Identification of Helicobacter pylori infected patients, using administrative data

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1309-1316

  Thirumurthi, S ^a,b   Desilva, R ^a   Castillo, D L ^a   Richardson, P ^a   Abraham, N S ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE; UREASE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENDER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PEPTIC ULCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UREA BREATH TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 55349127501     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03845.x     Document Type: Article

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