Sandifer syndrome (SS), a movement disorder which is characterised by spasmodic torsional dystonia with back arching and rigid opisthotonic posturing, negatively impacting predominantly the neck, back, upper extremities. Symptomatic gastro-esophageal reflux disease, esophagitis, or presence of hiatal hernia are all associated syndrome. The cause being uncertain, lifestyle adjustments modificati...

BACKGROUND Hospital performance is being benchmarked increasingly against surgical indicators such as 30-day mortality, length-of-stay, survival and post-surgery complication rates. The aim of this paper was to examine oesophagectomy rates and post-surgical outcomes in cancers of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction and to determine how the addition of gastro-oesophageal cancer to oes...

Over several centuries, oral dosage forms have remained incomparably superior to alternative medication delivery methods. For its ease of formulation and administration, stability, excellent rate patient compliance, the route is preferred. Gastric emptying has been a major drawback for drugs that stay very short period in stomach. An innovative method gastro-intestinal retention allows form gas...

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...

Dairy calves are extremely susceptible to gastro-intestinal disease during the pre-weaned period. The risk for enteric disease decreases as the calf ages; therefore, it is important to break the pre-weaned period up into at least 2 distinct phases that likely need to be managed differently, early life (1st and maybe the 2nd week of life) and the remaining time the calf is fed fluid. When a calf...

background: there is no data on the prevalence and the association of gastro esophageal reflux disease (gerd) with toxic fume inhalation. therefore, we aimed to evaluate the frequency distribution of gerd symptoms among the individuals with mild respiratory disorder due to the past history of toxic fume exposure to sulfur mustard (sm). materials and methods: in a historical cohort study, subjec...

Les fistules aorto-œsophagiennes et aorto-entériques sont des causes rares d’hémorragie gastro-intes­tinale. Leur faible incidence peut être à l’origine d’un retard de diagnostic d’une mortalité accrue.

INTRODUCTION We compared intubating with a preloaded bougie (PB) against standard bougie technique in terms of success rates, time to successful intubation and provider preference on a cadaveric airway model. METHODS In this prospective, crossover study, healthcare providers intubated a cadaver using the PB technique and the standard bougie technique. Participants were randomly assigned to st...

in this study, symbiotic yog-ice (rozen yogurt) was produced that was inoculated with different levels of inulin(0,2.5 amd 5%)as prebiotic compound and lactobacillus casei as probiotic bacteria in two types; free and encapsulated with sodium algint-whey protein concentration for low fat yog-ice cream.the survivability of this probiotic bacteria was evaluated under simulated gastro-intestinal co...