Are dyspepsia management guidelines coherent with primary care practice?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1269-1275

  Cardin, F ^a   Zorzi, M ^a   Furlanetto, A ^a   Guerra, C ^a   Bandini, F ^a   Polito, D ^a   Bano, F ^a   Grion, A M ^a   Toffanin, Roberto ^a  

^a Distretto Socio Sanitario 1 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Gastroscopy; Guidelines; Helicobacter pylori; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIULCER AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DRUG COST; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; STOMACH ULCER; ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DYSPEPSIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0036844958     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655202761020533     Document Type: Article

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