There is discussion, especially in uninvestigated patients, about whether gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD ... is underused among older adults. A treatment strategy using acid-suppressive ...

In case of GERD symptoms without esophagitis on endoscopy or where endoscopy is not considered necessary (esophagitis prevalence in the general population not exceeding 2%), [1] treatment aims at ...

any improvement in GERD symptoms at 12 months might be caused by the placebo effect. The lack of durability of the treatment means that, pending the development of improved minimally invasive ...

GERD occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter ... the "gold standard" for treating GERD and are recommended by treatment guidelines. However, this may change as more medications are developed ...

In addition, almost all pH-metric parameters assessed in their study improved after treatment. Chronic pharyngitis and laryngitis are ear, nose and throat (ENT) manifestations of GERD that are ...