H. Pylori Testing for Patients With Non-specific Upper Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department (NCT01376414) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
H. Pylori Testing for Patients With Non-specific Upper Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
United States212 participantsStarted 2011-03
Plain-language summary
This pilot study aims to estimate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonization in patients presenting with non-specific abdominal pain (NSAP) in an urban academic emergency department (ED) located in Washington, DC.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
For any patient with chief complaint of "ABD", "STOM", "EPIG", "CHEST", "NAUS" "Do you have pain or discomfort or burning in your upper abdomen as the main reason for coming to ER today?"
Exclusion Criteria:
* The patient LESS than 18 years old.
* Patient does NOT speak English NOR has reliable adult translator.
* Patient does NOT have capacity to give consent? (confused/intoxicated/etc.)
* The patient currently is on antibiotics.
* The patient currently is on a PPI. (eg. Prilosec \[omeprazole\]), protonix \[pantoprazole\], prevacid \[lansoprazole\], aciphex \[rabeprazole\], nexium \[esomeprazole\]
* The patient has taken bismuth or pepto-bismol today.
* The patient is known to be or suspected to be pregnant.
* The patient UNABLE to walk to H.pylori Breath test.
* The patient had "recent" negative H.pylori test for same symptoms.
* There an "obvious alternative cause" for pain (per attending).
What they're measuring
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Prevalence of H. pylori infection in ED patients with symptomatic abdominal pain