A total of 1041 patients with undiagnosed dyspepsia were interviewed to determine whether they required investigation for organic disease. The interviewer, a research assistant without medical qualifications, used a standard data sheet. The information obtained was analysed by computer, and, according to the results, patients were predicted to be at high, medium, or low risk. They were then fol...

This paper describes the clinical presentation of 360 patients suffering from 'dyspepsia' at the time of their initial visit to two hospitals in Yorkshire. Disease categories studied were cholecystitis, duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, gastric cancer, and 'functional' dyspepsia, with at least 50 patients in each category. The findings of this series are contrasted with 'textbodk' descriptions of ...

Background: Dyspepsia is a common gastrointestinal problems affecting all age groups & social classes.
 Objectives: The purpose of the study was to determine endoscopic findings dyspeptic patients observe demographic characteristics (age, sex, residence, education, socioeconomic condition) presented with dyspepsia.
 Methodology: This cross-sectional conducted at Department Medicin...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Helicobacter pylori has been strongly associated with peptic ulcer diseases, chronic gastritis, ulcers, and reported as a risk factor for gastric cancer, too. The vaculating cytotoxin (vacA), the cytotoxin associated genes (cagA), the induced by contact with epithelium factor antigen (iceA gene), blood adhesion binding antigen (babA2), and outer membrane protein oipA h...

Gastric gastric cancer is the second most common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, after colorectal cancer (IARC, Globocan 2012). In many countries, especially in developing countries, diagnoses are still made in the advanced stages. Symptoms of gastric cancer that include dyspepsia, nausea and discomfort are not-specific and resemble common gastrointestinal conditions such as peptic ulcer ...

1.0 Introduction 2.0 History 3.0 Helicobacter pylori 3.1 Epidemiology 3.11 The African Enigma 3.2 Bacteriology/Pathogenesis 3.3 Diagnosis 3.4 Disease States 3.41 Gastric Cancer 3.42 MALT Lymphoma 3.43 Non-ulcer dyspepsia 3.44 GERD 4.0 Forms of Peptic Ulcer Disease 4.1 DU 4.2 GU 4.3 ZE syndrome 4.4 NSAIDS 4.5 Neither H. pylori nor NSAID 4.6 Children 5.0 Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease 5.1 Era...