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==Results==
==Results==
# ANMC H. Pylori Treatment Guideline has no significant changes pertinent to the YKHC guideline.  Of note, ANMC has started a study of offering EGD for gastric cancer screening for patients with a first-degree relative (parent, sibling, or child) with gastric cancer; they are treating to eradicate H. pylori in this group regardless of findings; but this treatment is limited to the study patients.
# ANMC H. Pylori Treatment Guideline has no significant changes pertinent to the YKHC guideline.  Of note, ANMC has started a study of offering EGD for gastric cancer screening for patients with a first-degree relative (parent, sibling, or child) with gastric cancer; they are treating to eradicate H. pylori in this group regardless of findings; but this treatment is limited to the study patients and thus is not applicable to our practice in Bethel.
# PubMed search returned 49 articles.  The only article published since the prior literature search (in 2017) to address treatment in our setting was the CDC conference summary,<ref name="Nolen2020"/> which continues to explicitly advocate the current algorithm/guideline.
# PubMed search returned 49 articles.  The only article published since the prior literature search (in 2017) to address treatment in our setting was the CDC conference summary,<ref name="Nolen2020"/> which continues to explicitly advocate the current algorithm/guideline.
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==Guideline Changes==
==Guideline Changes==
#Under treatment indications, "Intestinal Metaplasia" is changed to "Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia" to prevent any confusion with Barrett's esophagus.
#Under treatment indications, "Intestinal Metaplasia" is changed to "Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia" (to prevent any confusion with Barrett's esophagus).
#Addition of box specifying test of cure details.
#Addition of box specifying test of cure details.
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Revision as of 01:25, 13 January 2022


Reason[s] for update

Routine 2-year update.

Methods

>Hosted by the CDC in Anchorage, Alaska
>Experts were longstanding, world-renown researchers
>Results were published in Gastroenterology in April 2020[1]


Results

  1. ANMC H. Pylori Treatment Guideline has no significant changes pertinent to the YKHC guideline. Of note, ANMC has started a study of offering EGD for gastric cancer screening for patients with a first-degree relative (parent, sibling, or child) with gastric cancer; they are treating to eradicate H. pylori in this group regardless of findings; but this treatment is limited to the study patients and thus is not applicable to our practice in Bethel.
  2. PubMed search returned 49 articles. The only article published since the prior literature search (in 2017) to address treatment in our setting was the CDC conference summary,[1] which continues to explicitly advocate the current algorithm/guideline.


Guideline Changes

  1. Under treatment indications, "Intestinal Metaplasia" is changed to "Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia" (to prevent any confusion with Barrett's esophagus).
  2. Addition of box specifying test of cure details.



Author: Andrew W. Swartz, MD

References


  1. 1.0 1.1 Nolen LD, Vindigni SM, Parsonnet J; Symposium leaders. Combating Gastric Cancer in Alaska Native People: An Expert and Community Symposium. Gastroenterology. 2020 Apr;158(5):1197-1201. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.11.299. PMID: 31836529; PMCID: PMC7103478. DOI:10.1053/j.gastro.2019.11.299