ALLMedicine™ Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Center

May 15th, 2022 - Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder that has profound implications on the outcomes of patients with chronic lung disease. The hallmark of OSA is a collapse of the oropharynx resulting in a transient reduction in airflow, l...

May 15th, 2022 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may present as nonerosive reflux disease (NERD), erosive esophagitis (EE), or be complicated by Barrett's esophagus (BE). The explanation as to what determines the phenotype of GERD is awaited. Therefore, we ...

May 14th, 2022 - Proton pump inhibitors, as the first-line drugs for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), are unable to completely relieve patients' symptoms and patients are prone to recurrence after prolonged drug withdrawal. Thus, it is crucial to f...

May 11th, 2022 - Patients with suspected laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) present with a variety of symptoms, such as cough, hoarseness, and globus sensation, and often do not have the classic features associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease. To achieve grea...

May 10th, 2022 - Patients with GERD diagnosed based on the GerdQ score who meet the inclusion criteria and do not meet the exclusion criteria will be included in the study. After randomization, patients will be divided into 2 groups: control group and intervention...

Feb 6th, 2022 - As many as one-half of all patients with suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) do not derive benefit from acid suppression. This review outlines a personalized diagnostic and therapeutic approach to GERD symptoms. The Best Practice Advi...

Nov 20th, 2021 - Chronic cough is defined by a duration lasting at least 8 weeks. The most common causes of chronic cough include smoking-related lung disease, upper airway cough syndrome, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and nonasthmatic eosinophilic bron...

Nov 20th, 2021 - Epigastric pain can have multiple etiologies including myocardial infarction, pancreatitis, acute aortic syndromes, gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, duodenal ulcer disease, gastric cancer, and hiatal h...

Jul 7th, 2021 - S.J., a 68-year-old Black man, comes to your office to establish care after recently moving to the area. S.J. has a history of allergic rhinitis, osteoarthritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Additionally, he has a 39-pack-year history of s...

Aug 10th, 2020 - Esophageal symptoms are common and may indicate the presence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), structural processes, motor dysfunction, behavioral conditions, or functional disorders. Esophageal physiologic tests are often performed when ...

May 10th, 2022 - Patients with GERD diagnosed based on the GerdQ score who meet the inclusion criteria and do not meet the exclusion criteria will be included in the study. After randomization, patients will be divided into 2 groups: control group and intervention...

May 9th, 2022 - Subjects will undergo an upper endoscopy with EndoFLIP before sleeve gastrectomy to measure parameters from endoscopy and EndoFLIP device to develop a prediction model for post-operative gastroesophageal reflux disease. Subjects will undergo a rep...

Apr 12th, 2022 - Study Aims The primary outcome of the study is to determine if positional therapy, using the LEFT device, is effective in improving nighttime GERD-related symptoms. The secondary outcome of the study is to determine if positional therapy improves ...

Apr 12th, 2022 - There have been several published studies using Endoflip™ to assess the pyloric sphincter in small number of participants. In the first study, Gourcerol et al showed that pyloric compliance is decreased in gastroparesis patients compared to 21 hea...

Apr 11th, 2022 - Foregut surgery includes conditions of the esophagus, stomach and proximal small intestine. More specifically foregut surgery includes surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal hernias, and paraesophageal hernias. Patients undergoing for...

May 12th, 2022 - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common interstitial lung disease. Although the cause of IPF is unknown, factors thought to increase an individual's risk of developing IPF include a history of smoking, gastroesophageal reflux diseas...

Apr 27th, 2022 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), similar outcomes were achieved with posterior partial (PF) or total fundoplication (TF) at the 15-year follow-up to a randomized trial. "The Nissen fundoplication...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Use of per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia increased dramatically during the past decade, a retrospective study found, and while the procedure appears just as safe as laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM), it led to greater hea...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Evidence is accumulating that for patients with type 1 diabetes who have a family history of it ― defined as having at least one first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes — the disease is often substantially different from that of people with spo...

Apr 19th, 2022 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...