Diagnosed with non bleeding gastric ulcer

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You have a 42 year-old female who is diagnosed with a non bleeding gastric ulcer by EGD after presenting with epigastric pain, melena and a 20 weight loss over the past year. She has a PMH of asthma. She drinks 2-3 beers on the weekends and smokes about half a pack a day for 25 years. She has two children under 5 and is working. She is on ?ovent and albuterol and has taken prednisone for asthma exacerbations. She has not been on nonsteroidals or aspirin. What is the most important next step to identify and treat the etiology of her ulcer?

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