Background: With dwindling rates of postoperative mortality in perforated peptic ulcer that is attributable to H 2-receptor blocker usage, there is a need to shift the focus towards the prevention ...
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a common disorder, whose complications can result in hospitalization and death. Small studies have suggested that patients who have comorbid conditions have excess ...
The organism Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is known to be the causative factor in many ulcers occurring in, or just out-side, the stomach. It has also been associated with an increased risk of ...