OBJECTIVE
Malnutrition is highly prevalent in hospitalized patients and is often not identified by the medical staff. Clinical nutrition and nutritional assessment are often neglected components of… (More)
OBJECTIVES:We performed meta-analysis to estimate pooled prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of interval colorectal cancers (CRCs).METHODS:Systematic literature search through October 2013,… (More)
A substantial proportion of colorectal cancers (CRCs) are interval CRCs (I-CRCs; i.e., CRCs diagnosed soon after a colonoscopy). Chromosomal instability (CIN) is defined as an increase in the rate of… (More)
BACKGROUND & AIMS
There are limited data on mortality from colorectal cancer (CRC) among patients who have received colonoscopy examinations. We sought to determine CRC mortality among persons… (More)
BACKGROUND
Propofol is increasingly used for sedation during colonoscopy, with many recent reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and large non-randomized case series.
OBJECTIVES
The… (More)
BACKGROUND
Sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs) and hyperplastic polyps (HP) are the two most common types of serrated colon polyps (SCPs). SSAs are suspected to be the precursor lesions for many… (More)
Inhibition of Golgi alpha-mannosidase II (GMII), which acts late in the N-glycan processing pathway, provides a route to blocking cancer-induced changes in cell surface oligosaccharide structures. To… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To assess the adverse effects of antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and its adherence in HIV-infected patients, in remote and tribal area with restricted resources.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This… (More)
BACKGROUND
Assessment of current wait times for specialist health services in Canada is a key method that can assist government and health care providers to plan wisely for future health needs. These… (More)