Question 17N.3.SL.TZ0.17c
| Date | November 2017 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 17N.3.SL.TZ0.17c |
| Level | SL | Paper | 3 | Time zone | TZ0 |
| Command term | State | Question number | c | Adapted from | N/A |
The graph shows the relationship between gastrointestinal (GI) damage and gastric acidity in 37 healthy human volunteers.
[Source: Republished with permission of Elsevier Science and Technology Journals, from ‘Integrated gastric acidity can predict the prevention of naproxen-induced gastroduodenal pathology in normal subjects’, John Plachetka, Gaetano Morelli, Carolyn Hines, Julie Borland, Alison Lyke, Diane Littlefield, Jerry D. Gardner Gastroenterology, Vol. 124, Issue 4, 2003; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.]
Other than gastric acidity, state a primary cause of stomach ulcers.
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a. Helicobacter pylori/H. pylori «infection»
b. use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs/NSAID/aspirin/ibuprofen
Accept valid examples of NSAID but do not accept trade names
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