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Tagamet (cimetidine) is a H-2 blocker and is used to decrease the acidity of the stomach when treating peptic ulcers.
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What is the icd 9 for peptic ulcer disease?
536.9
Where in the body does peptic ulcer disease occur?
Peptic ulcer occur in stomach and duodenum. It is also occur at times in Meckel's diverticulum.
What does the medical abbreviation PUD mean?
Peptic Ulcer Disease
What is the purpose of ulcer surgery?
Ulcer surgery is used to relieve a present peptic ulcer disease and to prevent recurrence of it.
What is the treements for piptic ulcer and what is the disease and condition?
Treatment of peptic ulcers
What is the singular and plural of peptic ulcer?
Peptic ulcer is singular. Peptic ulcers is plural.
Dietary management for peptic ulcer and rationale?
mangement for peptic ulcer
What body system is affected by ulcer?
Peptic ulcers (also known as PUD, peptic ulcer disease) affects the digestive system, and the parts most commonly affected are the duodenum and the stomach.
A serious complication of peptic ulcer disease which is considered a medical emergency is?
If a gastric ulcer leads to perforation, it is a medical emergency.
Sore or lesion of the mucous membrane in the stomach or duodenum?
Peptic ulcer
Why is pyloroplasty used?
Pyloroplasty is a treatment for high-risk patients for gastric or peptic ulcer disease.
What disease is the administration of acetaminophen contraindicated?
Liver disorders.
