PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of the review is to discuss key studies conducted on the intriguing relationship between Helicobacter pylori and gastroesophageal reflux disease. RECENT FINDINGS Epidemiological studies have repeatedly described a negative association between H. pylori infection and erosive esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus, and esophageal adenocarcinoma, but not between H. pylori...

BACKGROUND Quality of life, poor in patients with reflux disease, improves significantly after an antireflux operation. The aim of this study was to determine the relative importance of the operative approach used for a fundoplication, as well as the successful elimination of reflux symptoms on long-term quality of life in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. METHODS A questionnaire...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major burden and leading cause of death worldwide. Comorbidities such as gastroesophageal reflux, arrhythmia, musculoskeletal disorders cancer affect the quality life COPD patients. Psychological factors, perception, active coping with disease, anxiety depression may also daily activities life.

OBJECTIVES The pathogenesis of middle ear infections in children is multifactorial and includes infection, anatomical factors, impaired immunologic status, allergy, familial predisposition, male sex, method of feeding and environmental factors. Glue ear remains the commonest cause of deafness in childhood. Gastroesophageal reflux (GOR) is a common problem in the newborn and preschool periods. R...

HYPOTHESIS Nausea associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease is cured by laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF). DESIGN Prospective cohort study of unselected patients who underwent LNF from January 1, 1995, through March 31, 1999. Patients were followed up by a physician for 6 to 36 months. SETTING A large community teaching hospital. PATIENTS One hundred consecutive patients with...

background the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux (gerd) and airway diseases is still a matter of debate. oscillometry is an objective, independent tool for the evaluation of airway resistance. the main purpose of this study is to comparespirometry and oscillometry results before and after treatment by a proton pump inhibitor (ppi) in a group of gerd patients who have no respiratory s...

INTRODUCTION The objective was to determine the frequency of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients and its role as a risk factor for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), which may be enhanced among those patients. METHODS The study is a prospective cohort study of mechanically ventilated pediatric patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of ...

Gastroesophageal reflux is a common phenomenon in infants, but the differentiation between gastroesophageal reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease can be difficult. Symptoms are non-specific and there is increasing evidence that the majority of symptoms may not be acid-related. Despite this, gastric acid inhibitors such as proton pump inhibitors are widely and increasingly used, often witho...

Aspiration Resulting from Gastroesophageal Reflux A Cause of Chronic Bronchopulmonary Disease T association of bronchopulmonary disease with gastroesophageal reflux is an old clinical observation. Aspiration of acid gastric content during sleep is the proposed mechanism. Unfortunately, the exact incidence of chronic bronchopulmonary disease due to aspiration associated with gastroesophageal ref...