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Peptic Ulcer
Protocol implementation goal:
1. To provide patient with high quality treatment
meeting up-to-date standards of care
2. To reduce time spent by the patient at FPC
3. To decrease the recurrence rate and to prevent
overuse of antacids
ETIOLOGY:
Causes of peptic ulcer:
1. Use of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAID)
2. Bacterium Helicobacter pylori. (Helicobacter
pylori can also be detected in the absence of
ulcer symptoms.) All duodenal ulcer cases as
well as 2/3 of gastric ulcer cases are thought to
be associated with Helicobacter pylori.
3. Other causes (benign and malignant tumors)
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for General Practitioners