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ArticleAtencion primaria2000

[Benefits of treatment to eradicate Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with ulcer at a primary care center].

R Azagra Ledesma, E Gené Tous, J M Bonet Simó, F Solé Sancho, X Calvet Calvo

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Article in Atencion primaria, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

R Azagra LedesmaMédico de Familia y Farmacólogo Clínico, CAP Badia del Vallès, Barcelona. razagral@cconline.es
E Gené Tous
J M Bonet Simó
F Solé Sancho
X Calvet Calvo

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the clinical evolution and the use of Primary Care health resources one year after treatment to eradicate Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with peptic ulcers and Hp infection.

designRetrospective study on the effect of an intervention.

settingUrban, reformed primary care centre. PATIENTS: 102 patients with peptic ulcers and Hp infection.

interventionTreatment to eradicate Hp. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsa) Total medical attendance; b) attendance for dyspepsia; c) number of ulcerous outbreaks; d) medicines taken to treat dyspepsia. 79.4% of the patients treated were male. Overall mean age was 47.8 +/- 12.4. After the intervention, total attendance (from 8.3 to 6.6, p < 0.001), attendance for dyspepsia (from 3.1 to 1.1, p < 0.00001), and ulcerous outbreaks (from 1.2 to 0.06, p < 0.00001) all dropped sharply. The mean number of medicines prescribed for dyspepsia per patient fell from 1.24 to 0.43, p < 0.0001. Ranitidine prescription fell from 72.7 to 13.8 days (p < 0.001); and omeprazol from 35.1 to 12.2 days (p < 0.03). Estimated total saving per patient was 26,792 pesetas at 1998 values.

conclusionsTreatment in primary care to eradicate Hp(+) in ulcerous patients reduced the needs of attendance and the prescription of drugs for ulcers. Just in the first year this supposed a clinical benefit for these patients and important economic savings for the public health service.

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Helicobacter pyloriFemaleHelicobacter InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPeptic UlcerPrimary Health CareRetrospective Studies

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PMID10857226
PMCPMC7675822
OpenAlexW2164070186

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