Acute Cholecystitis-like Presentation in an Adult Patient with Gallbladder Agenesis: Case Report and Literature Review by Nahla Elzubeir, Kevin Nguyen, Muhammad Nazim

“…Gastroenterology consultation was suggested to assess for peptic ulcer disease, stricture, or other etiology for her presenting symptoms, and the upper endoscopy showed gastritis. …”
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Proton Pump Inhibitor-Induced Galactorrhea in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Friend or Foe? by Marios Prikis, Julie MacDougall, Nina Narasimhadevara

“…Over the last decades, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have been widely used as the mainstay for treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal side effects, gastroesophageal reflux, and peptic ulcer disease. However, their safety profile has come into question recently after reports relating them to several side effects as well as kidney disease. …”
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Digestive Disease Mortality Dynamics During New Coronavirus Infection Pandemic in Different Subjects of Russian Federation by V. T. Ivashkin, A. A. Sheptulin, O. P. Alekseeva, S. A. Alekseenko, A. Yu. Baranovsky, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammayev, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…In most subjects of the Russian Federation, the first half of 2021 enduring the COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed a higher overall mortality from digestive diseases and from peptic ulcer, liver and pancreatic illnesses compared to the same period in 2020. …”
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Repeat Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia: Yield, Findings, and Predictors of Positive Findings by Supot Pongprasobchai, Natta Asanaleykha, Pongchirat Tantayakom

“…Among 146 patients, 115 patients (79%) had negative and 31 (21%) had positive repeat EGD, including erosive gastritis (13.0%), peptic ulcer (7.5%), reflux esophagitis (1.4%), and Barrett’s esophagus (0.7%). …”
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NMR, Novel Pharmacological and In Silico Docking Studies of Oxyacanthine and Tetrandrine: Bisbenzylisoquinoline Alkaloids Isolated from Berberis glaucocarpa Roots by Muhammad Alamzeb, Muhammad Omer, Mamoon Ur-Rashid, Muslim Raza, Saqib Ali, Behramand Khan, Asad Ullah

“…Urease enzyme is responsible for gastric cancer, peptic ulcer, hepatic coma, and urinary stones in millions of people across the world. …”
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Enteroscopic Diagnosis and Management of Small Bowel Diverticular Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Report from the Taiwan Association for the Study of Small Intestinal Diseases by Yang-Yuan Chen, Cheng-Tang Chiu, Chen-Ming Hsu, Tsung-Hsing Chen, Yi-Chun Chiu, Yen-Chang Chu, Chen-Wang Chang, Hsiu-Po Wang, Deng-Chyang Wu, Tien-Yu Huang, Hsu-Heng Yen

“…In this large case series investigating the enteroscopic management of small intestinal diverticular hemorrhage, we found that, as to patients with peptic ulcer hemorrhage, most of these patients can be successfully managed by endoscopic therapy before surgery in the era of deep enteroscopy.…”
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Clinical audit of current Helicobacter pylori treatment outcomes in Singapore by Tiing Leong Ang, Kim Wei Lim, Daphne Ang, Yu Jun Wong, Malcolm Tan, Andrew Siang Yih Wong

“…Introduction: H. pylori eradication reduces the risk of gastric malignancies and peptic ulcer disease. First-line therapies include 14-day PAC (proton pump inhibitor [PPI], amoxicillin, clarithromycin) and PBMT (PPI, bismuth, metronidazole, tetracycline). …”
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The role of endoscopic investigation in expertise and rehabilitation diagnostics of patients and disabled persons after stomach surgery by K. A. Velikolug, Zh. M. Sizova, Ye. K. Baranskaya

“…Overall 156 patients after stomach and duodenum surgery were investigated (99 had «peptic ulcer» diagnosis and 57 – diagnosis of «stomach cancer»). …”
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Antiulcer Effect of Genus Symphytum L. and Portulaca oleracea L. as Investigated on Experimental Animals by El-Sayed H. Bakr, Amal Al-Ghamdi, Reham Al-Amri, Muna Al-Otaibi, Nada Al-Saad, Ghala Al-Matrafi, Ziad T. Kishmira, Firas Azzeh, Areej A. Almuraee

“…Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) occurs when open sores, or ulcers, form in the stomach or first part of the small intestine caused by bacterial infection (H. pylori) and/or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Infection in Persons with Intellectual Disability in Residential Care in Israel by Joav Merrick, Shoshana Aspler, Inessa Dubman

