Associate Editor Dr. John Vargo highlights this article from the August issue: “Readability, suitability, and health content assessment of web-based patient education materials on colorectal cancer screening” by Chenlu Tian, MD, Sara Champlin, MA, Michael Mackert, PhD, Allison Lazard, MS, and Deepak Agrawal, MD. Online patient education has become a pervasive and powerful tool in …
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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool
Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, FRCPC from The Hospital for Sick Children and the Wilson Centre for Research in Education at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada discusses her Original Article "Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool: development of a procedure-specific assessment tool for colonoscopy." The main purpose of this study was to develop and …
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Editor’s Choice- Bowel preparation and patient compliance
Associate Editor Dr. Klaus Mergener highlights this article from the May issue: "Patient compliance and suboptimal bowel preparation with split-dose bowel regimen in average-risk screening colonoscopy" by Stacy B. Menees, MD, MS, H. Myra Kim, ScD, Patricia Wren, PhD, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Grace H. Elta, MD, Stephanie Foster, MPH, Sheryl Korsnes, MA, Brittany Graustein, …
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Propofol anesthesia during colonoscopy
Louis Y. Korman, MD from the Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group, Chevy Chase Clinical Research, in Washington, D.C. discusses his recently published Original Article "Effect of propofol anesthesia on force application during colonoscopy." The focus of this study was to determine if colonoscopy technique, as measured by the amount of force applied to the insertion tube, is …
Outpatient colonic preparation
Mayur Brahmania, MD at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada discusses his original article "2L vs. 4L PEG 3350 + electrolytes for outpatient colonic preparation: a randomized controlled trial" from the March issue. Low volume bowel preparations are ideal to ensure patient compliance, enabling high quality examinations. We examined the bowel-cleansing efficacy and …
Computer-based teaching module for diminutive colon polyps
Amit Rastogi, MD Director of Endoscopy at the Kansas City VA Medical Center and Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, discusses his Original Article "Impact of a computer-based teaching module on characterization of diminutive colon polyps by using narrow-band imaging by non-experts in academic and community practice: a video-based study." The main focus of this …
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Endoluminal US for stool liquefaction
Lyndon V. Hernandez, MD, MPH from GI Associates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin discusses his New Methods article "A pilot study of endoluminal US for stool liquefaction" from the March issue. The purpose of this study was to find out if ultrasound can efficiently liquefy stools. It is difficult to clear …
ADR and adenoma/colonoscopy quality metric
Charles J. Kahi, MD, MSCR from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana reports on this Original Article "Improving measurement of the adenoma detection rate and adenoma per colonoscopy quality metric: the Indiana University experience." The adenoma detection rate (ADR) is a validated marker of colonoscopy quality. However, there are concerns about its potential …
Colon capsule endoscopy after incomplete colonoscopy
Konstantinos Triantafyllou, MD, PhD at the Hepatogastroenterology Unit at Athens University, Attikon University General Hospital in Athens, Greece, summarizes his Original Article "Colon capsule endoscopy is feasible to perform after incomplete colonoscopy and guides further workup in clinical practice." The purpose of this study was to prospectively investigate the feasibility of colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) following …
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Improving palatability of bowel prep
Ala Sharara, MD, from the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon shares some insights about his Original Article "Sugar-free mentholyptus drops improve the palatability and bowel cleansing effect of PEG-Electrolyte solution" from the December issue. Colon preparations are generally poorly tolerated and, consequently, serve as an impediment to colorectal cancer screening and …
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