefit-risk ratio for retreatment. Long-term, indefinite therapy with low dose prednisone or azathioprine alone is the appropriate treatment strategy. |
| – | Deterioration despite compliance with conventional therapy (treatment failure), incomplete response, and drug toxicity are adverse outcomes that warrant modifications in the conventional treatment protocol. High dose corticosteroid regimens, longterm low dose maintenance schedules, and investigational drugs can be considered. |
| – | Liver transplantation is an effective strategy for patients who have decompensated disease despite corticosteroid therapy. |
| – | Tacrolimus and budesonide are the most promising new therapies for autoimmune hepatitis and controlled treatment trials are sorely needed. |
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| – | Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) develops when a large number of local and systemic causes lead to abnormal oropharyngeal bolus transport and/or compromise of airway safety. |
| – | Only a minority of cases of OPD are amenable to curative therapy. |
| – | Rehabilitation of swallowing function is the cornerstone of therapy for the overwhelming majority of patients. |
| – | Optimal management of oropharyngeal dysphagia requires a multidisciplinary approach involving a gastroenterologist, swallow/therapist, ENT physician, and rehabilitation and nutrition professionals, along with the support of family members. |
| – | Therapy of OPD is directed at improvement of oropharyngeal bolus transport, ensuring adequate airway safety, and enhancing overall quality of life. |
| – | A better understanding of the pathophysiologic basis of OPD has resulted in more efficacious therapy. However, given the large social and economic impact of OPD, continuing research is needed for development of better diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. |
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| – | Up to 35% of patients infected with Helicobacter pylori fail to respond to standard anti-H. pylori therapy. |
| – | With the rising prevalence antimicrobial resistance, the failure rates of conventional proton pump inhibitor-containing triple therapy are expected to increase. Pretreatment antibiotic resistance testing should be done whenever possible to allow for tailoring of the treatment regimens. |
| – | The data on second-line or rescue therapy are limited and usually are subjected to various biases and confounding factors. Switching between clarithromycin and metronidazole should be considered if repeated courses of proton pump inhibitor-containing triple therapy are used as second-line therapy in the absence of antimicrobial sensitivity testing. |
| – | The prolongation of therapy duration with proton pump inhibitor, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin is ineffective for clarithromycin-resistant strains. |
| – | The bismuth-containing quadruple therapy is the best salvage treatment in the absence of pretreatment antibiotic susceptibility. |
| – | Furazolidone quadruple therapy (where available) and rifabutin triple therapy are salvage therapies of last resort. If these regimens fail, culture and susceptibility testing is required. |
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| – | End-stage liver disease due to chronic hepatitis C is the leading indication for orthotopic liver transplantation in the United States. Twenty percent to 30% of hepatitis C patients are at increased risk of developing cirrhosis, and 1% to 4% of cirrhotic patients will develop hepatocellular carcinoma. These findings warrant treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients. |
| – | Currently, the mainstay in treatment of HCV is the use of recombinant alpha interferon, or its equivalent, in combination with the oral antiviral agent ribavirin. |
| – | The major goals of therapy are clearance of the virus, achieving a noninfectious state, and halting the necro-inflammatory process that leads to fibrosis and progression to cirrhosis. |
| – | End of treatment response (ETR) is biochemical and virological remission—normalization of serum aminotransferase (ALT) and undetectable levels of HCV RNA, at the end of therapy. |
| – | Sustained virological response (SVR) is defined as the absence of viremia and persistently normal aminotransferase 6 months off treatment, and is the ultimate goal of therapy. Patients who achieve SVR will have significant and persistent histologic improvement. |
| – | HCV genotype, pretreatment levels of HCV-RNA (viral load), the presence of advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis, gender, and age are independent predictors of response. |
| – | Ribavirin is teratogenic, therefore, contraception is mandatory for both males and females during and up to 6 months after therapy. |
| – | Side effects of combination therapy are dose-dependent and most commonly include symptoms of irritability, depression and fatigue, and laboratory evidences of leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and hemolytic anemia. |
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| – | In the United States, the majority of patients with granulomatous liver disease do not have an identifiable cause. |
| – | When a specific diagnosis can be made, therapy should be directed at eradicating the cause. |
| – | A plan of management must recognize the drug history and nationality of the patient, chest radiograph, slit lamp examination of the eyes, skin tests, special stains of liver biopsies, and serum antibodies. |
| – | In those patients for whom a specific diagnosis cannot be established, the use of corticosteroids requires that the patient have a clinical justification for treatment or manifest important changes in findings of liver biopsies. |
| – | Patients selected for steroid treatment should be subjected to close laboratory monitoring, and the decision to continue therapy should be based on objective parameters. |
| – | Treatment of steroid-resistant disease might require methotrexate, chloroquine, cyclosporine, azathioprine, or ursodeoxycholic acid. |