Dyspepsia Management Guidelines

Category: Physician Guidelines | April 22, 2009 | Comments: 0 Comments
Sponsored Links



Dyspepsia popularly known as indigestion, meaning hard or difficult digestion, is a medical condition characterized by Algorithm for the management of uninvestigated dyspepsia chronic or recurrent pain in the upper abdomen, upper abdominal fullness and feeling full earlier than expected when eating (source: wikipedia.org). The following dyspepsia guidelines were developed under the auspices of the American College of Gastroenterology and its Practice Parameters Committee and approved by the Board of Trustees.

In this guideline we can find sections such Epidemiology of Dyspepsia, Diagnostic Testing, Pathophysiological disturbances in endoscopy, Alarm features and identification of structural disease in uninvestigated dyspepsia, Management options in younger patients, Test and treat H. pylori, Prompt endoscopy, Empiric antisecretory therapy in uninvestigated dyspepsia, Economic Models of Dyspepsia Management, Management of Documented Functional Dyspepsia, and Additional Diagnoses and Testing in Refractory Cases.

Nicholas J. Talley, M.D., Ph.D.,from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and colleagues were the authors of this dyspepsia guidelines. Complete read about Dyspepsia Management Guidelines in 14 pages/155 Kb with this link to download.

Sponsored Links



Leave a Reply