Changing prevalence patterns in endoscopic and histological diagnosis of gastritis? Data from a cross-sectional Central European multicentre study

A multicenter prospective study on the diagnostic performance of a new liquid rapid urease test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

“…Contrary, the present, well-defined patient population, restricting eligible subjects only to those never treated against H. pylori and not having any previous upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, is a big advantage of this trial. Furthermore, involving study centers from different geographical regions in Austria as well as centers with different levels of specialization, from primary care up to university based centers, is another quality parameter, confirmed by an actual prevalence of H. pylori which is in line with previous data on the frequency of the pathogen in Austria [11]. …”

“…A P value < 0.05 was considered significant. Based on a previously reported prevalence of H. pylori in Austria of 20% [11], we assumed a sample size of at least 150 subjects that have to be included into the study to ensure a sufficient amount of H. pylori positive cases for reliable calculation of diagnostic accuracy of the test. In view of the average patient frequency at the participating institutions we expected to recruit the required amount of study subjects within 1 year.…”

Pediatric Helicobacter pylori gastropathy demonstrates a unique pattern of gastric foveolar hyperplasia

“…However, a review of more than 1000 gastric biopsies from a central European cohort failed to find any correlation. These authors noted 1 of 200 patients with active H. pylori infection and 21 of 200 with past H. pylori infection met histologic criteria for reactive gastropathy …”

Application and Analysis of Chinese Patent Medicines Containing Dandelion

“…The clinical study confirmed that Pudilan Xiaoyan Oral Liquid has a better effective in the treatment of this disease [12] .Dyspepsia and reflux gastritis was a multiple disease, clinical manifestations were abdominal fullness, anorexia and so on. Dalitong granule medicine in TCM is put forward, has the effects of regulating qi-flowing and harmonizing stomach .After taking it, the clinical effect is remarkable, the safety is high, and the total effective rate is 96% [13,14] .Upper respiratory tract infection is the common diseases in children, affect the healthy development of children. Compared with the antibiotic, the children relieving exterior granule can significantly shorten the course of treatment and relieve the symptoms [15] .…”