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Lv J, Liu D, Ma SY, Zhang J. Investigation of relationships among gastroesophageal reflux disease subtypes using narrow band imaging magnifying endoscopy. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19:8391-8397. [PMID: 24363532 PMCID: PMC3857464 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i45.8391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the relationships among subtypes of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) using narrow band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopy.
METHODS: A reflux disease questionnaire was used to screen 120 patients representing the three subtypes of GERD (n = 40 for each subtypes): nonerosive reflux disease (NERD), reflux esophagitis (RE) and Barrett’s esophagus (BE). NBI magnifying endoscopic procedure was performed on the patients as well as on 40 healthy controls. The demographic and clinical characteristics, and NBI magnifying endoscopic features, were recorded and compared among the groups. Targeted biopsy and histopathological examination were conducted if there were any abnormalities. SPSS 18.0 software was used for all statistical analysis.
RESULTS: Compared with healthy controls, a significantly higher proportion of GERD patients had increased number of intrapapillary capillary loops (IPCLs) (78.3% vs 20%, P < 0.05), presence of microerosions (41.7% vs 0%, P < 0.05), and a non-round pit pattern below the squamocolumnar junction (88.3% vs 30%, P < 0.05). The maximum (228 ± 4.8 vs 144 ± 4.7, P < 0.05), minimum (171 ± 3.8 vs 103 ± 4.4, P < 0.05), and average (199 ± 3.9 vs 119 ± 3.9, P < 0.05) numbers of IPCLs/field were also significantly greater in GERD patients. However, comparison among groups of the three subtypes showed no significant differences or any linear trend, except that microerosions were present in 60% of the RE patients, but in only 35% and 30% of the NERD and BE patients, respectively (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Patients with GERD, irrespective of subtype, have similar micro changes in the distal esophagus. The three forms of the disease are probably independent of each other.
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Ko SY, Kim SI, Kim JH, Lee JH, Lee KJ, Hong SN, Lee SY, Sung IK, Park HS, Shim CS. Clinically distinct characteristics in patients younger than 40 years old with non-cardiac chest pain. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2012; 27:1484-9. [PMID: 22554344 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07174.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Little is known about non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) in young patients. We aimed to examine the proportion of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in young patients with NCCP compared to the average-aged NCCP patients and to evaluate their symptomatic characteristics and the clinical efficacy of a 2-week proton pump inhibitor (PPI) trial. METHODS Ninety-six patients with NCCP≥1/week were classified into the young-aged (≤ 40 years, n =38) and the average-aged groups (>40 years, n=58). Typical reflux symptoms were assessed. The patients were defined into a GERD group and non-GERD group according to reflux esophagitis on esophagogastroduodenoscopy and/or pathologic acid exposure on 24-h esophageal pH monitoring. Then the patients were treated with 30mg of lansoprazole bid for 14 days. RESULTS Nine patients (23%) in the young-aged group and 22 patients (38%) in average-aged group were diagnosed with GERD-related NCCP (P=0.144). The proportion of typical reflux symptoms was higher in the GERD group compared with the non-GERD group in both age groups. A PPI test improved symptoms in the GERD group irrespective of age, but this improvement was not observed in non-GERD group. CONCLUSIONS In young NCCP patients, the prevalence of GERD was relatively low compared to average-aged NCCP, but the difference was insignificant. The PPI test was very effective in diagnosing GERD in the NCCP patients in both age groups. Therefore, in young NCCP patients, if there is a negative response to a 2-week PPI trial, the possibility of extra-esophageal disease origin needs to be considered.
