EXTRAESOPHAGEAL PRESENTATIONS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE - THE CASE FOR AGGRESSIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Authors
RICHTER JE
Citation
Je. Richter, EXTRAESOPHAGEAL PRESENTATIONS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE - THE CASE FOR AGGRESSIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 64(1), 1997, pp. 37-45
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
08911150
Volume
64
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
37 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-1150(1997)64:1<37:EPOGRD>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has a number of extraesophageal presentations, including noncardiac chest pain, asthma, and laryngiti s. Although 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring is the best test to diagn ose GERD, an empiric approach to treatment, using an aggressive acid s uppression regimen such as a proton-pump inhibitor, may be more cost-e ffective.