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| ISSN |
1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2015. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Meta-Analysis |
| Article Title |
Accuracy of urea breath test in Helicobacter pylori infection: Meta-analysis
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Invited Manuscript |
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Mazen Ferwana, Imad Abdulmajeed, Ali Alhajiahmed, Wedad Madani, Belal Firwana, Rim Hasan, Osama Altayar, Paul J Limburg, Mohammad Hassan Murad and Bandar Knawy |
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| Corresponding Author |
Mazen Ferwana, MD, ABFM, JBFM, PhD, National and Gulf Center for Evidence-Based Health Practice, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, P.O. Box 22490, Mail code 3120, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia. ferwanam@ngha.med.sa |
| Key Words |
Helicobacter pylori; Dyspepsia; Breath tests; Urea/analysis; Diagnosis; Sensitivity; Specificity; Gastritis; Positive predictive value; Negative predictive value |
| Core Tip |
Urea breath test (UBT) is a commonly used non-invasive test to diagnose Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in patients with dyspepsia. Multiple trials are available in literature, but they reported different diagnostic accuracy estimates. We conducted systemic review and meta-analysis to explore the available evidence and provide pooled diagnostic accuracy measures. Our meta-analysis showed that UBT has high diagnostic accuracy for detecting H. pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia. Given the potentially preventable diseases associated with chronic, untreated H. pylori infection, more widespread adoption of UBT testing may be indicated. |
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2015-01-27 15:33 |
| Citation |
Ferwana M, Abdulmajeed I, Alhajiahmed A, Madani W, Firwana B, Hasan R, Altayar O, Limburg PJ, Murad MH, Knawy B. Accuracy of urea breath test in Helicobacter pylori infection: Meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(4): 1305-1314 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i4/1305.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i4.1305 |
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