Department of Medical Gastroenterology

Publications from Gastroenterology Department in last three years

1.      Dhandhu bs, gupta gk, wanjari sj, sharma n, nijhawan s. A prospective study to evaluate the role of duodenal bulb biopsy in the diagnosis of celiac disease. Indian j gastroenterol. 2018.

2.      Kedia s, sharma r, makharia gk, ahuja v, desai d, nijhawan s imaging of the small intestine in crohn's disease: joint position statement of the indian society of gastroenterology and indian radiological and imaging association. Indian j gastroenterol. 2018 .

3.      Goyal g, narayan ks, gupta gk, nijhawan s. Carcinoma of gallbladder: clinical evaluation and survival rate at a tertiary care center in rajasthan. Indian j gastroenterol. 2017.

4.      Bundela rps, ashdhir p, narayan ks, jain m, pokharna rk, nijhawan s. Prevalence and risk factors for low bone mineral density in ulcerative colitis. Indian j gastroenterol. 2017 .

5.      Sultania s, singh dhandhu b, bhardwaj h, nijhawan s. Gastric pharmacobezoar of mesalamine tablets retrieved endoscopically. Acg case rep j. 2017

6.      Shalimar, saraswat v, singh sp, duseja a, shukla a, nijhawan s acute-on-chronic liver failure in india: the indian national association for study of the liver consortium experience. J gastroenterol hepatol. 2016

7.      Kumar g, kumar a, bundela rp, pokharna r, ashdhir p, nijhawan s. Hypothyroidism presenting as multiple body cavity effusions. J assoc physicians india. 2016 

8.      Sharma ss, singh b, jain m, maharshi s, nijhawan s, sapra b, jhajharia a. Endoscopic management of pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off pancreatic necrosis: a two-decade experience. Indian j gastroenterol. 2016 

9.      Jhorawat r, jain s, pal a, nijhawan s, beniwal p, agarwal d, malhotra v. Effect of vitamin d level on the immunogenicity to hepatitis b vaccination in dialysis patients. Indian j gastroenterol. 2016

10.      Rai gp, nijhawan s, madhu mp, sharma ss, pokharna r. Comparative evaluation of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography/magnetic resonance splenoportovenography and endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of portal cavernoma cholangiopathy. Indian j gastroenterol. 2015

11.      Madhu mp, agarwal v, soni a, pokharna rk, nijhawan s, sharma g, rai gp. Etiological spectrum of extra hepatic biliary obstructive (ehbo) at a tertiary care centre in northern india. Trop gastroenterol. 2015 

12.      Soni a, singh b, nijhawan s, mathur a, gupta g. Chronic liver disease in alcohol-related chronic pancreatitis patients: does lightning strike twice? Indian j gastroenterol. 2015.

13.      Nangliya v, sharma a, yadav d, sunder s, nijhawan s, mishra s. Study of trace elements in liver cirrhosis patients and their role in prognosis of disease. Biol trace elem res. 2015.

14. Sharma ss, jain m, maharshi s. High diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration withoutan on-site cytopathologist. Indian j gastroenterol 2017 mar ;36(2):88-91

15.  Maharshi s, puri as, sachdeva s, kumar a, dalal a, gupta m.aetiological spectrum of benign gastric outlet obstruction in india: new trends. Trop doct 2016.;46(4):186-91

16. Singh j, sharma bc, maharshi s, puri v, srivastava s. Spectral electroencephalogram in liver cirrhosis with minimal hepatic encephalopathy before and after lactulose therapy. J gastroenterol hepatol  dec 2015.

17.  Maharshi s, sharma bc, sachdeva s, srivastava s, sharma p. Efficacy of nutritional therapy for patients with cirrhosis and minimal hepatic encephalopathy in a randomized trial. Clin gastroenterol hepatol 2015 mar;14(3):454-60.

18.  Jindal a, sharma bc, sachdeva s, chawla r, srivastava s, maharshi s. Bispectral index monitoring for diagnosis and assessment of severity of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients. Dig liver dis. 2015 sep;47(9):769-74.

