Review article: gastro-oesophageal reflux disease as a functional gastrointestinal disorder

GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX The association between gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and asthma: a systematic review

Background and aim: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) has been linked to a number of extraesophageal symptoms and disorders, primarily in the respiratory tract. This systematic review aimed to provide an estimate of the strength and direction of the association between GORD and asthma. Methods: Studies that assessed the prevalence or incidence of GORD in individuals with asthma, or of as...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Over past decades, considerable shifts in thinking about the disease have taken place. At a time when radiology was the only diagnostic test available, reflux disease was regarded as synonymous with hiatus hernia. After the advent of the flexible endoscope, reflux disease was, for a period, equa...

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease