PMID: 9546111Apr 18, 1998Paper

How do practicing clinicians manage Helicobacter pylori-related gastrointestinal diseases in Germany? A survey of gastroenterologists and family practitioners

Helicobacter
T BreuerP Malfertheiner

Abstract

Since the bacterium H. pylori was identified in 1982, overwhelming evidence has implicated it as the causal factor in the occurrence and relapse of peptic ulcer disease. The major objective of this study was to examine the extent to which physicians recognize H. pylori as a causal agent in peptic ulcer disease or as potential cofactor in other gastrointestinal diseases, and the extent to which this knowledge has influenced diagnostic and therapeutic practices. Using a national mail survey in Germany in September 1995, 1197 family practitioners and 1197 gastroenterologists were selected for the study. Of the surveyed physicians, 756 (32%) responded. Family practitioners treated almost 50% of their patients with initial presentation of suspected ulcer disease without ordering further diagnostic tests. More than 25% of the family practitioners and 14% of the gastroenterologists reported that they do not treat diagnosed H. pylori infection in the first presentation of duodenal ulcer. At the time we conducted the study, 22% of responding family practitioners and 5% of responding gastroenterologists treated the first presentation of H. pylori-positive ulcer disease with regimens determined to be ineffective according to the available...Continue Reading

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Nov 26, 1999·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics·G MacOniG Bianchi Porro
Feb 28, 2002·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics·P MalfertheinerUNKNOWN European Helicobacter Pylori Study Group (EHPSG)
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