title: Effects of eradication therapy on gastric emptying in patients with Helicobacter pylori-positive duodenal ulcers.
abstract: In this study 28 patients with Helicobacter pylori-positive duodenal ulcers were treated with a 7-day triple-therapy regimen (omeprazole, clarithromycin, amoxycillin). Gastric emptying time was measured scintigraphically before and after therapy. Only 13 patients attended regularly for their endoscopic and scintigraphic follow-ups. Gastric emptying time was 57.6+/-16.5 min in 28 patients before therapy, and 44.4+/-13.9 min after therapy (44.7+/-7.9 min in the control group). The present study demonstrated gastric emptying time to be longer in the ulcer patients compared with healthy controls and that, after eradication therapy, gastric emptying time became almost normal in the ulcer patients.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Department, Atatürk University Medical Faculty, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Onuk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uslu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000187:drug effects*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009853:Omeprazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000658:Amoxicillin; D017291:Clarithromycin; D009853:Omeprazole