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- Soon Young Ko
- Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive Disease Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Lee SW, Chang CM, Chang CS, Kao AW, Chou MC. Comparison of presentation and impact on quality of life of gastroesophageal reflux disease between young and old adults in a Chinese population. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17:4614-8. [PMID: 22147968 PMCID: PMC3225098 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i41.4614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To compare the presentation and impact on quality of life of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in old and young age groups. METHODS Data from adult patients with GERD diagnosed by endoscopic and symptomic characteristics were collected between January and November 2009. Exclusion criteria included combined peptic ulcers, malignancy, prior surgery, antacid medication for more than 2 mo, and pregnancy. Enrolled patients were assigned to the elderly group if they were 65 years or older, or the younger group if they were under 65 years. They had completed the GERD impact scale, the Chinese GERD questionnaire, and the SF-36 questionnaire. Data from other cases without endoscopic findings or symptoms were collected and these subjects comprised the control group in our study. RESULTS There were 111 patients with GERD and 44 normal cases: 78 (70.3%) and 33 patients (29.7%) were in the younger and elderly groups, respectively. There were more female patients (60.3%) in the younger group, and more males (72.7%) in the elderly group. The younger cases had more severe and frequent typical symptoms than the elderly patients. Significantly more impairment of daily activities was noted in the younger patients compared with the elderly group, except for physical functioning. CONCLUSION Elderly patients with GERD were predominantly male with rare presentation of typical symptoms, and had less impaired quality of life compared with younger patients in a Chinese population.
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Orlando RC. The integrity of the esophageal mucosa. Balance between offensive and defensive mechanisms. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2010; 24:873-82. [PMID: 21126700 PMCID: PMC2995989 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Revised: 08/17/2010] [Accepted: 08/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Heartburn is the most common and characteristic symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease. It ultimately results from contact of refluxed gastric acid with nociceptors within the esophageal mucosa and transmission of this peripheral signal to the central nervous system for cognition. Healthy esophageal epithelium provides an effective barrier between refluxed gastric acid and esophageal nociceptors; but this barrier is vulnerable to attack and damage, particularly by acidic gastric contents. How gastric acid is countered by defensive elements within the esophageal mucosa is a major focus of this discussion. When the defense is successful, the subject is asymptomatic and when unsuccessful, the subject experiences heartburn. Those with heartburn commonly fall into one of three endoscopic types: nonerosive reflux disease, erosive esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus. Although what determines endoscopic type remains unknown; it is proposed herein that inflammation plays a key, modulating role.
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- Roy C. Orlando
- Mary Kay & Eugene Bozymski and Linda & William Heizer Distinguished Professor of Gastroenterology; and Adjunct Professor of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 103 Mason Farm Road, Molecular Biomedical Research Building, CB#7032, Chapel Hill, N.C.,27599, USA, Tel: 919-843-4583, Fax # 919-843-6899
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Hoyos AD, Esparza EA. Technical problems produced by the Bravo pH test in nonerosive reflux disease patients. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16:3183-6. [PMID: 20593504 PMCID: PMC2896756 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i25.3183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To evaluate the technical failures of the Bravo pH test in a population with nonerosive gastroesophageal reflux disease.
METHODS: Over the course of a year, we prospectively studied a population of 66 nonerosive reflux disease patients who received a Bravo pH test. The number and frequency of all technical failures were documented, quantified and analyzed.
RESULTS: A total of 66 patients, with a mean age of 41.7 years, were studied. Technical failures occurred in 15.15% of the sample. The most frequent failures were due to poor data reception (4.5%), early dislodgement (4.5%) and capsule removal (6.1%).
CONCLUSION: The Bravo capsule pH test involves a low but non-negligible rate of technical problems, a fact that must always be considered by physicians.
