Email this article Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Authors: Trukhmanov A.S.1, Trukhmanov AS2
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Affiliations:
- Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И. М. Сеченова
- I.M. Sechenov First State Medical University, Moscow
- Issue: Vol 83, No 8 (2011)
- Pages: 44-48
- Section: Editorial article
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/0040-3660/article/view/30898
- ID: 30898
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Abstract
The lecture presents modern interpretation of the term "gastroesophageal reflux disease" (GERD) and Montreal classification of this disease with emphasis on non-erosive reflux disease and risk to develop Barret's esophagus which is a widely prevalent precancer condition frequently transforming into esophageal adenocarcinoma. Description is given of GERD causes, mechanisms of development, diagnostic and differential diagnostic signs of the disease, a high risk of bronchial asthma in GERD patients, basic treatment principles including healthy way of life, pharmacotherapy (antacids, alginates, prokinetics, proton pump inhibitors, etc.).
About the authors
Aleksandr Sergeevich Trukhmanov
Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И. М. Сеченова
Email: troukh@mail.ru
д-р мед. наук, проф., каф. пропедевтики внутренних болезней Первого МГМУ им. И. М. Сеченова, тел.: 8-499-248-38-00; Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И. М. Сеченова
A S Trukhmanov
I.M. Sechenov First State Medical University, MoscowI.M. Sechenov First State Medical University, Moscow
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