[Coordination between primary and specialized care in gastroenterology is insufficient. A survey of gastroenterologists and general practitioners].

Background And Objectives: Collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and specialists is considered crucial to provide high-quality healthcare. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between gastroenterologists and GPs in regional hospitals and their referring primary care centers in Catalonia (Spain).

Materials And Methods: A descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study was carried out using anonymous questionnaires between January and April 2008.

[Prospective validation of a clinical scoring system for the diagnosis of organic dyspepsia].

Background And Objective: Predictive symptomatic scoring models have been proposed to select patients with dyspepsia, who may be candidates to endoscopy. In a previous study performed by gastroentrologists from our group, we obtained three scales of symptoms to predict organic dyspepsia, peptic ulcer and esophagitis, respectively. Here we analyze the reproducibility of those scoring models of symptoms when used either by other gastroenterologists or general practitioners.