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Shafik A, Shafik A, El-Sibai O, Shafik I. Physioanatomic Study of the Diaphragmatic Crura: The Identification of Autonomous “Gastroesophageal Sphincter”. J INVEST SURG 2009; 18:135-42. [PMID: 16036785 DOI: 10.1080/08941930590956183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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It is claimed that the right diaphragmatic crus forms a loop sphincter around the lower esophagus. We investigated the hypothesis that the loop-shaped muscle does not belong to the diaphragmatic crura either anatomically or physiologically and is considered an autonomous muscle. Thirty-two cadaveric specimens (20 males, 12 females, 22 adults, mean age 36.2 +/- 11.8 years, 10 mature neonatal deaths) fixed in 10% formalin were studied anatomically. Electrophysiologic study was performed in 14 subjects (8 men, 6 women, mean age 36.6 +/- 8.2 years) scheduled for laparatomy. The loop muscle was stimulated by needle electrode, and response from the muscle and right crus was recorded by two electrodes. The test was repeated using an electrode into the left crus. Response of the loop muscle to individual stimulation of right and left crus was also registered. Muscle bundles formed a U-shaped loop around the lower esophagus, with the two limbs inserted into the 1st lumbar vertebra. An "esophago-sphincteric space" existed between the two limbs anterior to the esophagus. Three patterns of loop insertion were identified: classic, limb fusion, and limb crossing. The two crura were tendinous from their vertebral attachment, became fleshy, and fanned out proximally to merge with the fleshy diaphragm proper. Stimulation of loop muscle affected significant increase of its electric activity but had no effect on right or left crus. Crural stimulation produced significant increase of their electric activity and no effect on the loop muscle. Muscle fibers surrounding the lower esophagus formed a U-shaped loop. The loop arrangement seems to play significant role in competent mechanism of the gastroesophageal junction. Anatomic and electrophysiologic evidence suggest that the loop muscle is an autonomous muscle that surrounds the lower esophagus and is not derived from the diaphragmatic crura. We call this muscle "striated gastroesophageal sphincter".
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- Ahmed Shafik
- Department of Surgery and Experimental Research, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): risk factors, and impact on quality of life-a population-based study. J Clin Gastroenterol 2009; 43:111-7. [PMID: 18838922 DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0b013e31815ea27b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to determine the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and associated risk factors, and assess quality of life (QoL) in relation to the frequency and severity of reflux symptoms. METHODS A random sample of 1000 residents of Western Sydney were mailed a validated self-report questionnaire. GERD symptoms, risk factors, psychologic distress, QoL, and demographics were measured. RESULTS The response rate was 73% (n=672; mean age, 46 y; 52% female). A total of 78 [12%, 95% confidence interval (CI): 9-14] had GERD (at least weekly heartburn and/or acid regurgitation). Independent risk factors for GERD were high cholesterol [odds ratio (OR) =3.28, 95% CI: 1.42-7.57, P=0.005] and current smoker (OR=2.47, 95% CI: 1.07-5.70, P=0.03). Anxiety, depression, and neuroticism were not risk factors. Worse physical functioning was the only QoL domain associated with GERD (OR=0.98, 95% CI: 0.97-0.99, P=0.006). QoL was significantly impaired regardless of the severity of GERD for the QoL domains physical function, body pain, vitality, and social function. The frequency of heartburn and acid regurgitation were not associated with significantly reduced QoL domain scores. CONCLUSIONS Cardiac risk factors (high cholesterol and smoking) were independently associated with GERD. Increasing GERD symptom severity is associated with worse QoL scores, whereas GERD symptom frequency did not impact the QoL scores.
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Navarro-Rodriguez T, Fass R. Functional heartburn, nonerosive reflux disease, and reflux esophagitis are all distinct conditions—A debate: Pro. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 10:294-304. [PMID: 17761122 DOI: 10.1007/s11938-007-0072-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) traditionally has been approached as a spectrum-continuum, suggesting that patients may progress over time and develop a more severe esophageal mucosal involvement. The spectrum-continuum conceptual model had a profound impact on the research priorities in GERD, as well as on proposed diagnostic algorithms and therapeutic strategies. Natural course studies in GERD are almost always retrospective and commonly afflicted with a plethora of shortcomings. Factors that affect quality of natural course studies in GERD include the following: index endoscopy results are taken at face value; antireflux treatment is consumed until index endoscopy and/or offered during the follow-up phase; pathophysiologic, anatomic, and genetic factors are overlooked; and lack of confirmation of the durability of the new esophageal mucosal finding. Functional heartburn is common and likely to affect a large subset of patients presenting with heartburn. Evidence to support progression of functional heartburn to nonerosive reflux disease (NERD), erosive esophagitis, or Barrett's esophagus is very scarce. The largest population-based or longest-duration natural course studies report that only 10% of patients progress from NERD to erosive esophagitis over time. The other GERD patients remained within their respective phenotypic presentations of GERD.
