Background Although common in many Middle Eastern countries, water-pipe tobacco
smoking, commonly known as water-pipe smoking (WPS), is increasingly popular in Western …

Background: Many academic medical centres have introduced strategies to assess the
productivity of faculty as part of compensation schemes. We conducted a systematic review of the …

Background and Aims The most commonly detected polyps during screening colonoscopy
are diminutive and small polyps, and therefore endoscopic treatment of those polyps is a …

Background Faculty productivity is essential for academic medical centers striving to achieve
excellence and national recognition. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether …

Background There is sufficient evidence that monetary incentives are effective in increasing
survey response rates in the general population as well as with physicians. The objective of …

Effect of Delayed Endoscopy Protocol on Timing and Safety of... : Journal of Clinical
Gastroenterology Effect of Delayed Endoscopy Protocol on Timing and Safety of Endoscopy for …

Background Guidelines support endoscopic removal of certain gastric FB and all FB lodged
in the esophagus. We aim to report our experience on endoscopic foreign bodies (FB) …

Background Colonoscopy is still considered a difficult procedure and requires considerable
time and effort by trainees to become highly competent. Transparent caps are auxiliary …

DISCUSSION CA 19-9 is produced in normal pancreatic and biliary ductal cells. The exact
pathway between the tissue and the blood is still not known, so the real mechanism behind …

Methods In September 2014, we searched for RCTs in MEDLINE, EMBASE, and ISI the Web
of Science, starting with their dates of inception as well as abstracts of pertinent scientific …