
Shivi S Siva M.D. aka Shivi S. Sivanantham
@sivashivi
Academic GI with an #IBD focus Alumni @DrexelMedicine, @uchicago, social media team @IBDjournals young delegate @AGA Opinions👍🏼Medical advice ❌
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20-07-2015 13:34:30
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In #Octave open, #UC pts w/ long-term maintenance therapy with tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg BD can sustain beneficial effects on #HRQoL for up to 72 months, regardless of prior remission or responder status, or Rx history. David T. Rubin, MD bit.ly/3MTPVmx


In a nationwide Danish cohort of 30,102 patients with #IBD and (+) Covid-19 PCR test by Bente Mertz Nørgård, no increased #corticosteroid prescriptions were noted. Patients can be counseled that #COVID-19 does not trigger #IBD flare-ups. bit.ly/3Ga41wu



Should we push further in T2T paradigm to achieve histologic remission? According to this study - yes! 445 patients with UC and Mayo 0 or 1 endoscopic activity, histologic activity was a significant predictor of clinical relapse 🤒 Raymond Cross bit.ly/3RL1nDP





IUS in IBD is great tech, but problem is standardization 🤔 This piece by Phillip Gu Dan Carter Dr Dermot McGovern Jason H. Moore, PhD et al. shows the promise of radiomics over traditional neural network AI models ⚠️ limitation is single center/operator doi.org/10.1093/crocol…

This is Shivi S. Siva @sivashivi. I’m an academic #IBD specialist Montefiore Gastroenterology. I'm back authoring tweets for @IBDjournals in October 2024. Calling all patients with and providers treating IBD to follow along to encourage a great dialogue on #Crohns #UC

A retrospective study of 202 #CD/pts Virginia Solitano, showed 22% had endoscopic skipping prox/to TI & 25% smallbowel skip lesions, ID by #CTE/MRE. Imaging ID #stricturing dz in 36.2% /pts missed by #ileoscopy. Ileoscopy missed active CD in prox.bowel, in 1/5 of pts, ID by imaging.


In 10,578 #IBD pts Ellen Zimmermann, show improved access to care in Hispanic pts & use of higher #biologics than non-Hispanic White (NHW) OR: 1.3, P < .0001. Non-Hispanic Black /pts used more steroids than NHW OR: 1.2, P = .0004 w/higher ER visits & hosp/to NHW. doi.org/10.1093/ibd/iz…


Could gut microbiome act as a predictive biomarker to identify#IBD pts in risk of Dz progression & intensify Rx? Ranko Gacesa show by whole-genome metagenomics on basal fecal samples & a 10 year retrospective analysis of pts EMR, personalized Rx is feasible. doi.org/10.1093/ibd/iz…

Peter Higgins reports that socially vulnerable patients w#IBD are more likely to be diagnosed w/# depression but not anxiety. Overall rates of screening for depression and anxiety are low, particularly among more socially vulnerable patients. Find out more doi.org/10.1093/ibd/iz…



Meet our 2025 IBDJournal & CC360 Social Media Team, who have already been hard at work! 👏 Stay tuned each month for perspectives on the latest science published in @IBDjournals from each of these #IBD physicians. 🔬📊 Ben Click Shivi S Siva M.D. aka Shivi S. Sivanantham Jeffrey M Dueker, MD, MPH Simon Hong Suha Abushamma, MD
