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Researchers used the TikTok platform to investigate the quality of select TikTok educational content regarding gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). One hundred TikTok videos that fit the inclusion criteria were analyzed using DISCERN, a tool that evaluates the quality of consumer health information on the internet. There was no substantial difference in DISCERN scores between physicians and non-physician content creators. Nevertheless, both groups consistently scored low (<3) in areas such as providing sources of information, indicating the publication date of their sources, discussing treatment risks, and outlining potential consequences if no treatment is pursued.
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Background: Inappropriate use of acid suppression (AST) therapy may lead to unnecessary harms, especially in the geriatric population. Despite this, AST remains one of the most commonly prescribed medications in the hospital. Therefore, we aimed to assess its prevalence and create educational intervention to improve the appropriateness of inpatient acid suppression therapy. Methods: Using a time-series design, we established a historical control by performing a retrospective chart. Accepted indications for AST were based on those endorsed by the USA Food and Drug Administration and literature review. Inclusion criteria were: (1) age ≥ 65; (2) acid suppression therapy-initiated in the hospital; and (3) patients admitted to the medicine teaching services. We then created an educational intervention, which consisted of lectures and distribution of information pocket cards to residents. Data was collected for two months after the intervention. We used a two-tail fisher exact test and student's t-test to analyze our results. Results: 65% of geriatric patients were inappropriately placed on acid suppression therapy, for which 13% were discharged without further indications. After the educational intervention, the inappropriate use of acid suppression therapy decreased to 45% (P < 0.05). Conclusion: There is a significant overuse of AST in hospitalized geriatric patients. Educational interventions are one potential method that may help improve the appropriateness of acid suppression therapy for elderly inpatients.
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We present an unusual case of a 44-year-old male who developed violent hiccups soon after a ureteroscopy for nephrolithiasis; later, the forceful hiccups were followed by hematemesis. Upper esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed Mallory-Weiss tears and esophageal erosions in the lower esophagus. Esophageal biopsy was unremarkable. The patient did not have a prior history of the gastrointestinal disorder. Although extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy has on rare occasion been implicated in the development of gastrointestinal erosions, no such correlation exists for ureteroscopy and upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the management of nephrolithiasis. It was the development of violent hiccups for several hours before the onset of hematemesis that likely led to the upper gastrointestinal bleed.
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The field of gastroenterology has had an abundance of technological advances in recent years, especially in the field of endoscopy. These advances are helpful to clinicians approaching gastrointestinal blood loss, especially in the small bowel. The authors report a case of a man who presented to the emergency department with obscure gastrointestinal blood loss. Results of an esophagogastroduodenoscopy and a colonoscopy suggested the source of the blood loss was within the small bowel. On an outpatient basis, the patient underwent video capsule endoscopy, which revealed scattered distal duodenal arteriovenous malformations. He then underwent oral double balloon endoscopy with ablation of the arteriovenous malformations, with no further bleeding or drop in hemoglobin. The authors review advances in small bowel imaging and endoscopy, including video capsule endoscopy, double balloon endoscopy, and computed tomography enterography. A comprehensive data review was conducted by searching the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database to identify recent published literature in the fields of radiology and gastroenterology. The authors apply these findings to the workup and diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal blood loss.