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- Tomás Navarro-Rodriguez
- Ronnie Fass, MD GI Section (1-111G-1), The Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, 3601 South 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85723-0001, USA.
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Navarro-Rodriguez T, Fass R. Functional heartburn, nonerosive reflux disease, and reflux esophagitis are all distinct conditions—A debate: Pro. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11936-007-0032-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lee YC, Lin JT, Chiu HM, Liao WC, Chen CC, Tu CH, Tai CM, Chiang TH, Chiu YH, Wu MS, Wang HP. Intraobserver and interobserver consistency for grading esophagitis with narrow-band imaging. Gastrointest Endosc 2007; 66:230-6. [PMID: 17643694 DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.10.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 10/23/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Narrow-band imaging (NBI) is a novel, noninvasive optical technique that adjusts reflected light to enhance the contrast between the esophageal mucosa and the gastric mucosa. Whether the use of this optical technique may increase consistency in describing the presence and severity of mucosal breaks remains elusive. OBJECTIVES We compared the intra- and interobserver variations in the endoscopic scoring of esophagitis by using conventional imaging with and without NBI. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of consecutive patients with reflux. SETTING Single center in Taiwan. PATIENTS Endoscopic photographs of 230 patients with gastroesophageal reflux were obtained with both methods. Images were randomly displayed twice to 7 endoscopists, who independently scored each photograph by using the Los Angeles classification. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS We calculated intra- and interobserver kappa statistics to measure the consistency in interpretations. RESULTS With the addition of NBI, intraobserver reproducibility significantly improved with 3 of the 7 endoscopists. Interobserver reproducibility was more consistent with the combined approach than with conventional imaging alone, with an improved overall kappa value of 0.62 versus 0.45 (P < .05). Discordance between these methods was substantial in the grading of class A or B esophagitis. LIMITATIONS A small sample of class D esophagitis might have produced insufficient statistical power in this category. CONCLUSIONS Intra- and interobserver reproducibilities in grading esophagitis could be improved when NBI was applied with conventional imaging. The benefit appeared to derive from better depictions of small erosive foci.
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- Yi-Chia Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Institute of Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Dobric I, Drvis P, Petrovic I, Shejbal D, Brcic L, Blagaic AB, Batelja L, Sever M, Kokic N, Tonkic A, Zoricic I, Mise S, Staresinic M, Radic B, Jakir A, Babel J, Ilic S, Vuksic T, Jelic I, Anic T, Seiwerth S, Sikiric P. Prolonged esophagitis after primary dysfunction of the pyloric sphincter in the rat and therapeutic potential of the gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157. J Pharmacol Sci 2007; 104:7-18. [PMID: 17452811 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.fp0061322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Seven or fourteen days or twelve months after suturing one tube into the pyloric sphincter (removed by peristalsis by the seventh day), rats exhibit prolonged esophagitis with a constantly lowered pressure not only in the pyloric, but also in the lower esophageal sphincter and a failure of both sphincters. Throughout the esophagitis experiment, gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (PL 14736) is given intraperitoneally once a day (10 microg/kg, 10 ng/kg, last application 24 h before assessment), or continuously in drinking water at 0.16 microg/ml, 0.16 ng/ml (12 ml/rat per day), or directly into the stomach 5 min before pressure assessment (a water manometer connected to the drainage port of a Foley catheter implanted into the stomach either through an esophageal or duodenal incision). This treatment alleviates i) the esophagitis (macroscopically and microscopically, at either region or interval), ii) the pressure in the pyloric sphincter, and iii) the pressure in the lower esophageal sphincter (cmH2O). In the normal rats it increases lower esophageal sphincter pressure, but decreases the pyloric sphincter pressure. Ranitidine, given using the same protocol (50 mg/kg, intraperitoneally, once daily; 0.83 mg/ml in drinking water; 50 mg/kg directly into the stomach) does not have an effect in either rats with esophagitis or in normal rats.
