Over the past decades, there has been a clear trend towards an increase in number of patients suffering from cholelithiasis, especially among persons working age. At same time, early phase disease (biliary sludge), which commonly proceeds without clinical symptoms, acquires greatest relevance. Besides, cholelithiasis course can also be accompanied by biliary dyskinesia, accelerates process calc...

Gastroesophageal reflux is a common problem that occurs in the pediatric population. Gastroesophageal reflux refers to the retrograde passage of gastric contents into the esophagus. Current thinking implicates transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations as a major cause for reflux. Infants generally present with symptoms of regurgitation, whereas symptoms of esophagitis are more common in ...

In a double blind crossover comparison with placebo, the effects of cisapride (10 mg tid for two weeks), a non-antidopaminergic gastrointestinal prokinetic drug, on gastric emptying times and on symptoms were evaluated in 12 patients with chronic idiopathic dyspepsia and gastroparesis. Gastric emptying was studied by a radioisotopic gamma camera technique. The test meal was labelled in the soli...

Volume 18, No. 462, October 2016 Simethicone for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy Nowadays, the esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) still remains, not only the standard diagnostic test for the upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract diseases, (figure 1) but also has been used as a therapeutic procedure for many conditions for example; stopping of UGI bleeding, tumor removals, dilation or stenting for s...