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Gaviscon Double Action Liquid (antacid & alginate) is more effective than antacid in controlling post-prandial oesophageal acid exposure in GERD patients: a double-blind crossover study.

BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown that Gaviscon Double Action Liquid (a combination alginate-antacid) administered post-prandially co-localises with the acid pocket, the 'reservoir' for post-prandial acid reflux. AIM To compare the effectiveness of Gaviscon Double Action Liquid to an equivalent strength antacid without alginate in controlling post-prandial acid reflux in GERD patients. M...

Double blind comparison of omeprazole (40 mg od) versus cimetidine (400 mg qd) in the treatment of symptomatic erosive reflux oesophagitis, assessed endoscopically, histologically and by 24 h pH monitoring.

This double blind, double dummy study compares the rate of healing of erosive reflux oesophagitis, assessed endoscopically, with four and eight weeks treatment using omeprazole or cimetidine, and the effect of four and eight weeks treatment of reflux oesophagitis with omeprazole or cimetidine on reflux symptoms, microscopic healing, and in a subgroup of patients, oesophageal pH measurements. Om...

Vesicoureteral reflux in patients with double pigtail stents.

A prospective study of 30 renal units in 27 patients with double pigtail ureteral stents seen at our hospital was done. The aim of the study was to confirm or rule out the occurrence of vesicoureteral reflux radiologically, and to define its degree in stented patients. During the filling phase of the cystourethrogram, reflux occurred in 19 of the 30 renal units (63%). Of those 19 renal units th...

Dual-radionuclide simultaneous gastric emptying and bile transit study after gastric surgery with double-tract reconstruction.

OBJECTIVE The physiology of gastrointestinal transfer function after proximal gastrectomy with bypass-tract reconstruction is not well understood. We applied a simultaneous dual-radionuclide method with a hepatobiliary imaging and gastric emptying study to evaluate physiologic alterations occurring after surgery. METHODS Nineteen patients with early gastric cancer, including 9 preoperative co...