Dyspepsia in general practice.

Abstract

of information is made available from the various agencies and other experts to fuel public debate. "I Yet in both the United States and Britain, though the incidence of death and ill health from low level radioactive waste seems very small, "for the public, perceptions frequently have greater reality than the epidemiologists' risk assessments and statistical models."" The National Radiological Protection Board is on record as saying, "we have to reconcile two objectives, one of protecting against radiation and the other of protecting against fear" and "The crisis is not one of health but of social and political confidence" (National Radiological Protection Board, corporate plan 1989/90 to 1993/94, 1989). The agencies continue to hope that their presentation of factual information will remove some of the novelty from radiation and so alter false perceptions. The most contentious issue, however, is the possible hazard from human factors, which in the past have led to the failure of technical systems thought to be safe. Any continuing public debate must include the place ofhuman error and interference, including industrial development of other actions. This may be the most difficult and painful issue in the making of a policy.

Erythromycin in the Short- and Long-term Control of Dyspepsia Symptoms in Patients with Gastroparesis

“…1 2 percent of adults receive medical care for dyspepsia annually, 2 and dyspepsia accounts for at least 5% of general practitioner consultations. 3 Delayed gastric emptying of digestible solids or "gastroparesis" is present in approximately 40% of patients with functional dyspepsia [4][5] and is often considered the major etiology of their underlying symptoms. [6][7] Prokinetic drugs, including metoclopramide, domperidone, cisapride, and erythromycin, because of their ability to enhance gastric motility, are the mainstay of treatment in this group of patients.…”

A Study of Gastric Emptying in Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia Using a New Ultrasonographic Method

“…Non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD) is a common complaint in the ordinary population (1). It is becoming a topic of great interest because of its high incidence and poor response to treatment and also because of its uncertain pathogenesis.…”

Self-Administered Symptom Questionnaires in Patients with Dyspepsia and Their Yield in Discriminating between Endoscopic Diagnoses

“…Approximately 25% of the adults in the community report such complaints which account for up to 5% of the consultations in family practice [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. About half of these patients have an underlying structural explanation for their symptoms, such as peptic ulcer disease or reflux oesophagitis [10].…”