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CAG CLINICAL POSTER SESSION - TUESDAY

ESOPHAGEAL, GASTRIC & DUODENAL DISORDERS

[133] A NEW MEASURE OF QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH ACHALASIA: THE WESTERN ACHALASIA QUESTIONNAIRE
NV Khanna, F Rehman, HG Preiksaitis, R Reynolds, JC Gregor
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

[134] DO GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE PATIENTS WITH H. PYLORI INFECTION HAVE LESS SEVERE DISEASE THAN NON-INFECTED PATIENTS? - AN INTERIM ANALYSIS
CA Fallone, S Mayrand, G Wakil, AN Barkun
Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec

[135] COMPARABLE HIGHER EFFICACY OF PANTOPRAZOLE 40 MG VS. OMEPRAZOLE MUPS 40 MGIN HIGHLY COMPLIANT IN PATIENTS WITH GERD II/III
T Körner1, K Schütze2, RJM van Leendert3, I Fumagalli4, B Costa Neves5; G Gatz6, M Bohuschke6
1Suhl, Germany; 2Wien, Austria; 3Zwijndrecht, Netherlands; 4Locarno, Czech Republic; 5Portugal; 6Konstanz, Germany

[136] SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY OF COX-2 INHIBITORS
E Jolicoeur, A Rostom
Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

[137] EQUIVALENT EFFICACY OF PANTOPRAZOLE 40 MG AND ESOMEPRAZOLE 40 MG IN PATIENTS WITH GERD
R Eissele1, G Gatz2, U Hole2
1Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany; 2 Byk Gulden, Konstanz, Germany

[138] SIMILAR REDUCTION OF SYMPTOM LOAD WITHIN 4 WEEKS OF TREATMENT WITH PANTOPRAZOLE 40 MG OR ESOMEPRAZOLE 40 MG IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE GERD
T Scholten1, U Hole2, G Gatz2
1Hagen, Germany; 2Konstanz, Germany

[139] EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS: REVIEW OF LOCAL EXPERIENCE AT SAINTE-JUSTINE’S HOSPITAL
AMGA Sant’Anna1, S Rolland, JC Fournet, S Yazbeck, E Drouin
Pediatric Department, Gastroenterology Division, Pathology Department and Surgery Department; Sainte-Justine’s Hospital. University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec; 1Assistant Professor, UERJ, Brazil

[140] KNOWLEDGE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND SYMPTOM SEVERITY IN A DYSPEPSIA AND GERD PATIENT POPULATION
R Cawdron, D Armstrong
Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

[141] VALIDATING A DYSPEPSIA AND GERD KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE (DGKQ)
R Cawdron, D Armstrong
Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

[142] PATIENT EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN A DYSPEPSIA AND GERD PATIENT POPULATION
R Cawdron, D Armstrong
Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario

[143] INITIAL PPI THERAPY IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEARTBURN-DOMINANT UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD) IN PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE (PCP) – THE CADET-HR STUDY
D Armstrong1, AN Barkun2, N Chiba1, S Veldhuyzen van Zanten3, ABR Thomson4, S Smyth5, B Chakraborty5, P Sinclair6 and CADET-HR Investigators
1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 2McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; 3Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 4University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 5AstraZeneca Canada, Mississauga, Ontario; 6INSINConsulting, Ontario

[144] ‘START HIGH’ – A BETTER ACID SUPPRESSION STRATEGY FOR HEARTBURN-DOMINANT UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD) IN PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE – THE CADET-HR STUDY
D Armstrong1, AN Barkun2, N Chiba1, S Veldhuyzen van Zanten3, ABR Thomson4, S Smyth5, B Chakraborty5, P Sinclair6 and CADET-HR Investigators
1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 2McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; 3Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 4University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 5AstraZeneca Canada, Mississauga, Ontario; 6INSINConsulting, Ontario