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- Ivan Dobric
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Croatia
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Petrovic I, Dobric I, Drvis P, Shejbal D, Brcic L, Blagaic AB, Batelja L, Kokic N, Tonkic A, Mise S, Baotic T, Staresinic M, Radic B, Jakir A, Vuksic T, Anic T, Seiwerth S, Sikiric P. An experimental model of prolonged esophagitis with sphincter failure in the rat and the therapeutic potential of gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157. J Pharmacol Sci 2007; 102:269-77. [PMID: 17116974 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.fp0060070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We report a simple novel rat model that combines prolonged esophagitis and parallel sphincters failure. The anti-ulcer gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157, which was found to be stable in gastric juice, and is being evaluated in inflammatory bowel disease trials, is an anti-esophagitis therapy that recovers failed sphincters. Twelve or twenty months after the initial challenge (tubes sutured into sphincters for one week and then spontaneously removed by peristalsis), rats exhibit prolonged esophagitis (confluent hemorrhagic and yellowish lesions, thinner epithelium and superficial corneal layer, with stratification derangement); constantly lowered pressure of both sphincters (assessed by using a water manometer connected to the drainage port of a Foley catheter implanted into the stomach either through esophageal or duodenal incision); and both lower esophageal and pyloric sphincter failure. Throughout the esophagitis experiment, BPC 157 was given at either 10 micro g/kg, i.p., once a day (last application 24 h before assessment) or alternatively, it was given continuously in drinking water at 0.16 micro g/ml (12 ml/rat). This treatment recovers i) esophagitis (macroscopically and microscopically, at either region or investigated time period) and ii) pressure in both sphincters (cmH2O). In addition, BPC 157 (10 micro g/kg) or saline (1 ml/rat, 5 ml/kg) was specifically given directly into the stomach; pressure assessment was performed at 5 min thereafter. The effect of BPC 157 is specific because in normal rats, it increases lower esophageal sphincter-pressure, but decreases pyloric sphincter-pressure. Ranitidine, given as the standard drug using the same protocol (50 mg/kg, i.p., once daily; 0.83 mg/ml in drinking water; or 50 mg/kg directly into the stomach) had no effect.
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- Igor Petrovic
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Lee YC, Wang HP, Chiu HM, Huang SP, Tu CH, Wu MS, Lin JT. Patients with functional heartburn are more likely to report retrosternal discomfort during wireless pH monitoring. Gastrointest Endosc 2005; 62:834-41. [PMID: 16301022 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(05)00317-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2004] [Revised: 06/24/2004] [Accepted: 12/29/2004] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although the wireless Bravo pH system is effective, some patients experience retrosternal sensations possibly caused by esophageal sensitivity that may complicate clinical application. METHODS Ambulatory pH of 40 consecutive patients with GERD who had erosive esophagitis or nonerosive reflux disease, were monitored for 2 days with the Bravo system. Results were stratified and compared on the basis of self-awareness of the intraesophageal capsule. RESULTS Pathologic acid reflux was diagnosed in 20 patients and normal reflux was diagnosed in 20 patients. Seventeen patients (42.5%) reported retrosternal discomfort, and 12 of them (70.6%) had normal reflux. Patients with retrosternal discomfort were less likely to have moderate endoscopic esophagitis, i.e., Los Angeles classification grades B, C, and D endoscopic esophagitis (p = 0.006), and were less likely to have significantly elevated esophageal acid exposure (p = 0.0036) than those who did not perceive the discomfort. Reported discomfort was not associated with age, gender, or the presence of endoscopic esophagitis. CONCLUSIONS The negative correlation between Bravo-capsule-induced retrosternal discomfort and esophageal-acid exposure indicates modified mechanical afferent nerve function after long-term acid stimulation. Capsule-induced retrosternal discomfort in the presence of normal acid exposure suggests functional heartburn.
