Journal article
Do patients need to fast for a 13C-urea breath test?
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT) is a useful non-invasive method of diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection. One of its limitations, however, is that patients have to fast for 4 h before testing. We have compared the accuracy of a non-fasting 13C-UBT (NF13C-UBT) with a fasting 13C-UBT (F13C-UBT) test and against a gold standard.
DESIGN: An unblinded prospective crossover study.
Authors
Moayyedi P; Braunholtz D; Heminbrough E; Clough M; Tompkins DS; Mapstone NP; Mason S; Dowell AC; Richards GID; Chalmers DM
Journal
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 275–277
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 1997
DOI
10.1097/00042737-199703000-00010
ISSN
0954-691X