Management of gastrointestinal disease: Returning it to primary care;La prise en charge des maladies gastro-intestinales: De retour aux soins de première ligne

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 685-686

  Flook, Nigel W ^a,b  

^a Canadian Soc Prim Care Gastroent ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKLOAD;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 2442697608     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

References (7)

1. Flook N. Canadian colorectal cancer. Summary of screening guidelines. Can Fam Physician 2004;50:592-3.
2. Sampliner RE, Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology. Updated guidelines for the diagnosis, surveillance, and therapy of Barrett's esophagus, Am J Gastroenterol 2002;97:1888-95.
3. Axon AT, Bell GD, Jones RH, Quine MA, McCloy RF. Guidelines on appropriate indications for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Working Party of the Joint Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Association of Surgeons, the Britsish Society of Gastroenterology, and the Thoracic Society of Great Britain. BMJ 1995;310:853-6.
4. Thomson AB, Barkun AN, Armstrong D, Chiba N, White RJ, Daniels S, et al. The prevalence of clinically significant endoscopic findings in primary care patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia: the Canadian Adult Dyspepsia Empiric Treatment - Prompt Endoscopy (CADET-PE) study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003;17(12):1481-91.
5. Holten KB, Wetherington A, Bankston L. Diagnosing the patient with abdominal pain and altered bowel habits: is it irritable bowel syndrome? Am Fam Physician 2003;67:2157-62.
6. Veldhuyzen van Zanten SJ, Flook N, Chiba N, Armstrong D, Barkun A, Bradette M, et al. An evidence-based approach to the management of uninvestigated dyspepsia in the era of Helicobacter pylori. Canadian Dyspepsia Working Group. CMAJ 2000;162(12 Suppl):S3-S23.
7. Mock T, Yatscoff R, Foster R, Hyun JH, Chang IS, Shim CS, et al. Clinical validation of the Helikit: a 13C urea breath test used for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection. Chin Binchem 1999;32(1):59-63. Available from: www.isodiagnostika.com/helikit/. Accessed 2004 Mar 12.