GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease: An Update | WIMJ Open
... Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a disorder in which reflux of stomach contents causes troublesome symptoms and/or complications and which affects health-related quality of ...
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Gastro oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) related symptoms and its association with mood and anxiety disorders and psychological symptomology: a population based study in women
... Methodological limitations of the current study in- clude the cross-sectional design, which precludes tem- poral and causal speculation, self-reported GORD diagnosis and the lack of severity evaluation of GORD- related ...
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The evaluation of non acidic reflux and its relevance to gastro oesophageal reflux disease and Barrett's columnar lined oesophagus
... assess reflux episodes within a non acidic pH range (Skopnik et al, ...the oesophageal walls are collapsed and are covered by a thin film o f fluid, which results in a high resting ...acidic reflux ...
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Impact of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease on work productivity despite therapy with proton pump inhibitors in Germany
... the WPaI–GERD is the GERD-specific validated version of a general health measure that has been modified for several health conditions [18]. It was de- veloped to estimate the impact of heartburn and acid regurgitation on ...
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Hormone replacement therapy is associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a retrospective cohort study
... The aetiology of GORD remains unclear, although re- search has identified the main risk factors as heredity [9], increased body mass index (BMI) [10] and tobacco smoking [11]. Some studies indicate a stronger associ- ...
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Gastro oesophageal reflux disease : studies in physiology and innovations in surgical management
... the gastro-intestinal tract exhibits two kinds o f electrical activity, the basal electrical rhythm (BER) or gastric slow wave, and the action potential or spike ...the gastro-intestinal ...
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The prevalence of dental erosion in Nigerian patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
... The consumption of acidic beverages among the study population was low, hence the silence on its contribution to the overall disease level. Although this is controversial, the authors are of the opinion that ...
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<p>Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms and associated risk factors among medical students, Saudi Arabia</p>
... was not con fi rmed by other researchers; as no relationship between BMI and gastro-oesophageal re fl ux symptoms was found in a Swedish population-based study. 24 On the other hand, the relationship between ...
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A study of the symptoms of gastro oesophageal reflux disease and the associated risk factors in a tertiary care centre
... proven Gastro-esophageal reflux disease of age more than 18 years were enrolled in the ...stomach, oesophageal varices, history of corrosive ingestion, pregnant women and terminally ill ...
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The prevalence of upper respiratory symptoms in a cohort of adults presenting with symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
... GORD patients were those individuals who scored ≥ 12.5 on a previously validated interviewer administered GORD screening scale [17] and underwent upper gastro- intestinal (UGI) endoscopy. The GORD screening scale ...
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A Survey to Assess Quality of Life of Gastro‐Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Patients in Saudi Arabia
... Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is an ailment that occurs when stomach acid rises back into the ...acid reflux that ensues at least twice in a week ranging from severe to ...ant reflux ...
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Gastro oesophageal reflux disease increases the risk of intensive care unit admittance and mechanical ventilation use among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide population based cohort study
... Third, comorbidities were quantified according to the CCI. This index assigns a score to each disease that is pro- portionate to the disease-related risk of death. The arith- metic sum of scores of ...
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and non-asthma lung disease
... recognised disease-HRCT patterns ...abnormal oesophageal imaging, such as the finding of a dilated oesophagus with an air–fluid level or a large hiatus hernia, support a higher likelihood of proximal ...
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in type 2 diabetics: symptom load and pathophysiologic aspects - a retro-pro study
... All patients underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, stationary oesophageal manometry, barium oesopha- gogram, and 24-hour oesophageal pH-monitoring. Thereby, GERD was confirmed for all patients of both ...
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Gastro oesophageal reflux disease Impact of guidelines on GP management
... the use of once daily proton pump inhibitor (PPI) as initial therapy, on the basis that this provides high rates of symptom control and therefore provides useful diagnostic confirmation and usually prompt achievement of ...
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Prevalence of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms and reflux-associated respiratory symptoms in asthma
... of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland) and other statistical analyses by SPSS for Windows (version 10, SPSS ...
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Extension of the primary care research object model (PCROM) as clinical research information model (CRIM) for the “learning healthcare system”
... (Gastro- Oesophageal Reflux Disease, GORD) and Type 2 Diabetes mellitus, T2D) were described in UML activity diagrams using MS Visio? and Enterprise Architect? and formed the basis of the ...
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Impact of gastro-oesophageal reflux on microRNA expression, location and function
... Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease affects up to 50% of Western populations ...the oesophageal lumen is largely unprotected, lacking an adherent mucous barrier ...chronic reflux ...
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Cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
... Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is highly prevalent in IPF, yet classical symptoms are often absent [37, ...non-acid reflux in the airway is thought to induce epithelial damage ...
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Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and comparing the efficacy of different proton pump inhibitors for symptomatic relief based on endoscopic findings in a tertiary care hospital
... 28. Dekkers CP, Beker JA, Thjodleifsson B, Gabryelewicz A, Bell NE, Humphries TJ. Double-blind comparison [correction of Double-blind, placebo-controlled comparison] of rabeprazole 20 mg vs. omeprazole 20 mg in the ...
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