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Gastritis and peptic ulcer disease

Lifestyle modifications

NUTRITION

  • ALCOHOL: Patients with alcohol associated gastritis should reduce or avoid alcohol (1)

  • VITAMIN B12: Patients with autoimmune gastritis have increased risk of reduced vitamin b12 absorption and deficiency (1).


SMOKING

  • Smoking damages the gastric mucosa (2)

  • Smoking increases the risk of eradication failure of Helicobacter pylori (1)

References

Resources

Evidence Pyramid

EXPLANATION TO EVIDENCE PRESENTATION

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Evidence based on guidelines and evidence based Clinical Decision Systems is written in BOLD

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Evidence based on meta analysis or systematic reviews is written in BOLD and CURSIVE

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Evidence based on randomized controlled trials is written in plain font

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Evidence based on observational / cohort studies is written in CURSIVE

Figure: Evidence pyramid

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