[Prevalence of Barrett's esophagus in non-selected patients submitted to esophagogastroduodenoscopy and associated risk factors].

Objective: To establish the prevalence of the Barrett esophagus (BE) in non-selected patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) and identified risk factors associated.

Methods: Case-control study on patients who underwent UGE between 2001-2003. Demographic data was gathered as well as the presence of esophagitis, H.

[Evaluation of the symptomatology and quality of life in functional dyspepsia before and after Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment].

Background: Whether H. pylori infection plays a role in FD is ill defined; however, it is recommended to prescribe eradication treatment in patients with dyspepsia without alarm symptoms. Results of this advice are controversial, principally due to absence of instruments that provide an objective measure of changes in symptoms and quality of life.