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- Yi-Chia Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Bautista JM, Wong WM, Pulliam G, Esquivel RF, Fass R. The value of ambulatory 24 hr esophageal pH monitoring in clinical practice in patients who were referred with persistent gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-related symptoms while on standard dose anti-reflux medications. Dig Dis Sci 2005; 50:1909-15. [PMID: 16187196 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2960-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2004] [Accepted: 01/20/2005] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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To determine the value of pH testing in clinical practice in gastroesophageal reflux disease patients who failed anti-reflux treatment. Patients resistant to standard dose proton pump inhibitor or an H2-blocker underwent pH testing. Randomly selected patients from the proton pump inhibitor failure group underwent the modified acid perfusion test as compared to patients with non-erosive reflux disease. In the proton pump inhibitor failure group (n = 70), 63.8% had a normal pH test as compared to 29% in the H2-blocker group (n = 31) (P = 0.007). Sensory intensity rating and acid perfusion sensitivity score were significantly higher in the non-erosive reflux disease control group than the proton pump inhibitor failure group (P < 0.05). Most patients who continued to be symptomatic on proton pump inhibitor once daily demonstrated a normal pH test and overall lack of increased chemoreceptor sensitivity to acid.
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- Jimmy M Bautista
- Department of Medicine, The Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group, Section of Gastroenterology, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85723-0001, USA
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Lee YC, Wang HP, Lin LY, Lee BC, Chiu HM, Wu MS, Chen MF, Lin JT. Heart rate variability in patients with different manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Auton Neurosci 2005; 116:39-45. [PMID: 15556836 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2004.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2004] [Revised: 06/05/2004] [Accepted: 08/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autonomic nervous dysfunction has frequently been observed in patients with gastroesophageal reflux diseases (GERD) and impacts the pathogenesis of GERD. However, the characteristics that distinguish between GERD patients with different manifestations remain unknown. AIM To investigate the autonomic nervous function in subgroups of GERD patients. PATIENTS Of the 164 participants in this study, 57 were healthy controls, 34 had non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), 40 had symptomatic esophagitis (SE), and 33 asymptomatic esophagitis (AE). METHODS Resting autonomic activity was assessed by measuring the 5-min heart rate variability (HRV) and HRV indices including time-domain parameters (standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals [SDNN] and root mean square of successive differences [RMSSD]) and frequency-domain parameters (low-frequency power [LF; 0.04-0.15 Hz], high-frequency power [HF; 0.15-0.4 Hz], and LF/HF power ratio). Mental stress was assessed by use of a self-reported questionnaire (Brief Symptom Rating Scale [BSRS]). RESULTS HF power was (ANOVA, p=0.041) but time-domain parameters, LF power, LF/HF power ratio, and BSRS parameters were not significantly different between the four groups. A higher HF power was found in examinees with NERD than in those with SE and AE (LSD methods: both p=0.02). When split into two groups (erosive vs. non-erosive), nearly all measures of autonomic tonus were significantly lower in the erosive than non-erosive group. Age and the presence of endoscopic esophagitis influenced the RMSSD and HF power results in the regression analysis. Mental stress or gender did not correlate with any HRV index. CONCLUSION In comparison with NERD subjects, autonomic tonus in patients with endoscopically confirmed esophagitis (even without symptom) is lower. This finding may suggest that the structural state of esophagus but not symptomatology dictates autonomic function status.
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- Yi-Chia Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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With widespread treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection, and that peptic ulcer diseases are no longer considered a chronic illness and are declining in most parts of the world, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) predominates the upper gastrointestinal disease spectrum. GERD is a well-defined condition. More innovative research in GERD in recent years led us to new conceptual frameworks on pathogenesis and novel diagnostic tests. The proton pump inhibitor test has evolved to become the diagnostic test of choice for the investigation of patients with the disease spectrum of GERD. Multi-channel intraluminal impedance with pH sensor allows the detection of pH episodes irrespective of their pH values (acid and nonacid reflux). It is useful to measure gastroesophageal reflux in the postprandial period, and in patients with persistent symptoms while on therapy and those with atypical symptoms.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wai-Man Wong
- Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Tack J, Fass R. Review article: approaches to endoscopic-negative reflux disease: part of the GERD spectrum or a unique acid-related disorder? Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004; 19 Suppl 1:28-34. [PMID: 14725576 DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-0673.2004.01835.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Endoscopic-negative reflux disease (ENRD) is the most common presentation of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-affecting up to 70% of these individuals. In the last three decades therapeutic studies have focused solely on the treatment of patients with erosive oesophagitis. However, more recent studies have shifted our attention to defining, understanding and treating those with ENRD. GERD has traditionally been approached as a spectrum with ENRD at the mild end and complicated GERD (i.e. patients with erosive oesophagitis, stricture and Barrett's oesophagus) being at the other end, suggesting that patients' disease may progress over time along the spectrum. Current data indicate that ENRD should be approached as a unique entity rather than a part of the GERD spectrum and that over time only a few patients with ENRD will develop GERD-related complications. Patients with ENRD are a heterogenous group of patients with different aetiologies for their heartburn symptoms, including motor events, reflux of acidic or nonacidic gastric contents, minute changes in intraesophageal pH (pH < 4), mucosal hypersensitivity, and emotional or psychological abnormalities. By dropping the spectrum concept, which emphasizes oesophageal mucosal injury, we can focus our attention on the specific mechanisms that lead to symptom generation in each of the three unique groups of GERD (ENRD, erosive oesophagitis and Barrett's oesophagus) and on the specific therapeutic modalities that benefit each of these individual groups. Acid suppressive therapy with proton pump inhibitors is highly effective in healing erosions and controlling symptoms in those with erosive oesophagitis. In those with ENRD the resolution or control of heartburn with proton pump inhibitor therapy is greater than that with placebo or H2 receptor antagonist, but not as consistent nor as impressive as the results observed in studies of patients with erosive oesophagitis. By considering the mechanisms involved in ENRD symptom generation, future studies that include high-dose proton pump inhibitors, promotility agents (alone or in combination with proton pump inhibitors), transient lower oesophageal sphincter reducers, or pain modulators (e.g. tricyclic antidepressant agents) may prove beneficial.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Tack
- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
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Globally, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) remains a common and important clinical disorder. This review summarizes the major advances in the understanding and treatment of GERD that have been made in the past 12 months. Epidemiologic studies have yielded additional data on the clinical presentation and natural history of GERD in the East. Further insights have been presented on the pathogenesis of GERD, including the immunoregulatory environment of GERD, the neurophysiology of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation (TLESR), the mechanics of the esophagogastric junction as well as the influence of Helicobacter pylori. Diagnostically, a new acid exposure sensor may be a helpful cost-effective tool. Developments have been made in pharmacotherapy for TLESR. There is ongoing interest in endoscopic therapy and further developments have been made in laparoscopic fundoplication. The cost-effectiveness of several management strategies has been evaluated, aiming to reduce the cost impact of GERD on the health care system.
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- Nam Q Nguyen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and General Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
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Fass R, Bautista J, Janarthanan S. Treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 5:18-29; discussion 30-1. [PMID: 15101492 DOI: 10.1016/s1098-3597(03)90096-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Therapeutic modalities for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) continue to evolve despite the introduction of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), the most successful antireflux class of drugs. On-demand modalities such as antacids and alginates as well as histamine type-2 receptor antagonists continue to be popular with GERD patients who seek temporary relief of symptoms. The PPIs have revolutionized the treatment of patients with severe erosive esophagitis, complications of GERD, and atypical or extraesophageal manifestations of GERD. Antireflux surgery, commonly performed via laparoscopy, remains popular among patients who do not wish to take medications long term. In addition, the recent introduction of various endoscopic techniques offers GERD patients a long-term solution with less morbidity and lower cost than antireflux surgery.
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- Ronnie Fass
- Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group, Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson 85723, USA.
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