Abstract:
:Upper gastrointestinal symptoms are highly prevalent; usually those consulting have multiple symptoms, confounding management. Here, common clinically relevant management issues are considered based on the best available evidence. Regardless of the presenting symptoms, determine if there are any alarm features; these have a low positive predictive value for malignancy but all patients with them should be referred for prompt upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Ask about medications; of most importance are the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), both non-selective and COX-2 selective. Try to ascertain if the symptom pattern suggests gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or not. Dominant heartburn, however, may be of limited value; if the background prevalence of GERD is 25% and the patient complains of dominant heartburn, then the likelihood that such a patient has GERD as identified by 24-h oesophageal pH testing is only just over 50%. If reflux disease is strongly suspected and there are no alarm features, give an empirical trial of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). Symptoms cannot separate adequately functional from organic dyspepsia. Endoscopy in dyspepsia with no alarm features is more costly than an empirical management approach. H. pylori testing and treatment remains in most settings the preferable initial choice for managing dyspepsia without obvious GERD. However, a PPI trial may offer a similar outcome and may be preferable in low H. pylori prevalence areas; head-to-head management trials in primary care are lacking.
journal_name
Aliment Pharmacol Therjournal_title
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeuticsauthors
Talley NJdoi
10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02043.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-07-01 00:00:00pages
23-30eissn
0269-2813issn
1365-2036pii
APT2043journal_volume
20 Suppl 2pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND:Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can cause serious gastrointestinal side effects. Faecal calprotectin assay represents a simple and practical method for diagnosis of NSAID enteropathy. Intestinal micro-organisms are necessary for the development of NSAID-induced small bowel lesions and hence it...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04324.x
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Previous epidemiological studies suggest that patients diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who drink light to moderate amounts of alcohol (up to ~30 g per day) have less severe histological lesions compared with nondrinkers. However, while the cross-sectional nature of current evidence pr...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/apt.13828
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In patients who present with chronic unexplained upper abdominal pain or discomfort (functional dyspepsia), therapy should ideally be targeted on correcting the individual's disturbed pathophysiology. Here, putative mechanisms implicated in functional dyspepsia and potential approaches to therapy are critically review...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.1995.tb00359.x
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:KC 11458, a motilin agonist without antibiotic properties, accelerates gastric emptying in animals and healthy humans. AIM:To evaluate the acute effects of KC 11458 on gastric emptying in diabetic gastroparesis. METHODS:Twenty-nine patients (6 type 1 and 23 type 2) with gastroparesis underwent assessments ...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02066.x
更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori infection is very common in India, as in other developing countries, but few data exist on the susceptibility of H. pylori to antimicrobial agents commonly used for eradication here. AIM:To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of H. pylori strains from Kolkata, in eastern India. M...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02533.x
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), manifesting with symptoms including heartburn and regurgitation, affects people during both daytime and nocturnal hours. Night-time GERD has been reported to have a greater impact on a patient's life than daytime GERD due to prolonged oesophageal acid exposure time per reflux ...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02237.x
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis female sex has been shown to be associated with discontinuation of anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) therapy. AIM:To retrospectively assess the association between sex and TNF-α drug persistence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS:All IBD pat...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/apt.15380
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Approximately 20% of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) patients with concomitant inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have Crohn's disease (CD). AIM:To compare PSC/CD with other PSC patients. METHODS:Retrospective study of 240 PSC patients diagnosed between 1975 and 2012 (median follow-up 12 years). Activit...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/apt.13516
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Local delivery of therapeutic agents to the stomach may be a useful strategy in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. We aimed to see whether the intragastric distribution and gastric retention of a therapeutic agent could be improved, either by giving omeprazole or by dosing after a meal. METHODS...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.1994.tb00320.x
更新日期:1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cyclo-oxygenase-2 expression has been reported to play an important role in the metaplasia-dysplasia-carcinoma sequence in Barrett's oesophagus. However, the existence of cyclo-oxygenase-2 expressing cells in Barrett's epithelium is still uncertain. AIM:To identify the cells that express cyclo-oxygenase-2 p...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02195.x
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Although a few adult cases of fulminant-type autoimmune hepatitis have been reported, their clinical features and prognosis have remained uncertain. AIM:To assess the clinical features and prognosis of patients with fulminant-type autoimmune hepatitis. METHODS:Eleven patients (10%) diagnosed with fulminant...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02894.x
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intragastric pH monitoring has shown that the distribution of acidity within the stomach is not homogeneous. Not only is it affected by meals but it also has a circadian rhythm in which nocturnal pH falls to very acid levels in normal subjects. Although results of pH monitoring are highly reproducible within individua...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.1987.tb00661.x
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Optimal management approach is not well defined for subjects who fail initial first- and second-line Helicobacter pylori eradication attempts and are dealt on a case-by-case basis by the specialists. AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of standard and 'rescue' eradication therapies at primary and second...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02210.x
