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Persistent gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms despite proton pump inhibitor therapy.


ABSTRACT: About one-third of patients with suspected gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) do not respond symptomatically to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). Many of these patients do not suffer from GERD, but may have underlying functional heartburn or atypical chest pain. Other causes of failure to respond to PPIs include inadequate acid suppression, non-acid reflux, oesophageal hypersensitivity, oesophageal dysmotility and psychological comorbidities. Functional oesophageal tests can exclude cardiac and structural causes, as well as help to confi rm or exclude GERD. The use of PPIs should only be continued in the presence of acid reflux or oesophageal hypersensitivity for acid reflux-related events that is proven on functional oesophageal tests.

SUBMITTER: Ang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5075954 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Persistent gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms despite proton pump inhibitor therapy.

Ang Daphne D   How Choon How CH   Ang Tiing Leong TL  

Singapore medical journal 20161001 10


About one-third of patients with suspected gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) do not respond symptomatically to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). Many of these patients do not suffer from GERD, but may have underlying functional heartburn or atypical chest pain. Other causes of failure to respond to PPIs include inadequate acid suppression, non-acid reflux, oesophageal hypersensitivity, oesophageal dysmotility and psychological comorbidities. Functional oesophageal tests can exclude cardiac a  ...[more]

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