| Efficacy of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy in cirrhotic patients with peptic ulcer disease. | |
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PMID: 21870725 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based triple therapy on peptic ulcer course in patients with liver cirrhosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This prospective study was carried out in a tertiary-care hospital. Of the 63 consecutive cirrhotic patients with peptic ulcer identified by endoscopy 39 (22 males, 14 females, aged 53 to 62 years) entered the study. The patients with peptic ulcer and H. pylori infection received eradication therapy, while H. pylori negative patients received PPI treatment. H. pylori eradication was confirmed by rapid urease test and histological examination. Follow-up endoscopies were performed at 6 and 12 months. The patients with peptic ulcer recurrence were treated with PPI. RESULTS: Of the 39 selected patients 22 (56.4%) were H. pylori positive, and 17 (43.6%) were H. pylori negative. H. pylori was eradicated in 63.6% (14/22) of the patients. During the follow-up period 2 H. pylori negative patients died from variceal bleeding and hepatic encephalopathy, respectively, and one H. pylori positive patient did not return for further assessment). Ulcers recurring within 1 year were found in 14 of 36 (38.8%) patients. Peptic ulcer recurred in 4 of 21 (19.0%) H. pylori positive patients and in 10 of 15 (47.6%) H. pylori negative patients at study entry. Patients' age (p = 0.018), Child-Pugh stage (p = 0.019), peptic ulcer site (p = 0.008), and H. pylori negative status (p = 0.004) were significantly related to ulcer recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: Eradication of H. pylori infection in patients with liver cirrhosis and peptic ulcer disease could be helpful, but does not protect all cirrhotic patients from peptic ulcer recurrence. Most relapsed ulcers were gastric ulcers in H. pylori negative patients. |
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Dana Mitrică; Alina Pleşa; R Constantinescu; V Drug; C Stanciu |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Revista medico-chirurgicală̆ a Societă̆ţ̜ii de Medici ş̧i Naturaliş̧ti din Iaş̧i Volume: 115 ISSN: 0048-7848 ISO Abbreviation: Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi Publication Date: 2011 Apr-Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-08-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0413735 Medline TA: Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi Country: Romania |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 367-74 Citation Subset: IM |
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Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină. |
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