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Anti-TNF agents are now widely used in Crohn's disease (CD), and in ulcerative colitis (UC). AIM:To review the safety profile of anti-TNF agents in all patients treated with infliximab in Edinburgh from 1999 to 2007. METHODS:Complete data were available on 202/207 patients comprising 157 CD, 42 UC and thre...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03882.x
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile can cause severe antibiotic-associated colitis. Conventional treatments with metronidazole and vancomycin improve symptoms, but after discontinuation of treatment, C. difficile infection (CDI) recurs in a number of patients. Rifaximin is a rifamycin-based non-systemic antibiotic that ha...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/apt.12111
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Peristomal wound infections are common complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), especially in hospitals where methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is endemic. Evidence suggests that antibiotic prophylaxis at PEG insertion may reduce infection rates. AIM:To examine rates of p...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03242.x
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patients with reflux disease often complain of heartburn after ingestion of coffee. Induction of gastro-oesophageal reflux has been demonstrated by pH-metry following the intake of coffee in healthy volunteers. The reflux was reduced when the coffee had undergone a decaffeination process. The aim of this stu...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2036.1997.00161.x
更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hypoxia may contribute to impairment of liver function and thus interfere with results of liver tests. In patients with cirrhosis, cytochrome P-450 mediated metabolism of substrates is facilitated in the presence of supplemental oxygen. It has not been studied how this relates to liver function and haemoglob...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01604.x
更新日期:2003-06-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In patients with idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH), the usual recommended strategy for management of variceal bleeding is the same as that in cirrhosis. However, this policy has been challenged by the different natural history between INCPH and cirrhosis. AIM:To compare outcomes after tra...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/apt.15186
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Incomplete resorption of fructose results in increased colonic hydrogen production and is a frequent cause of abdominal symptoms. The only treatment available is diet. AIM:To study whether orally administered xylose isomerase (XI), an enzyme that catalyses the reversible isomerisation of glucose and fructos...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/apt.12057
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Guidelines and practice standards for sedation in endoscopy have been developed by various national professional societies. No attempt has been made to assess consensus among internationally recognized experts in this field. AIM:To identify areas of consensus and dissent among international experts on a bro...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 共识发展会议,杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04352.x
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunts (TIPSS) are becoming widely used in the management of oesophageal variceal haemorrhage (OVH). Their place in the treatment of gastric variceal haemorrhage (GVH), a condition with a traditionally poor prognosis, remains unclear. The aims of our study were t...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2036.1997.106277000.x
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies of microscopic colitis have shown varying but increasing incidence rates. AIM:To assess the incidence of microscopic colitis in Sweden. METHODS:Nationwide cohort study performed in 1995-2015 based on biopsy reports. Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates were calculated. ...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/apt.15246
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, including extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK),c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases (JNK) and p38 MAP kinase (p38 MAPK) are important intermediates of the signal-transduction pathway from the cell surface to the nucleus. Expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, associated ...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.01986.x
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a patient who developed sulphasalazine-related hepatitis with a subsequent adverse reaction to rectal 5-amino salicylic acid, in the form of pain and fever without associated liver dysfunction, suggesting reactions to both components of sulphasalazine. Included is a review of the literature. Caution should b...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.1987.tb00619.x
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Combination treatment with azathioprine for 6-12 months is the preferred strategy for starting infliximab due to improved pharmacokinetics. However, optimised infliximab monotherapy with proactive dose escalations in case of low trough levels is a safer but under-studied alternative. AIM:To compare the clin...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/apt.15179
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare but fatal disease caused by obstruction in the hepatic venous outflow tract. AIM:To provide an update of the pathophysiology, aetiology, diagnosis, management and follow-up of BCS. METHODS:Analysis of recent literature by using Medline, PubMed and EMBASE databases. RES...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/apt.15149
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Furazolidone-based regimens for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori are low cost and effective. Unfortunately, the usual dose of furazolidone is not tolerable in many patients. Lower doses of furazolidone are expected to cause fewer adverse effects. AIM:To investigate the efficacy of low-dose furazolidon...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01822.x
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The long-term time trends of multiple gastrointestinal diseases are characterised by a striking rise and fall. These temporal changes provide important clues about disease aetiology. AIM:To highlight the importance of Helicobacter pylori infection in shaping the temporal trends of many common gastrointestin...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/apt.12380
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) may occur after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS) placement. Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), combining anatomical sequences, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy, is modified in cirrhotic patients. AIMS:To describ...
journal_title:Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/apt.14938
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00