Latest Gastroentrology Articles

• Glucose Control in the ICU September 28, 2023
  Randomized, controlled trials aiming for near-normal glycemic targets (80 to 110 mg per deciliter [4.4 to 6.1 mmol per liter]) in critically ill patients have shown conflicting data regarding the benefits of intensive glycemic control (Table 1). In 2001, Van den Berghe et al. reported a dramatic 42% lower mortality...
  Guillermo E. Umpierrez
• Case 30-2023: A 50-Year-Old Woman with Confusion September 28, 2023
  A 50-year-old woman with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass presented with confusion. She had anasarca and an albumin level of 1.9 g per deciliter (reference range, 3.3 to 5.0). A diagnosis was made.
  Amulya Nagarur, Theodore T. Pierce, Andrew Z. Fenves, Elan R. Witkowski, Nina B. Gold
• Tight Blood-Glucose Control without Early Parenteral Nutrition in the ICU September 28, 2023
  In this randomized, controlled trial involving critically ill patients not receiving early parenteral nutrition, tight glucose control did not affect the length of time that ICU care was needed or mortality.
  Jan Gunst, Yves Debaveye, Fabian Güiza, Jasperina Dubois, Astrid De Bruyn, Dieter Dauwe, Erwin De Troy, Michael P. Casaer, Greet De Vlieger, Renata Haghedooren, Bart Jacobs, Geert Meyfroidt, Catherine Ingels, Jan Muller, Dirk Vlasselaers, Lars Desmet, Liese Mebis, Pieter J. Wouters, Björn Stessel, Laurien Geebelen, Jeroen Vandenbrande, Michiel Brands, Ine Gruyters, Ester Geerts, Ilse De Pauw, Joris Vermassen, Harlinde Peperstraete, Eric Hoste, Jan J. De Waele, Ingrid Herck, Pieter Depuydt, Alexander Wilmer, Greet Hermans, Dominique D. Benoit, Greet Van den Berghe, the TGC-Fast Collaborators