Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

Overview: Gastritis technically refers to endoscopic or histological findings of inflammatory changes in the gastric mucosa; however, the term is often used clinically to refer to the symptoms of dyspepsia. The most common causes are Helicobacter pylori ...

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Presentations of gastritis and PUD usually are indistinguishable in the ED, and so the management is generally the same.http://bit.ly/bYmExM

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