Author/s: Hannah C. Matthews, Jason T. Alexander
Guideline title ACG Clinical Guideline: Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Release date September 2024
Prior version 2017
Developer American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
Target population Outpatients aged 18 years or older with H pylori infection, with...
Author/s: George F Sawaya, Bennett Lareau, Robyn Lamar
Each year in the US, an estimated 200 000 patients1 receive a diagnosis of precancerous cervical lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common of which are cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grades 2 (CIN2) and 3 (CIN3), also known as high-grade squamous intraepithelial...
Author/s: Ophir Lavon, Wafaa Hamodi, Sameer Kassem
Background: Evidence supporting the use of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals aged ≥ 80 years remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term clinical benefits and safety of statins for primary prevention in patients aged 80 years and older...
Author/s: Wafaa Hamodi, Ophir Lavon, Samir Kassem
ABSTRACT Background: Evidence supporting the use of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals aged≥ 80 years remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term clinical benefits and safety of statins for primary prevention in patients aged 80 years...
Author/s: Wafaa Hamodi, Ophir Lavon, Samir Kassem
ABSTRACT Background: Evidence supporting the use of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals aged≥ 80 years remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term clinical benefits and safety of statins for primary prevention in patients aged 80 years...
Author/s: Wafaa Hamodi, Ophir Lavon, Samir Kassem
ABSTRACT Background: Evidence supporting the use of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals aged≥ 80 years remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term clinical benefits and safety of statins for primary prevention in patients aged 80 years...
Author/s: Gillian M. Nixon, Deborah Anderson, Alice Baker
Importance: Symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea are common in childhood and associated with significant comorbidity. Surgical treatment with adenotonsillectomy is first-line treatment but medical treatments show potential to improve symptoms and reduce the need for surgery.
Objective: To...
Author/s: Prashant Singh, Allen Lee, Neil M. Sheth
Importance: Chronic diarrhea is defined as loose or watery stools lasting longer than 4 weeks and affects approximately 6% to 7% of adults in the US. More than 90% of patients with chronic diarrhea have a noninfectious etiology.
Observations: The most common causes of chronic,...
Author/s: Karen L. Furie, Peter J. Kelly
The risk of recurrent ischemic stroke can be reduced by managing modifiable risk factors and instituting a regimen of mechanism-specific secondary stroke prevention. Strategies for secondary prevention should be instituted as early as possible. Poststroke monitoring of risk metrics, lifestyle...
Author/s: Eric McMullen, Ammar Saed Aldien, Cathryn Sibbald, Jeffrey Donovan
Female pattern hair loss (FPHL) is a common, nonscarring hair-loss disorder. Prevalence of FPHL increases with age; 12% of females will have symptoms by age 29 years, 25% by age 50 years, and 41% to 50% at age 70 years and older. Risk factors include genetics and endocrinological diseases (e.g...