Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the Management of Helicobacter pylori - An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Six Topics Relevant to Clinical Outcomes in Patients Evaluated for H pylori Infection

As an update to previously published recommendations for the management of Helicobacter pylori infection, an evidence-based appraisal of six topics was undertaken in a consensus conference sponsored by the Canadian Helicobacter Study Group. The issues addressed and recommendations made were: bismuth...

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Main Authors: Richard Hunt, Carlo Fallone, Sander Veldhuyzan van Zanten, Phil Sherman, Fiona Smaill, Nigel Flook, Alan Thomson, all participants of CHSG 2004
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/326767
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Sander Veldhuyzan van Zanten
Phil Sherman
Fiona Smaill
Nigel Flook
Alan Thomson
all participants of CHSG 2004
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description As an update to previously published recommendations for the management of Helicobacter pylori infection, an evidence-based appraisal of six topics was undertaken in a consensus conference sponsored by the Canadian Helicobacter Study Group. The issues addressed and recommendations made were: bismuth-containing quadruple therapy is appropriate as an alternative first-line eradication strategy for H pylori infection; searching for and treating H pylori infection is warranted in patients considered to be at high risk for gastric cancer; H pylori infection should be eradicated before initiating long-term treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or acetylsalicylic acid; the stool antigen test has a limited role in the diagnosis of H pylori infection; the benefits of H pylori eradication in patients on long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy are not sufficient to warrant recommending a strategy of searching for and eradicating the infection among these patients; and a strategy of 'test and eradicate' for H pylori infection in patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia is cost-effective in Canada relative to a trial of proton pump inhibitor therapy. The goal was to establish guidelines on the best evidence using the same structure to address and formulate recommendations for each issue. The degree of consensus for each issue is presented.
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spelling doaj-art-e8270aa1d69f4156ab2f42570d02d2d62025-08-20T03:21:00ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002004-01-0118954755410.1155/2004/326767Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the Management of Helicobacter pylori - An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Six Topics Relevant to Clinical Outcomes in Patients Evaluated for H pylori InfectionRichard Hunt0Carlo Fallone1Sander Veldhuyzan van Zanten2Phil Sherman3Fiona Smaill4Nigel Flook5Alan Thomson6all participants of CHSG 2004McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaMcGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaThe Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaAs an update to previously published recommendations for the management of Helicobacter pylori infection, an evidence-based appraisal of six topics was undertaken in a consensus conference sponsored by the Canadian Helicobacter Study Group. The issues addressed and recommendations made were: bismuth-containing quadruple therapy is appropriate as an alternative first-line eradication strategy for H pylori infection; searching for and treating H pylori infection is warranted in patients considered to be at high risk for gastric cancer; H pylori infection should be eradicated before initiating long-term treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or acetylsalicylic acid; the stool antigen test has a limited role in the diagnosis of H pylori infection; the benefits of H pylori eradication in patients on long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy are not sufficient to warrant recommending a strategy of searching for and eradicating the infection among these patients; and a strategy of 'test and eradicate' for H pylori infection in patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia is cost-effective in Canada relative to a trial of proton pump inhibitor therapy. The goal was to establish guidelines on the best evidence using the same structure to address and formulate recommendations for each issue. The degree of consensus for each issue is presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/326767
spellingShingle Richard Hunt
Carlo Fallone
Sander Veldhuyzan van Zanten
Phil Sherman
Fiona Smaill
Nigel Flook
Alan Thomson
all participants of CHSG 2004
Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the Management of Helicobacter pylori - An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Six Topics Relevant to Clinical Outcomes in Patients Evaluated for H pylori Infection
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
title Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the Management of Helicobacter pylori - An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Six Topics Relevant to Clinical Outcomes in Patients Evaluated for H pylori Infection
title_full Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the Management of Helicobacter pylori - An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Six Topics Relevant to Clinical Outcomes in Patients Evaluated for H pylori Infection
title_fullStr Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the Management of Helicobacter pylori - An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Six Topics Relevant to Clinical Outcomes in Patients Evaluated for H pylori Infection
title_full_unstemmed Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the Management of Helicobacter pylori - An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Six Topics Relevant to Clinical Outcomes in Patients Evaluated for H pylori Infection
title_short Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the Management of Helicobacter pylori - An Evidence-Based Evaluation of Six Topics Relevant to Clinical Outcomes in Patients Evaluated for H pylori Infection
title_sort canadian helicobacter study group consensus conference update on the management of helicobacter pylori an evidence based evaluation of six topics relevant to clinical outcomes in patients evaluated for h pylori infection
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