Chronic dyspepsia in general practice. Tapering the use of acid suppressant drugs

Thesis

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Aims and Background of this thesis

Patients and Procedures

Chapter 1 A population-based analysis of long-term acid suppressant drug use in 24 general practices in the Netherlands

Chapter 2 Psychological disorders and health status in chronic dyspeptic patients in general practice: a case control study

Chapter 3 Evaluation of three non-invasive H. pylori tests to exclude ulcer disease in a young chronic dyspeptic population of mixed ethnicity: Reduction of endoscopies by a test and endoscope approach in primary care

Chapter 4 Equally high efficacy of a four, seven and ten days triple therapy to eradicate Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with ulcer disease

Chapter 5 Prevalence of CagA status, its relation with disease and influence on the efficacy of H. pylori treatment in chronic dyspeptic primary care patients.

Chapter 6 Arrest of chronic acid suppressant drug use after successful H. pylori eradication in patients with peptic ulcer disease; a six months follow-up study

Chapter 7 Use of acid suppressant drugs in patients with chronic functional dyspespsia or GERD before and after H. pylori eradication

Chapter 8 Tapering the use of acid suppressant drugs in H. pylori negative chronic dyspeptic patients on maintenance therapy: an intervention strategy

General Discussion

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