1 Master of Public Health, Master of Health Administration, Hepatology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Fundación Cardio-Infantil, Bogotá, Colombia. 2 Second Year Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad del Rosario, Fundación Cardio-Infantil, Bogotá, Colombia. 3 Internist, Gastro-hepatologist in the Hepatology Section of the Department of Internal Medicine, Fundación Car...

We have compared barium swallow with a radionuclide gastro-oesophageal scintigraphy (milk scan) method of detecting gastro-oesophageal reflux in 26 infants. In 17 cases, presenting as near miss sudden infant death syndrome, reflux was detected in 2 by barium swallow and in 8 by scintigraphy. In the remaining 9 infants with suspected pulmonary aspiration, reflux was demonstrated by barium swallo...

BACKGROUND In humans, high concentrations of nitric oxide are generated luminally at the gastro-oesophageal junction through enterosalivary recirculation of dietary nitrate. AIM To investigate whether luminal nitric oxide can diffuse into the adjacent digestive tissue and alter tissue integrity. METHODS We designed an animal model using Wistar rats in which physiological concentrations of n...

• To learn the anatomy of the gastro-intestinal tract; • To learn the physiology of the gastro-intestinal tract especially with regard to nutrition; • To learn the consequences of critical illness on the function of the gastro-intestinal tract; • To learn the causes of disturbances in the balance between intestinal bacteria and their effects on the function of the bowel; • To learn the conseque...

Portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis is the cause of many dangerous complications, such as hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, and gastro-oesophageal variceal bleeding. Gastrooesophageal variceal bleeding is the cause of more than one-third of deaths in patients with liver cirrhosis [3]. H.pylori infection has a role in some diseases as peptic ulcer [4] portal hypertensive gastropathy [5...

The study aims to evaluate, at medium- and long-term follow-up, the efficacy of Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication to control both gastro-oesophageal and pharyngeal reflux, detected with the use of 24-hour pH-multi-channel intra-luminal impedance. Of the 1000 patients who underwent Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication in our Division since 1972, the laparoscopic approach was adopted in 428 consecutive pa...

The effect of fundoplication on patterns of gastro-oesophageal reflux and the underlying motor mechanisms were investigated in 18 patients with symptomatic reflux. Oesophageal motility and pH were recorded concurrently after a standard meal. Studies were performed preoperatively and from 5 to 27 months after surgery. Fundoplication virtually eliminated reflux in all but three patients. Control ...

In the last few years, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease has received renewed interest from the ENT specialists. The symptomatology can vary on account of the differences between the gastro-oesophageal reflux and the laryngo-pharyngeal reflux as far as concerns both symptomatology and clinical-pathogenic aspects. The symptoms and the clinical laryngoscopic aspects are discussed.