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  • 1
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Aim: To test the hypothesis that 1-week low-dose triple therapy for H. pylori is sufficient for relief from dyspeptic symptoms and healing of duodenal ulcers. Methods: Fifty-nine out-patients with duodenal ulcers and positive rapid urease test participated in this randomized, double-blind, two-centre study. All patients were treated for 1 week with omeprazole 20 mg b.d., clarithromycin 250 mg b.d. and metronidazole 400 mg b.d. In a double-blind fashion, patients were then randomly treated for another 3 weeks with either omeprazole 20 mg once daily or an identical-looking placebo. Patients were investigated endoscopically before treatment for H. pylori, after 2 weeks and after 4 weeks. H. pylori infection was assessed by a 13C-urea breath test at the time of enrolment and 4 weeks after cessation of any study medication. Results: Fifty-two patients were included in the ‘all patients treated’ analysis of efficacy. The overall H. pylori cure rate was 96% (95% CI=87–100%), with no difference between the treatment groups. After 2 weeks duodenal ulcer healing was confirmed in 91% (95% CI=80–100%) of patients treated with omeprazole and in 76% (95% CI=60–91%) in the placebo group (P=0.14). After 4 weeks all ulcers had healed. Relief from dyspeptic symptoms and adverse events (13.8 and 16.7%) did not differ between the treatment groups. Conclusions: One-week low-dose triple therapy consisting of omeprazole, clarithromycin and metronidazole is a highly effective and well-tolerated approach to the cure of H. pylori infection in patients with a duodenal ulcer. Our data suggest that continuation of antisecretory drug therapy beyond anti-H. pylori therapy is actually excessive regarding relief from dyspeptic symptoms and healing of duodenal ulcers.
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  • 2
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    Springer
    Journal of molecular medicine 72 (1994), S. 343-349 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Long-term manometry ; Progressive systemic sclerosis ; Esophageal involvement
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Long-term manometry of the tubular esophagus was performed in 20 consecutive patients (18 females, 2 males; median age 56.5 years) with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) and a control group of 20 healthy subjects (18 females, 2 males; median age 56.5 years). The measurements were performed via a data logger of 1 MByte memory capacity with the help of two pressure sensors placed 8 and 18 cm above the lower esophageal sphincter. Esophageal contractions were analyzed with respect to pressure amplitudes in the esophagus distal and proximal, quotient of pressure amplitudes distal/proximal, number of contraction waves in a 24-h period, and kind of spreading (propulsive, simultaneous). In the PSS group there was a significant decrease in pressure amplitudes in the distal sensor (median 31.5 versus 39.5 mbar in controls, P 〈 0.02), in the quotient of pressure amplitudes distal/proximal (median 0.885 versus 1.25 in controls, P 〈 0.001), in the number of waves in 24 h (median 939.5 versus 1656 in controls, P 〈 0.01), and in the occurrence of propulsive waves (median 34% versus 57% in controls, P 〈 0.01). Fifteen patients (75%) had hypomotility disorders as compared to the control group, in which the lower limit of normal values was defined by the 5th percentile of descriptive analysis. These first data of long-term manometry in patients with PSS indicate that long-term manometry may be an effective method for identifying esophageal involvement in PSS.
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  • 3
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    Digestive diseases and sciences 39 (1994), S. 565-570 
    ISSN: 1573-2568
    Keywords: gastric emptying ; antral motility ; gallbladder emptying ; progressive systemic sclerosis ; ultrasound
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Gastric emptying, antral motility, and gallbladder emptying after a liquid fatty meal were studied by ultrasound in 25 patients with progressive systemic sclerosis and in 25 sex- and age-matched controls. In patients with systemic sclerosis, the possible role of autonomic dysfunction was evaluated by four noninvasive cardiovascular reflex tests. Despite a significant delay of gastric emptying and a significant postprandial antral hypomotility in the patients with systemic sclerosis, the fat-induced gallbladder emptying was only slightly reduced, reaching no significant level when compared to the controls. The prolongation of gastric emptying correlated significantly with the duration of the disease. Although 36% of the patients in the systemic sclerosis group exhibited signs of autonomic cardiac dysfunction, there was no evidence of an association between these signs and gastric motor dysfunction. In conclusion motility disorders of the gallbladder seem to play a minor role in the upper gut involvement of systemic sclerosis, whereas motility disorders of the stomach are frequent and can be easily recognized noninvasively by real-time ultrasound.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1573-2568
    Keywords: progressive systemic sclerosis ; esophageal transit ; gastric emptying ; intestinal transit ; gastrointestinal symptoms ; small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Liquid esophageal transit and gastric emptying, mouth-to-cecum transit, and whole gut transit of a solid-liquid meal were measured in 14 patients with PSS, 16 control subjects (esophageal transit), and 20 control subjects (gastrointestinal transit), respectively, by using scintigraphic techniques, the hydrogen breath test, and stool markers. In patients with PSS, the glucose hydrogen breath test for detection of small intestinal overgrowth was performed and various gastrointestinal symptoms were determined. Esophageal transit and gastric emptying were significantly prolonged in PSS patients with 11 of 14 PSS patients (79%) disclosing delayed esophageal transit and eight of 14 PSS patients (57%) disclosing delayed gastric emptying. All PSS patients with prolonged gastric emptying also had delayed esophageal transit and there was a significant positive correlation between esophageal transit and gastric emptying (r=0.696,P〈0.01). No significant differences between PSS patients and controls were detected concerning mouth-to-cecum transit and whole gut transit, but abnormally delayed mouth-to-cecum transit was found in four of 10 PSS patients (40%) and abnormally prolonged whole gut transit was detected in three of 13 PSS patients (23%). Small bacterial overgrowth was diagnosed in three of 14 PSS patients (21%). Delayed esophageal transit and gastric emptying were associated with dysphagia, retrosternal pain, and epigastric fullness, while prolonged whole gut transit was associated with constipation. It is concluded that delayed gastric emptying is frequently associated with esophageal transit disorders in PSS patients and may be one important factor for the development of gastroesophageal reflux disease in these patients.
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