“…Helicobacter pylori (formerly Campylobacter pylori) was identified in 1982 by researchers from Australia as a pathogenic factor in peptic ulcer disease. Due to the few studies on H. pylori infection conducted in the population of persons with intellectual disability it was decided to conduct a clinical study in Israel. …”
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New-onset gastrointestinal disorders in COVID-19 patients 3.5 years post-infection in the inner-city population in the Bronx by Sagar Changela, Samad Ashraf, Justin Y. Lu, Kevin E. Duong, Sonya Henry, Stephen H. Wang, Tim Q. Duong

“…The primary outcome was new GID which included peptic ulcer, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, and biliary disease. …”
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The Diagnostic Values of Ischemia-Modified Albumin in Patients with Acute Abdominal Pain and Its Role in Differentiating Acute Abdomen by Selman Yeniocak, Fatma Saraç, Mustafa Yazıcıoğlu, Nadiye Karabulut, Akın Ünal, Esma Yücetaş, Macit Koldaş, İbrahim Akkoç, Mustafa Ekici, Togay Evrin

“…The mean IMA value of the patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis, ovarian pathologies, and gastritis-peptic ulcer was statistically significantly higher than that of the nonspecific abdominal pain group. …”
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Is Helicobacter pylori eradication required for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-associated erosions and ulcers? by A. Ye. Karateyev, Ye. V. Moroz, Anastasia V. Tsurgan, N. V. Gontarenko

“…According to the data of Maastricht consensus (2012), H. pylori infection and NSAIDs are the two major independent etiological factors of peptic ulcer development and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. …”
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Characterization of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients with Gastric Ulcer by Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Magalys Blanca Olivert Cruz, Juan Luís de Pasos Carrazana, Alfredo Basilio Quiñones Ceballos, Mabel Vega Galindo, Anagalys Ortega Alvelay

“…It causes chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, lymphatic proliferative disorders and it is a risk factor for gastric cancer. …”
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Efficacy of parenteral pantoprazole in patients with acute ulcerative gastroduodenal bleeding at high risk of relapse by S. G. Shapovalyants, S. A. Chernyakevich, A. I. Mikhalev, O. I. Yudin, I. V. Babkova, G. N. Storozhuk, Ye. K. Mayat, P. L. Chernyakevich

“…Acute symptomatic ulcers were diagnosed in 14 patients, peptic ulcer – at the other 16. In 17 cases ulcerative bleeding developed on a background of severe concomitant cardio-vascular disease. …”
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Ascaris lumbricoides a rare cause gastric perforation: a case report and brief literature review by Tian-Hao Xie, Tian-Hao Xie, Yan Fu, Xiang-Xiang Ren, Xin-Li Sun, Qiang Wang, Qian Sun

“…The patient recovered smoothly with no evidence of peptic ulcer disease on one-month follow-up endoscopy. …”
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The Relationship between H. pylori Infection and Osteoporosis in Japan by Daisuke Asaoka, Akihito Nagahara, Mariko Hojo, Hitoshi Sasaki, Yuji Shimada, Takashi Yoshizawa, Taro Osada, Sumio Watanabe

“…Participants for patient profile, H. pylori infection status, comorbidity, internal medical therapies, lumbar dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and bone turnover marker were collected and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for reflux esophagitis, hiatal hernia, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), and endoscopic gastric mucosal atrophy (EGA) was performed. …”
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Factors Associated with Recurrent Ulcers in Patients with Gastric Surgery after More Than 15 Years: A Cross-Sectional Single-Center Study by Monica Pantea, Anca Negovan, Claudia Banescu, Simona Bataga, Radu Neagoe, Simona Mocan, Mihaela Iancu

“…Biliary reflux and alcohol consumption, but not Helicobacter pylori infection or gastrotoxic drug, seem to be the most important predictors for ulcer recurrence in patients with gastric surgery for peptic ulcer after more than 15 years.…”
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Efficacy and Safety of the Triple Therapy Containing Ilaprazole, Levofloxacin, and Amoxicillin as First-Line Treatment in Helicobacter pylori Infections by Hyo Jun Ahn, Dong Pil Kim, Myeong Su Chu, Hyeon Jeong Yun, Seok-Hwan Kim, Seung Woo Lee, Dong Soo Lee

“…Demographic factors such as age, gender, body mass index (BMI), alcohol, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and peptic ulcer did not affect the eradication rate. However, multivariate analysis showed that overweight patients and patients with cerebrovascular accident (CVA) had a significantly lower eradication rate than patients with normal BMI and without CVA. …”
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Chitosan Nanoparticles for Enhanced Immune Response and Delivery of Multi-Epitope <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Vaccines in a BALB/c Mouse Model by Rita Amaral, Tomás Concha, Jorge Vítor, António J. Almeida, Cecília Calado, Lídia M. Gonçalves

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> is the leading cause of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and mucosal-associated lymphoma. …”
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