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Recent publications - Full List on PubMed

  1. Singh S, Loftus J EV, Limketkai BN, Haydek JP, Agrawal M, Scott FI, Ananthakrishnan AN, AGA Clinical Guidelines Committee. AGA Living clinical practice guidelines on pharmacological management of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology. Volume 167, Issue 7, P1307-1343, December 2024
  2. Fansiwala K, Rajpal N, Noorian S, Dua A, Chen PH, Limketkai BN. Healthcare Utilization Among Patients Hospitalized with Gastrointestinal Diseases in the United States. GastroHep Advances. Volume 2, Issue 3, P325-333, 2023
  3. Limketkai BN, Godoy-Brewer G, Parian AM, Noorian S, Krishna M, Shah ND, White J, Mullin GE. Dietary interventions for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. December 5, 2022. doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2022.11.026
  4. Limketkai BN, Hamideh M, Shah R, Sauk JS, Jaffe N. Dietary patterns and their association with symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2022 Jan 29;izab335.doi: 10.1093/ibd/izab335
  5. Saiki JP, Andreasson JO, Grimes KV, Frumkin LR, Sanjines E, Davidson MG, Park KT, Limketkai B. Treatment-refractory ulcerative colitis responsive to indigo naturalis. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2021 Dec;8(1):e000813.doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000813
  6. Lowe SC, Sauk JS, Limketkai BN, Kwaan MR. Declining rates of surgery for inflammatory bowel disease in the era of biologic therapy. J Gastrointest Surg 2021;25(1):211-9
  7. Noorian S, Jeon Y, Nguyen MT, Sauk J, Limketkai BN. The impact of NAFLD on hospitalization outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: nationwide analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2021
  8. Saiki JP, Andreasson JO, Grimes KV, Frumkin LR, Sanjines E, Davidson MG, Park KT, Limketkai B. Treatment-refractory ulcerative colitis responsive to indigo naturalis. BMJ Open Gastroenterol 2021;8(1):e000813
  9. Yelencich E, Truong E, Widaman AM, Pignotti G, Yang L, Jeon Y, Weber AT, Shah R, Smith J, Sauk JS, Limketkai BN. Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder prevalent among patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Clin Gastoenterol Hepatol. 2021 Aug 11;S1542-3565(21)00864-8.
  10. Tripathi K, Godoy Brewer G, Nguyen MT, Singh Y, Ismail MS, Sauk JS, Parian JS, Limketkai BN. COVID-19 and outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Sytstemic review and meta-analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2021 Oct 27; izab236
  11. Dasharathy SS, Limketkai BN, Sauk JS. What's new in the postoperative management of Crohn's disease? Digestive Diseases and Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-021-07205-w
  12. Limketkai BN, Mauldin K, Manitius N, Jalilian L, Salonen BR. The age of artificial intelligence: Use of digital technology in clinical nutrition. Nutrition, Metabolism, and Surgery / Current Surgery Reports. 2021 Article number: 20
  13. Kelly CR, Fischer M, Allegretti JR, LaPlante K, Stewart DB, Limketkai BN, Stollman NH. ACG clinical guidelines: Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infections. American Journal of Gastroenterology. June 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue 6 - p 1124-1147 doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001278
  14. Parian AM, Limketkai BN, Chowdhury R, Godoy Brewer G, Salem G, Falloon K, Selaru F, Melia J, Lazarev MG. Serrated epithelial change is associated with high rates of neoplasia in ulcerative colitis patients: A case-controlled study and systemic review with meta-analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2020 Dec 9;izaa312. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa312
  15. Palmer LB, Limketkai BN. Modern challenges to gastrointestinal physicians and the nutrition support team: Cautionary tales and call to action. Nutr Clin Pract. 2020 Oct;35(5):855-859. doi: 10.1002/ncp.10552. Epub 2020 Aug 12
  16. Limketkai BN, Singla MB, Rodriguez B, Veerppan GR, Betteridge JD, Ramos MA, Hutfless SM, Brant SR. Levels of vitamin D are low after Crohn's disease is established but not before. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Jul;18(8):1769-1776.e1
  17. Limketkai BN, Akobeng AK, Gordon M, Adepouju AA. Probiotics for induction of remission in Crohn's disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 17;7(7):CD006634. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006634.pub3
  18. Myint A, Sauk JS, Limketkai BN. The role of vitamin D in inflammatory bowel disease: A guide for clinical practice. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Jul;14(7):539-552. doi: 10.1080/17474124.2020.1775580. Epub 2020 Jun 16
  19. Zikos TA, Hendler S, Clarke JO, Triadafilopoulos G, Nguyen L, Limketkai BN. Reduction in hospitalizations for esophageal reflux in a decade with minimal increases in other functional and motor disorders. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Jun;65(6):1661-1668. doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-05895-x. Epub 2019 Oct 16
  20. Jeon Y, Limketkai BN. Implications of dietary impact on hepatic steatosis and IBD. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2020 May 22;izaa098. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa098. Online ahead of print
  21. Ungaro RC, Limketkai BN, Jensen CB, Yzet C, Allin KH, Agrawal M, Ullman T, Burisch J, Jess T, Colombel JF. Stopping mesalamine therapy in patients with Crohn's disease starting biologic therapy does not increase risk of adverse outcomes. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 May;18(5):1152-1160.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.08.012. Epub 2019 Aug 13
  22. Chande N, Costello SP, Limketkai BN, Parker CE, Nguyen TM, Macdonald JK, Feagan BG. Alternative and complementary approaches for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: Evidence from Cochrane Reviews. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2020 May 12;26(6):843-851.doi: 10.1093/ibd/izz223
  23. Hendler SA, Barber GE, Okafor PN, Chang MS, Limsui D, Limketkai BN. Cytomegalovirus infection is associated with worse outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease hospitalizations nationwide. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2020 May;35(5):897-903.
    doi: 10.1007/s00384-020-03536-8. Epub 2020 Mar 2
  24. Lechner S, Yee M, Limketkai BN, Pham EA. Fecal microbiota transplantaton for chronic liver diseases: Current understanding and future direction. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Mar;65(3):897-905.doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06100-0