19. Maharshi s, sharma bc, srivastava s. Malnutrition in cirrhosis increases morbidity and mortality. J gastroenterol hepatol. 2015oct; 30(10):1507-13.

20. Sharma bc, Maharshi s. Prevention  of hepatic encephalopathy recurrence . Clin liver dis      2015 mar;5(3):64-67.

21.  Maharshi s, sharma bc, srivastava s, jindal a. Randomised controlled trial of lactulose versus rifaximin for prophylaxis of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with acute variceal bleed. Gut 2015 aug;64(8):1341-2.

22. Jain m, rai gp, pokharna rk, nepalia s, ashdhir p. Incidentally detected ectopic ampulla of vater in the antrum in a patient of colonic tuberculosis. Trop  gastroenterol. 2015 oct-dec;36(4):283-5. Pubmed pmid: 27509716.

23. M p m, singh b, pokharna r, sharma g, rai gp. A tender pulsatile mass in a patient with splenomegaly. J clin exp hepatol. 2015 jun;5(2):167-9. Doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2015.04.006. Epub 2015 may 15. Pubmed pmid: 26199548; pubmed central pmcid: pmc4494131.

24. .  Kumar a, singh b, madhu mp, pokharna rk, ashdhir p, jain s, obstructive jaundice due to metastatic retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy of carcinoma of base of tongue. Journal of case reports in oncology & therapy, volume 1 no.1 2015 page- 1-3.

25. . Singh b, madhu mp, ashdhir p, pokharna rk. Uncomplicated spontaneous intragastric rupture of pancreatic pseudocyst. Indian j gastroenterol. 2015 mar;34(2):191-2. Doi: 10.1007/s12664-015-0540-0. Pubmed pmid: 25797339.

26.  Singh b, shah p, rajmani m, pokharna rk, ashdhir p, nepalia s. Association of celiac disease and portal hypertension: cirrhotic or noncirrhotic. Indian j gastroenterol. 2015 jan;34(1):77. Doi: 10.1007/s12664-014-0473-z. Pubmed pmid:24859393.

27. Mp madhu, prachis ashdhir, garima sharma, gyan prakash rai, rupesh kumar pokharna, dilip ramrakhiani, correlation of serum levels of iga anti-tissue transglutaminase (iga ttg) with the histological severity in celiac disease. Trop gastroenterol 2017;38(2):102-107.

28.  Amit soni, rampratap bundela, prachis adhdhir, rupesh pokharna, sandeep nijhawan. Burden of alcohol related admissions in the gastroenterology department of a north indian centre. Trop gastroenterol. 2017;38(1):36-41.

29. An unusual case of obstructive  jaundice: isolated pancreatic granulocytic sarcoma (case report) accepted. Gaurav kumar gupta, ankit gupta, nidhi sharma, sandeep nijhawan. Tropical gastroenterology(tg-3347)

30. Is it worth to repeat endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography after failed precut? Short report from a tertiary care hospital in north india. Kumar shwetanshu narayan, gaurav kumar gupta, sandeep nijhawan, sudhakar pandey, bhanwar singh dhandhu, shekhar puri, awanish kumar, deepak sharma. Journal of digestive endoscopy ¦ volume 8 ¦ issue 3 ¦ july-september 2017; 129-31.

31. Impact of serum sodium with severity of complications of cirrhosis: a prospective study in tertiary medical center of rajasthan gaurav kumar gupta, ram pratap singh, dhawal vyas, sandeep nijhawan.  Int j med res prof.2017 sept; 3(5); 56-60.

32. 15 cm long impacted chewing wood stick in stomach: endoscopic removal surender sultania, vidhyadhar singh nitar, sandeep nijhawan, gaurav kumar gupta . Journal of digestive endoscopy vol 7 | issue 4 | october-december 2016.

33. Phytobezoar; a c.t diagnosis  sandeep nijhawan, amritesh kumar, bir singh and gaurav kumar gupta austin j gastroenterol.2015;2(4): 1046.