Fecal impaction

Fecal Incontinence

Neutrophil elastase NE

Neutrophil elastase (NE) is a serine protease, expressed mainly by neutrophils, that is capable of degrading a variety of structural proteins of the extracellular matrix. Infiltration of activated n...

Sniff test

Schilling test

Epigenomics blood-based CRC test found be non-inferior to fecal immunochemical testing

Epigenomics has reported positive results from a clinical study, which showed that its blood-based colorectal cancer (CRC) detection test is non-inferior in sensitivity when compared to fecal immunoch...

Proteon plans Ph III for elastase in kidney disease surgery

Proteon Therapeutics is planning to move its recombinant human elastase into Phase III trials after announcing positive results from a Phase II trial of the product, PRT-201, in chronic kidney disease...

Fecal Hemoglobin Concentrations Varies with Gender and Age

Estimation of fecal hemoglobin concentration by fecal immunochemical tests are becoming widely used in colorectal cancer screening.

Imbalance between neutrophil elastase and α1-antitrypsin leads to obesity, inflammation

Many recent studies have suggested that obesity is associated with chronic inflammation in fat tissues. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered that an imbalance betw...

Groundbreaking clinical trial looks at fecal transplant as treatment for C. difficile

(Lifespan) A new NIH research grant awarded to Colleen Kelly, M.D., of the Women's Medicine Collaborative, and co-investigators will test whether an unconventional yet promising treatment known as fec...

More Evidence Fecal Transplant Clears C. Diff (CME/CE)

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Fecal transplant for Clostridium difficile infection is a safe and effective treatment and can alter patients' fecal microbiota to resemble that of donors over time, studies...

Fecal immunochemical testing identifies proximal and distal advanced neoplasia

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) can identify a significant percentage of patients with proximal or distal advanced neoplasia with a single test, a new paper says.

Direct Mailing Of Fecal Occult Blood Test Kits Improves Screening Rates Among Medically Underserved Patients

Direct mailing of fecal occult blood test kits to patients eligible for colorectal cancer screening appears to be efficacious for improving screening in historically underserved communities. A randomi...

Fecal Elastase: A Useful Test for Pancreatic Insufficiency?

Creation of Large Elastase-Induced Aneurysms: Presurgical Arterial Remodeling Using Arteriovenous Fistulas.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The size of elastase-induced aneurysms created in the usual way is relatively small. Our aim was to determine whether creation of a carotid-jugular AVF to induce remodeling of...

Performance of the Fecal Immunochemical Test Is Not Decreased by High Ambient Temperature in the Rapid Return System.

BACKGROUND: Hemoglobin concentration of fecal immunochemical test may be decreased at high ambient temperature, and fecal samples in FIT may be exposed to high ambient temperature. AIMS: The aim of th...

Upregulation of Fecal Cytokeratin 19 Is Associated with Prognosis in Older Colorectal Cancer Patients.

The upregulation of fecal cytokeratin 19 (CK19) correlates with age and metastatic status in human colorectal cancer (CRC). To further explore its clinical significance in older patients (>60 years),...

Acute mechanical effects of elastase on the infrarenal mouse aorta: Implications for models of aneurysms.

Intraluminal exposure of the infrarenal aorta to porcine pancreatic elastase represents one of the most commonly used experimental models of the development and progression of abdominal aortic aneurys...