Esophagitis, Peptic
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Oesophageal acid hypersensitivity is not a contraindication to Nissen fundoplication.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The Rome III criteria classify patients with a positive relationship between symptoms and reflux episodes but a physiological oesophageal acid exposure time as having gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) with an acid hypersensitive ... Read more...

Meta-analysis used to identify factors associated with the effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors against non-erosive reflux disease.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: A lack of published data remains on factors associated with the treatment response to proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD). METHODS: Studies on effectiveness of PPI in patients with NERD were ... Read more...

Clinical spectrum of reflux esophagitis among 25,536 Koreans who underwent a health check-up: a nationwide multicenter prospective, endoscopy-based study.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux is a commonly encountered condition, but detailed data on reflux symptoms in Asian countries are lacking. GOALS: To evaluate the prevalence and to document the clinical spectrum of endoscopic reflux esophagitis ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Esophagitis, Peptic'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Oesophageal acid hypersensitivity is not a contraindication to Nissen fundoplication. 30 Aug 2009
• Meta-analysis used to identify factors associated with the effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors against non-erosive reflux disease. 30 Jul 2009
• Questionnaires in gastroesophageal reflux disease: what do the answers mean? 30 Jul 2009
• Clinical spectrum of reflux esophagitis among 25,536 Koreans who underwent a health check-up: a nationwide multicenter prospective, endoscopy-based study. 30 Jul 2009
• Association of heartburn and laryngopharyngeal symptoms with endoscopic reflux esophagitis, smoking, and drinking. 30 Jul 2009
• Characteristic pathological findings and effects of ecabet sodium in rat reflux esophagitis. 26 Jul 2009
• Esophageal candidiasis in an immunocompetent girl. 7 Jul 2009
• Role of obesity in Barrett's esophagus and cancer. 29 Jun 2009
• Achievements in esophagology during 2008. 29 Jun 2009
• Evolving issues in the management of reflux disease? 29 Jun 2009
• Update on esophagitis: controversial and underdiagnosed causes. 29 Jun 2009
• Comparison of reflux esophagitis and its complications between African Americans and non-Hispanic whites. 19 Jun 2009
• Clinical experience of laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy with toupet-like partial fundoplication in early gastric cancer for preventing reflux esophagitis. 16 Jun 2009
• [Role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of esophageal mucosal injury in children with reflux esophagitis] 30 May 2009
• [Stress, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, estrogens. What increases reflux symptoms?] 26 May 2009
• Recurrent caustic esophagitis: a clinical form of Münchausen syndrome by proxy. 21 May 2009
• Gastroscopy in immigrants of Turkish descent. 17 May 2009
• Comparison of gastroesophageal reflux in 100 patients with or without prior gastroesophageal surgery. 10 May 2009
• H. pylori eradication prevents the progression of gastric intestinal metaplasia in reflux esophagitis patients using long-term esomeprazole. 10 May 2009
• Clinical trial: factors associated with resolution of heartburn in patients with reflux oesophagitis--results from the EXPO study. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Esophagitis, Peptic'

Definition: INFLAMMATION of the ESOPHAGUS that is caused by the reflux of GASTRIC JUICE with contents of the STOMACH and DUODENUM.

Descriptor UI: D004942

Alternative terms: Esophagitis, Peptic; Esophagitides, Peptic; Peptic Esophagitides; Peptic Esophagitis; Esophagitis, Reflux; Esophagitides, Reflux; Reflux Esophagitides; Reflux Esophagitis;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C06.405.117.620.420; C06.405.205.663.420; C06.405.608.348;