Long-term Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial (1989)
MISRA, S. P., THORAT, V. K., SACHDEV, G. K., ANAND, B. S.
To examine the long-term management of irritable bowel syndrome we conducted a two-part controlled therapeutic trial on 28 patients who had recovered completely after four to six weeks of treatment...
ANAND, B. S., PIRIS, JUAN, JERROME, D. W., OFFORD, R. E., TRUELOVE, S. C.
Two treated subjects and one healthy volunteer have been challenged with a single dose of fraction B of gluten administered intraduodenally. Serial biopsy specimens were obtained by means of a...
The Role of Various Cereals in Coeliac Disease (1978)
ANAND, B. S., PIRIS, JUAN, TRUELOVE, S. C.
It is well established that the consumption of wheat gluten will produce the characteristic mucosal lesion of coeliac disease in subjects who are predisposed to it. The role of other cereals in the...
Jejunal mucosal morphology in healthy north Indian subjects.
Bennett, M K, Sachdev, G K, Jewell, D P, Anand, B S
Morphometric measurements have been performed on small intestinal biopsy specimens obtained from 18 healthy adult Indian volunteers. The measurements were made using a computer aided measuring...
Repeated endoscopic sclerotherapy for active variceal bleeding.
Sarin, S K, Nanda, R, Kumar, N, Vij, J C, Anand, B S
Emergency endoscopic sclerotherapy (EEST) during continued moderate to severe bleeding was carried out using a flexible endoscope and absolute alcohol as a sclerosant in 38 patients with variceal...
Jejunal mucosal morphology in healthy north Indian subjects.
Bennett, M K, Sachdev, G K, Jewell, D P, Anand, B S
Morphometric measurements have been performed on small intestinal biopsy specimens obtained from 18 healthy adult Indian volunteers. The measurements were made using a computer aided measuring...
Repeated endoscopic sclerotherapy for active variceal bleeding.
Sarin, S K, Nanda, R, Kumar, N, Vij, J C, Anand, B S
Emergency endoscopic sclerotherapy (EEST) during continued moderate to severe bleeding was carried out using a flexible endoscope and absolute alcohol as a sclerosant in 38 patients with variceal...
Misra, S P, Gulati, P, Choudhary, V, Anand, B S
This study was carried out to assess pancreatic duct abnormalities in gall stone disease. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograms of 50 patients with gall stone disease were analysed and the...
Helicobacter pylori infection does not reduce the viscosity of human gastric mucus gel.
Markesich, D C, Anand, B S, Lew, G M, Graham, D Y
The mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori undermines host defence mechanisms is unclear. Several in vitro studies using soluble mucins have suggested that H pylori may compromise mucus function....
Corrosive acid ingestion in man - a clinical and endoscopic study.
Dilawari, J B, Singh, S, Rao, P N, Anand, B S
Sixteen patients with corrosive acid ingestion were studied. The majority of patients (n = 10) had ingested sulphuric acid, and three other patients had ingested hydrochloric acid. The extent and...
Controlled therapeutic trial to determine the optimum dose of antacids in duodenal ulcer.
Kumar, N, Vij, J C, Karol, A, Anand, B S
Antacids are widely used in the management of duodenal ulcer but the optimum dose of antacid required for ulcer healing has not been determined. We therefore studied 107 patients with endoscopically...
Endoscopic sclerotherapy using absolute alcohol.
Sarin, S K, Sachdeva, G K, Nanda, R, Vij, J C, Anand, B S
To assess the efficacy of absolute alcohol as a sclerosant, endoscopic sclerotherapy was carried out using a conventional endoscope and an indigenously designed injector. Forty three patients with...
Gastric acid secretion in patients with typhoid fever.
Bhalla, S, Vij, J C, Anand, B S, Varghese, A, Chuttani, H K
Gastric secretory studies were carried out in the following groups of patients: group A, 30 Salmonella typhi positive enteric patients, group B, 15 non-enteric fever patients and group C, 20 healthy...
Kumar, A, Kumar, N, Vij, J C, Sarin, S K, Anand, B S
To determine the optimum dose of ispaghula husk in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and to assess the correlation, if any between the relief in patients' symptoms and the whole gut...
Intravariceal versus paravariceal sclerotherapy: a prospective, controlled, randomised trial.
Sarin, S K, Nanda, R, Sachdev, G, Chari, S, Anand, B S, Broor, S L
Fifty four consecutive patients with oesophageal variceal bleeding were randomised to undergo intravariceal (28 patients) or paravariceal (26 patients) sclerotherapy, every three weeks. Intravariceal...
Sarin, S K, Chari, S, Sundaram, K R, Ahuja, R K, Anand, B S, Broor, S L
In order to assess the frequency and profile of cirrhosis in the young, 169 consecutive patients with cirrhosis were studied. Sixty three (37%) patients of less than or equal to 35 years age were...
Response of tuberculous stricture to antituberculous treatment.
Anand, B S, Nanda, R, Sachdev, G K
Tuberculous infection of the gastrointestinal tract results in a variety of histopathological lesions. Some patients develop intestinal strictures and present with subacute intestinal obstruction....
Sarin, S K, Sachdev, G, Nanda, R, Batra, S K, Anand, B S
To compare the efficacy and safety of one week versus three weeks interval treatment schedules of endoscopic sclerotherapy, injections were carried out in a prospective manner in 96 patients with...
Spontaneous expulsion per rectum of an ileal lipoma.
Misra, S. P., Singh, S. K., Thorat, V. K., Gulati, P., Malhotra, V., Anand, B. S.
We report a case of spontaneous expulsion of a lipoma in a 32 year old male patient who presented with recurrent attacks of subacute intestinal obstruction. During one such episode the patient...
Alcohol has no effect on hepatitis C virus replication: a meta-analysis
Background: Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who consume large quantities of alcohol have more severe liver disease compared with HCV patients without a history of alcohol...