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AUTHOR
Deborah Mangiaracina
L'encefalopatia epatica nella cirrosi epatica
Attuali acquisizioni cliniche,eziopatogenetiche e diagnostiche della pancreatite cronica
Insufficienza renale acuta in paziente con HCC recentemente sottoposto a chemioembolizzazione transarteriosa
Test-and-treat strategy for Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection in older patients.
Abstract Despite Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is highly prevalent in older populations, low rates of HP diagnosis and eradication are reported in older persons, even in geriatric wards. We aim to evaluate the results of a HP-eradicating program in a sample of older patients in relation to dyspeptic symptoms and to endoscopic findings. A pool of 140 subjects (female/ale = 86/54, mean age 68.6 ± 5.4 years) with positive C 13 -urea breath test were recruited, clinically evaluated to investigate the presence and characteristics of dyspepsia and abdominal pain, and underwent gastric endoscopic examination. HP-eradication was obtained in 87.9% of subjects with first-line triple therapy, reg…