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Diabetic Gastroparesis: Perspectives From a Patient and Health Care Providers

open access: yesJournal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2019
Gastroparesis is defined as a delay in gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction in the stomach. Gastroparesis has a number of causes, including postsurgical, secondary to medications, postinfectious, idiopathic, and as a complication of ...
Adam D. Farmer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review article: pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) involvement is a common cause of debilitating symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). There are no disease modifying therapies for this condition and the treatment remains symptomatic, largely owing to
Abraham   +105 more
core   +2 more sources

Patient Characteristics and Outcomes of Endoscopically Placed Dedicated Transgastric Jejunal Tubes Compared to Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy With Jejunal Extension Tubes

open access: yesDEN Open, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Patients requiring long‐term enteral nutrition or continuous infusion of carbidopa/levodopa can benefit from jejunostomy tube placement. Recently, directly placed percutaneous transgastric jejunal tubes (TGJs) have been used instead of gastrostomy tubes with jejunal extensions (PEG‐Js) for enteral access.
Laura D. Kek   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
Agrawal   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Role of Peptides in Skeletal Muscle Wasting: A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Volume 16, Issue 6, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Systemic muscle wasting is a prevalent condition that predicts adverse health outcomes in aging and disease. Despite its clinical relevance, the development of predictive biomarkers and effective pharmacological therapies remains limited. Peptides have recently gained attention for their diverse bioactive functions, positioning them
Petar Naumovski   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a clinical condition, in which excess amounts of bacteria are found in small intestine. SIBO occurred when normal homeostatic mechanism which control enteric bacteria population disrupted.
Fauzi, A. (Achmad), Nababan, T. (Toman)
core   +2 more sources

Contribution of chloride channels to the action potential and contraction in human myometrium during labour

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 182, Issue 23, Page 5748-5761, December 2025.
Background and purpose The action potential underpinning calcium delivery for contraction in human uterine smooth muscle (myometrium) consists of an initial spike(s) followed by a prolonged plateau of depolarization to ⁓ −25 mV. The plateau duration establishes contraction duration, especially important in labour.
Helena C. Parkington   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungal Gastroduodenitis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Candida infection of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is rare in the immunocompetent individual. In immunocompromised patients, it frequently involves the oesophagus, but extra-oesophageal involvement is uncommon.
Castelo Branco, Sara   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Amyloidosis for the Gastroenterologist: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Manifestations

open access: yesJournal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 40, Issue 12, Page 2842-2856, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Amyloidosis is a rare, multisystem disorder characterized by extracellular deposition of misfolded protein fibrils. Gastrointestinal (GI) amyloidosis is uncommon but under‐recognized due to nonspecific symptoms, but early diagnosis is critical to improve quality of life and prognosis.
Myo Jin Tang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diabetic Gastroparesis: Functional/Morphologic Background, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The regulation of gastrointestinal motility mainly involves the smooth muscle, neural (extrinsic and intrinsic), and hormonal elements, the glial cells, and the interstitial cells of Cajal.
Horváth, Viktor József   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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