Article: Diagnostic utility of impedance-pH monitoring in refractory non-erosive reflux disease CC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly...

CONTEXT Impairment of esophageal motility is a common finding in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as reduced lower esophageal sphincter (LES) basal pressure. A very low LES pressure might facilitate the occurrence of more gastroesophageal reflux whereas abnormal esophageal peristalsis may contribute to impaired esophageal clearance after reflux. OBJECTIVE Evaluate the esop...

BACKGROUND Gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic and recurrent disease, and it varies in regions. However, to date, there are no reports available on clinical features and the risk factors for the asymptomatic reflux esophagitis in Nepalese adults. METHODS Data were gathered from 142 erosive patients who had undergone endoscopy at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu. Los Angeles classifica...

Regurgitasi seringkali menyebabkan keadaan tidak nyaman pada bayi dan orangtua. Pendekatan diagnosis terapi yang rasional diperlukan agar kualitas hidup ibu tetap terjaga. Kriteria regurgitasi berdasarkan Rome IV. Deteksi alarm sign menjadi bagian pendekatan atau gastroesophageal reflux (GER). Alarm signs dapat dibagi dua kelompok, yaitu (1) kemungkinan GER Diseases (GERD) kelainan anatomi (2) ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis is an uncommon pathology that generally affects children with a history of allergies and intrinsic asthma. We present a clinical case of eosinophilic esophagitis in a 16-year-old boy with upper dysphagia for solids since childhood. The analytical study showed only a repeat serum eosinophilia. Barium transit disclosed a reduction in caliber of the whole esophagus. Functi...

The reflux of the gastric juice in the esophagus can determine the injury of the esophageal epithelium. When the healing of the lesion is done by replacing the normal squamous epithelium with columnar epithelium, the entity is called Barrett's esophagus (BE). Although controversial, some studies showed 0,5% per year the incidence of the esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with BE, 30 times mo...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Ten years ago we published a study describing the 6-month outcome of 33 outpatients with typical gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms and pH-metry proven excess gastro-oesophageal reflux but without endoscopical evidence of oesophagitis, currently referred to as patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease without oesophagitis. We now present an update of that report...

introduction: proximal displacement of stomach and gastro-esophageal junction into the thoracic cavity results in a condition known as hiatal hernia (hh). sometimes this entity is neglected in practice and the patient is handled as gastroesophageal reflux disease, asthma or other non-surgical diagnosis.case: here we present a 6 months-old female infant who present with bloody emesis since two m...