A fast-track program reduces complications and length of hospital stay after open colonic surgery, finds the latest issue of Gastroenterology.

A new study in Annals of Internal Medicine finds that patients who are connected to a specific primary care physician are more likely to receive guideline-consistent care.

The latest issue of Gastroenterology evaluates the association between alcohol and reflux esophagitis, Barrett's Esophagus, and adenocarcinoma.

This week's issue of the British Medical Journal examines the effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy.

Mercaptopurine treatment should be considered in azathioprine intolerant patients with inflammatory bowel disease, shows the latest issue of Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

A study in the latest issue of Hepatology considers predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with cirrhosis.

Prophylactic antibiotics cannot prevent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-induced cholangitis, reports the most recent issue of Pancreas.

Proton pump inhibitors increase the risk of C difficile infection in a low-endemicity, non-outbreak hospital setting, finds the latest issue of the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

The latest issue of Hepatology systematically reviews treatment with percutaneous ablation therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma.

March’s publication of Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics identifies predictors of serious complications due to Clostridium difficile infection.

The most recent issue of the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics examines the efficacy and safety of certolizumab pegol in Crohn's disease.