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Ingvar Bjarnason is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on surgery and gastrointestinal disorders. Their research work spans 16 publications primarily within the domain of medicine, with significant contributions in subfields including surgery, molecular biology, infectious diseases, food science, and emergency medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Diverticular Disease and Complications
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Among Ingvar Bjarnason's recent papers are:

  • "A 4-strain probiotic supplement influences gut microbiota composition and gut wall function in patients with ulcerative colitis," 2020, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • "NSAID-enteropathy and intestinal microbes," 2020, Inflammopharmacology
  • "Diverticular disease: update on pathophysiology, classification and management," 2023, Frontline Gastroenterology
  • "Mo1393: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY EVALUATING THE INCIDENCE OF DE NOVO IBS FOLLOWING DIVERTICULITIS AT A TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER," 2022, Gastroenterology
  • "P300 A prospective study evaluating the incidence of de novo IBS following diverticulitis," 2022, Poster presentations

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Bu Hayee
  • Amyn Haji
  • Sophie Williams
  • Suha Jabak
  • Mehul Patel

Ingvar Bjarnason publishes regularly in the following venues:

  • Poster presentations
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Frontline Gastroenterology
  • Inflammopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Side effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the small and large intestine in humans

    Bjarnason I;Hayllar J;MacPherson Aj;Russell As

  • Intestinal permeability: an overview.

    Ingvar Bjarnason;Andrew Macpherson;Daniel Hollander

  • Surrogate markers of intestinal inflammation are predictive of relapse in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

    Jeremy A Tibble;Gudmundur Sigthorsson;Steven Bridger;Magne K. Fagerhol

  • A simple method for assessing intestinal inflammation in Crohn's disease

    J Tibble;K Teahon;B Thjodleifsson;A Roseth

  • Mucosal antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease are directed against intestinal bacteria.

    A Macpherson;U Y Khoo;I Forgacs;J Philpott-Howard

  • A quantitative analysis of NSAID-induced small bowel pathology by capsule enteroscopy.

    Laurence Maiden;Bjarni Thjodleifsson;Asgeir Theodors;Juan Gonzalez

  • Use of surrogate markers of inflammation and Rome criteria to distinguish organic from nonorganic intestinal disease

    Jeremy A. Tibble;Gudmundur Sigthorsson;Russell Foster;Ian Forgacs

  • Reduced bone density in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

    I Bjarnason;A Macpherson;C Mackintosh;M Buxton-Thomas

  • Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug-induced intestinal inflammation in humans.

    I Bjarnason;G Zanelli;T Smith;P Prouse

  • INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY AND INFLAMMATION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: EFFECTS OF NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS

    Ingvar Bjarnason;Alex So;A.Jonathan Levi;TimothyJ. Peters

  • Mechanisms of Damage to the Gastrointestinal Tract From Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

    Ingvar Bjarnason;Carmelo Scarpignato;Erik Holmgren;Michael Olszewski

  • Absorption of 151chromium-labeled ethylenediaminetetraacetate in inflammatory bowel disease

    Ingvar Bjarnason;Colm O'Morain;A.Jonathan Levi;Timothy J. Peters

  • Prevalence and mechanism of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced clinical relapse in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

    Ken Takeuchi;Simon Smale;Purushothaman Premchand;Laurence Maiden

  • High prevalence of NSAID enteropathy as shown by a simple faecal test

    J A Tibble;G Sigthorsson;R Foster;D Scott

  • Mitochondrial damage: a possible mechanism of the “topical” phase of NSAID induced injury to the rat intestine

    S Somasundaram;S Rafi;J Hayllar;G Sigthorsson

  • Effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and prostaglandins on the permeability of the human small intestine.

    I Bjarnason;P Williams;P Smethurst;T J Peters

  • A PERSISTENT DEFECT IN INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY IN COELIAC DISEASE DEMONSTRATED BY A 51Cr-LABELLED EDTA ABSORPTION TEST

    Ingvar Bjarnason;TimothyJ. Peters;Norman Veall

  • Adacolumn, an adsorptive carrier based granulocyte and monocyte apheresis device for the treatment of inflammatory and refractory diseases associated with leukocytes.

    Abby R Saniabadi;Hiroyuki Hanai;Ken Takeuchi;Kazuo Umemura

  • Long-term effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and cyclooxygenase-2 selective agents on the small bowel: a cross-sectional capsule enteroscopy study.

    Laurence Maiden;Bjarni Thjodleifsson;Anna Seigal;Ingvar Iain Bjarnason

  • COX-2 inhibitors.

    Ingvar Bjarnason

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Peters
Timothy J. Peters University of Bristol
Andrew J. Macpherson
Andrew J. Macpherson University of Bern
David Scott
David Scott Ascension Health
Angel Lanas
Angel Lanas University of Zaragoza
Carmelo Scarpignato
Carmelo Scarpignato University of Parma
Anil Dhawan
Anil Dhawan King's College London
Freddy Haesebrouck
Freddy Haesebrouck Ghent University
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Frank Pasmans
Frank Pasmans Ghent University
Richard Ducatelle
Richard Ducatelle Ghent University

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