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Last reviewed: 3 Aug 2025
Last updated: 19 Aug 2025

Summary

Definition

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presence of risk factors
  • dyspepsia/epigastric discomfort
  • no suspicious features of malignancy
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite
  • severe emesis
  • acute abdominal pain
  • fever
  • altered reflexes or sensory deficits
  • cognitive impairment
  • glossitis
  • co-existing autoimmune disease
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Fatores de risco

  • Helicobacter pylori infection
  • non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use
  • alcohol use/toxic ingestions
  • previous gastric surgery
  • critically ill patients
  • autoimmune disease
  • immunocompromise
  • infected peritoneojugular venous shunt
  • North European or Scandinavian ancestry
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • Helicobacter pylori urea breath test
  • Helicobacter pylori faecal antigen test
  • FBC
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • endoscopy
  • Helicobacter pylori rapid urease test
  • gastric mucosal histology
  • serum vitamin B12
  • upper gastrointestinal (GI) contrast series
  • blood/fluid cultures
  • parietal cell antibodies
  • intrinsic factor antibodies
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Novos exames

  • Helicobacter pylori culture/polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

at risk of stress gastritis

AGUDA

Helicobacter pylori associated

erosive

autoimmune

bile reflux

phlegmonous gastritis

Colaboradores

Autores

Eli D. Ehrenpreis, MD, FACG, AGAF

Associate Director for Research

Internal Medicine Residency

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge

IL

Declarações

EDE declares that he has no competing interests.

Nick Adimi, MD, MS

Internal Medicine Resident

Department of Medicine

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge

IL

Divulgaciones

NA declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Eli D. Ehrenpreis and Dr Nick Adimi would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Nicole Marie Gentile, Dr Parakkal Deepak, and Dr Elad Eichenwald, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

NMG, PD, and EE declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Shazia Siddique, MD, MSHP

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

PA

Divulgaciones

SS declares that she has no competing interests.

Anthony Axon, MB, BS, MD, FRCP

Professor and Consultant Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds

UK

Divulgaciones

AA is the author of studies referenced in this topic.

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

Glickman JN, Antonioli DA. Gastritis. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2001 Oct;11(4):717-40. Resumen

Chey WD, Howden CW, Moss SF, et al. ACG clinical guideline: treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 Sep 1;119(9):1730-53.Texto completo  Resumen

Artículos de referencia

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    • Peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
    • Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
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    • ACG clinical guideline: treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection
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