[145] SYMPTOM RELAPSE AFTER ACUTE THERAPY FOR HEARTBURN-DOMINANT UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD) IN PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE (PCP) – THE CADET-HR STUDY
D Armstrong1, AN Barkun2, N Chiba1, S Veldhuyzen van Zanten3, ABR Thomson4, S Smyth5, B Chakraborty5, P Sinclair6 and CADET-HR Investigators
1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 2McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; 3Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 4University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 5AstraZeneca Canada, Mississauga, Ontario; 6INSINConsulting, Ontario

[146] HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION IN ALBERTAN HUTTERITE CHILDREN
JL Barkey, RB Scott, H Machida
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

[147] DOES ASA/NSAID USE PREDICT CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS (CSFs) AT ENDOSCOPY IN PATIENTS WITH UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD)? THE CADET-PE STUDY
ABR Thomson1, D Armstrong2, AN Barkun3, N Chiba2, S Veldhuyzen van Zanten4, RJ White5, S Escobedo5, P Sinclair6, and the CADET-PE Study Group7
1University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 2McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 3McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; 4Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 5AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Mississauga, Ontario; 6INSINConsulting, Ontario; 7Canada

[148] DOES HELICOBACTER PYLORI (HP) INFECTION PREDICT CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT FINDS (CSFs) AT ENDOSCOPY (EGD) IN PATIENTS WITH UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD)? THE CADET-PE STUDY
ABR Thomson1, D Armstrong2, AN Barkun3, N Chiba2, S Veldhuyzen van Zanten4, RJ White5, S Escobedo5, P Sinclair6, and the CADET-PE Study Group7
1University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 2McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 3McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; 4Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 5AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Mississauga, Ontario; 6INSINConsulting, Ontario; 7Canada

[149] THE HIGH PREVALENCE OF CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANTFINDINGS (CSFs) AT ENDOSCOPY (EGD) IN PATIENTS WITH UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD) IS NOT PREDICTED BY PATIENTS’ DYSPEPSIA SYMPTOMS (CADET-PE STUDY)
ABR Thomson1, D Armstrong2, AN Barkun3, N Chiba2, S Veldhuyzen van Zanten4, RJ White5, S Escobedo5, P Sinclair6, and the CADET-PE Study Group7
1University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 2McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 3McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; 4Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 5AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Mississauga, Ontario; 6INSINConsulting, Ontario; 7Canada

[150] REFLUX SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF UNINVESTIGATED DYSPEPSIA (UD): RESULTS FROM THE CADET-Hp STUDY
N Chiba1, SJO Veldhuyzen van Zanten2, ABR Thomson3, AN Barkun4, D Armstrong1, P Sinclair5, S Escobedo6, and the CADET-Hp Study Group7
1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; 2Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 3University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 4McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; 5INSINConsulting, Ontario; 6AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Mississauga, Ontario; 7Canada

[151] APPROPRIATENESS OF DISCONTINUATION OF INTRAVENOUS PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR (IVPPI) IN BLEEDING PEPTIC ULCER PATIENTS WITHOUT HIGH RISK ULCER STIGMATA AT ENDOSCOPY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
CN Andrews, I Zadieh, RA Enns
Departments of Medicine/GI, St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

[152] COST IMPLICATIONS OF ADMINISTERING INTRAVENOUS PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS TO ALL PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
Y Gagnon1 MSc, R Enns2, MA Eloubeidi3, MR Arguedas3, K Rioux2 , A Levy1,4 PhD and RUGBE investigators5
1OCCAM Research & Consulting Inc,2Division of Gastroenterology, St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, 3Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama; 4Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; 5Registry of UGI Bleeding and Endoscopy

[153] PRESCRIBING PRACTICES AND INDICATIONS FOR THE USE OF INTRAVENOUS PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS (IV PPI) IN AN URBAN TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
I Zadieh1, C Andrews1, M Brodie1, M Fishman2, M Hahn3, K Atkinson4, J Grey5, R Enns1
1St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; 2Richmond General Hospital, Richmond; 3Lion’s Gate Hospital, Vancouver; 4Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster; and 5Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia