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AUTHOR
G. Dobrilla
I costi nella gestione del paziente con dispepsia funzionale
Objective To estimate direct and indirect costs to society of caring for patients with functional dyspepsia, as well as willingness to pay (WTP) values on the part of the dyspeptic patients enrolled in the study for treatment of the main symptom of illness.
Oral cromolyn sodium in comparison with elimination diet in the irritable bowel syndrome, diarrheic type. Multicenter study of 428 patients.
In a significant number of patients affected by the irritable bowel syndrome, an adverse reaction to food is proposed to be a causative factor. A diet that eliminates the offending foods is the obvious treatment for such adverse reactions. Compliance with a dietetic regimen is often poor and sometimes not completely free from risks.Since the diarrheic type of irritable bowel syndrome seems mainly affected by food intolerance, and previous observations suggested that oral cromolyn sodium is effective in such patients, a multicenter therapeutic trial in the diarrheic type of irritable bowel syndrome was carried out in 346 of 409 patients with this disease, to evaluate the effects of oral crom…