ALLMedicine™ Peptic Ulcer Disease Center

Jun 30th, 2022 - Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a common gastric pathogen that infects approximately half of the world's population. Infection with H. pylori can lead to diverse pathological conditions, including chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and ca...

Jun 29th, 2022 - Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a spiral-shaped gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucosa. It is a common infectious agent in children. In this study, we aim to evaluate the demographic data, and the clinical and histopathologic...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Medication Summary The standard medical treatment for unruptured ectopic pregnancy is methotrexate therapy. Methotrexate is an antineoplastic agent that inhibits cell proliferation by destroying rapidly dividing cells. It acts as a folate antagoni...

Jun 20th, 2022 - The following highlights are a brief overview of guideline updates, drug approvals, and diagnostics relevant to geriatric medicine from June 2021 to April 2022, some of which were discussed at the American Geriatrics Society conference in May. I s.

Jun 12th, 2022 - Previous studies reported proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) use may increase the risk of fracture; however, the findings may be susceptible to indication bias since peptic ulcer disease (PUD), one major indication for PPIs, may affect skeletal health....

Nov 20th, 2021 - Epigastric pain can have multiple etiologies including myocardial infarction, pancreatitis, acute aortic syndromes, gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, duodenal ulcer disease, gastric cancer, and hiatal h...

Jan 11th, 2020 - Peptic ulcer disease is common with a lifetime prevalence in the general population of 5-10% and an incidence of 0.1-0.3% per year. Despite a sharp reduction in incidence and rates of hospital admission and mortality over the past 30 years, compli...

Jan 11th, 2017 - Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a common worldwide infection that is an important cause of peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. H. pylori may also have a role in uninvestigated and functional dyspepsia, ulcer risk in patients taki...

Feb 18th, 2016 - The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE) revised the evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for peptic ulcer disease in 2014 and has created an English version. The revised guidelines consist of seven items: bleeding gastric and duoden...

Jun 7th, 2022 - Gastric cancer is the fifth most common malignancy in the world after cancers of the lung, breast, colorectum, and prostate. Gastric cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death and is responsible for 723,000 deaths yearly [1]. Gastric carcin...

Jun 1st, 2022 - The prime discovery of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in chronic gastritis patients by Marshall and Warren in 1982 has geared a frenetic pace in H. pylori research. H. pylori is a helix-shaped microaerophilic gram negative bacterium colonising ga...

May 12th, 2022 - Helicobacter pylori infection is a well-established risk factor for peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. It's now a consensus of experts that H.pylori infection should be treated once it is recognized. Extended proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-base...

Feb 28th, 2022 - Background: Gastrointestinal emergencies (GE) are frequently encountered in the emergency department (ED), and patients can present with wide-ranging symptoms. Symptoms that suggest an underlying GE can include: abdominal pain; nausea; vomiting; d...

Feb 16th, 2022 - Dyspepsia affects about 20% of the population globally and represents one of the commonest reasons for patients to seek medical consultation.1-3 The definition of dyspepsia has evolved over time and generally encompasses a variety of upper gastroi...

Jun 30th, 2022 - This article originally appeared on MDedge.com. The following highlights are a brief overview of guideline updates, drug approvals, and diagnostics relevant to geriatric medicine from June 2021 to April 2022, some of which were discussed at the Am...

Jun 20th, 2022 - The following highlights are a brief overview of guideline updates, drug approvals, and diagnostics relevant to geriatric medicine from June 2021 to April 2022, some of which were discussed at the American Geriatrics Society conference in May. I s.

Jun 15th, 2022 - New users of low-dose aspirin — but not "prevalent" users — have a significantly increased risk of developing gastric and duodenal ulcers, a finding that highlights the importance of weighing the risks and benefits of starting low-dose aspirin the...

Apr 11th, 2022 - Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), when used for prior gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB), were associated with better survival for veterans with cirrhosis, a retrospective study found. Among more than 76,000 such patients, PPI use was associated with a ...

Feb 16th, 2022 - Gallbladder duplication is a congenital abnormality of the hepatobiliary system and often is not considered in the evaluation of a patient with right upper quadrant pain. Accuracy of the most commonly used imaging study to assess for biliary disea.