Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência do uso de inibidores da bomba prótons (IBP) e armazenamento domiciliar desses medicamentos, o perfil dos usuários, entre clientes uma Unidade Saúde Família cidade Natal, Rio Grande Norte. Método: Inquérito domiciliar, com desenho transversal observacional. Foram entrevistados 286 indivíduos maiores 18 anos em 112 domicílios município RN, setembro 2016 junho 2017....

background helicobacter pylori eradication with clarithromycin is more expensive than with azithromycin. objectives this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of these two antibiotics in eradicating h. pylori in hemodialysis (hd) patients. patients and methods this is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial analysis of hd patients. patients who had dyspepsia and showed posit...

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an acute self-limited bleeding disorder that can progress to chronic form in 10-15% of the cases. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a possible cause of chronic ITP. We studied 30 children with resistant chronic ITP for H. pylori infection based on the detection of H. pylori fecal antigen. This retrospective study was based on data obtained...

Helicobacter pylori has been involved in the pathogenesis of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) in patients suffering both CIU and H. pylori infection. We selected 49 patients with 13C urea breath test positive, long-lasting CIU and H. pylori infection; 20 remained symptomatic, had positive urease test or H. pylori histologic identification in gastric biopsy material and accepted to participate...