Acute pancreatitis is the most feared complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) because it has the greatest potential for causing prolonged hospitalization, major morbidity ...

Patients who are unresponsive to 4–8 weeks' treatment with PPIs twice daily might have so-called refractory GERD. The first investigation these patients should undergo is upper endoscopy to exclude a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Unexplained pain in the chest or upper gastrointestinal tract may signal an increased risk of death from alcohol-related causes, pneumonia or lung cancer, Danish ...

Since its original introduction to the field of gastroenterology in 1982, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been regarded as a sensitive imaging tool to evaluate the pancreas. EUS enables ...