IN THE RED JOURNAL THIS MONTH

The Red Section

• Self-Reported Food-Related Gastrointestinal Symptoms in IBS Are Common and Associated With More Severe Symptoms and Reduced Quality of Life

Original Contributions

• Review: Short-Chain Carbohydrates and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Increasing Incidence of Celiac Disease in a North American Population
• A Combined Nutrient and Lactulose Challenge Test Allows Symptom-Based Clustering of Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Virtual Journal Club

• New Practice Guidelines on Esophageal Eosinophilia and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
• Guidelines for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection
• Clinical Guideline: Management of Gastroparesis
• Linaclotide for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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AJG Author Podcasts

New Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Celiac Disease

Joseph A. Murray, MD, FACG, and Ciarán P. Kelly, MD, FACG, co-authors of the ACG's new Clinical Guideline on the Diagnosis and Management of Celiac Disease, talk with AJG Co-editor William D. Chey about the key components of the guidelines, including the working definition of celiac disease, screening techniques such as small bowel biopsy and genetic testing, best practices for gluten challenge, as well as routine celiac patient monitoring and emerging treatments. Read the Guideline | Listen to the Podcast Download from iTunes   New Practice Guidelines on Esophageal Eosinophilia and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) David A. Katzka, MD, FACG, co-author of the ACG’s new Clinical Guideline on the Diagnosis and Management of Esophageal Eosinophilia and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), talks with AJG Co-editor Dr. Paul Moayyedi about the key components of the guidelines, including the epidemiology of the disease, the difficulty of diagnosis for EoE, the role of diet and pharmacological therapy for treatment of EoE, and the urgent need for more research into this disease. Read the Guideline | Listen to the Podcast Download from iTunes

Challenging Patient Cases: Share Your Thoughts

• Eosinophilia, high ESR and abnl liver panel in 75 y o
• Video: Looks like esophageal cancer, but not cancer
• Rectum villous adenoma
• Patient calls about split prep
• Technique for water immersion colonoscopy
• Video: Laparoscopic Heller myotomy with Toupet fundoplication

Virtual Journal Club: Expert Insight, Author Interviews, Podcasts, Conversations

• Clinical Guideline: Management of Gastroparesis: Podcast with Henry P. Parkman, M.D.,FACG
• Nurse Observation During Colonoscopy Increases Polyp Detection: A Randomized Prospective Study
• Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity: Distinct Clinical Condition? – A Podcast with William D. Chey, MD, FACG, and Joseph A. Murray, MD
• AJG Lecture: Intestinal Microbiota and the Role of Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) in Treatment of C. difficile Infection

ACG 2012: Continue the Conversation with the Experts

• Management of Proton Pump Inhibitors and Anti-platelet Agents with Neena Abraham,MD, FACG
• Hot Issues in the Performance of Endoscopy Sedation: What's New? with John J. Vargo, MD, FACG
• Maximizing Efficiency in Your Endoscopy Unit with Mark B. Pochapin, MD, FACG
• Doubling Up on Barrett's Esophagus: How Disease Recurrence Influences Follow-up After Ablation with Kenneth K. Wang, MD, FACG
• Controversial Malpractice Issues in Clinical GI with Richard S. Bloomfield, MD, FACG

New on the ACG Education Universe

• How to Improve Your Performance of Colonoscopy
  Douglas K. Rex, MD, MACG
• Evaluation of Liver Mass Lesions
  Lewis R. Roberts, MB, ChB, PhD, FACG
• Approach to the Patient with Constipation
  William D. Chey, MD, FACG
• Probiotics and Alternative Approaches to Managing IBS
  Anthony J. Lembo, MD
• Management of Hepatitis B
  Jorge Herrera, MD, FACG
• Betting on Ablation: How to Treat Barrett's Esophagus Like a Pro
  Prateek Sharma, MD, FACG
• Colon Cancer in IBD: Detection, Prevention and Management
  David T. Rubin, MD, FACG

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• 2012 Online Self-Assessment Test
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