Show Notes for April 2019 – Episode 31 * Prediction of individuals at high absolute risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma – GIE* Updates on Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia – Digestive Diseases Sci* Thermal ablation of mucosal defect margins reduces adenoma recurrence after colonic EMR – Gastro* Transfusion Strategies for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding – NEJM * Effect of restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategies on outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease – BMJ * Outcomes following restrictive or liberal red blood cell transfusion in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding – AP&T* Predicting the Course of Disease in Hospitalized  Patients With Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis – IBD* Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Is Superior to  Fidaxomicin for Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection – Gastro* Hepatocellular Carcinoma – NEJM* Non-invasive assessment of liver disease in patient with NAFLD. – Gastroenterology* No association between pseudopolyps and colorectal neoplasia in patients with IBD – Gastro * Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A case matched study. – GIE* Glucocorticosteroids for people with alcoholic hepatitis. –  Cochrane Database Syst Rev.* Switching between biologics and biosimilar in IBD – CGH* Preventive medicine in IBD – CGH Tweet