Age, fecal calprotectin level, toxin B polymerase chain reaction cycle threshold, immunosuppression, sex, and creatinine levels were identified as independent risk factors for developing recurrent ...

Fecal calprotectin is a highly sensitive assay that measures inflammation present in the intestinal tract. Gastroenterologists are increasingly ordering fecal calprotectin to screen and monitor ...

Although not currently recommended as a formal therapeutic target in ulcerative colitis (UC) management, histologic healing is associated with improved long-term clinical outcomes. In a small ...

Two biomarker tests -- one for blood and the other for stool -- are mainstays in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but gastroenterologists are hoping to gain even more insight from ...

Michael Dolinger, MD,an assistant professor of pediatric gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, discusses the baseline characteristics of the case ...

Bethesda, MD (Feb. 21, 2023) — In new evidence-based guidelines, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) recommends non-invasive biomarkers as a first-line strategy for monitoring many ...

Cindy Law, MD, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the baseline characteristics of the case: Editor’s note: The following is an automatically generated transcript of the ...