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Classical reflux symptoms, hiatus hernia and overweight independently predict pharyngeal acid exposure in patients with suspected reflux laryngitis.

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BACKGROUND Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has been associated with reflux laryngitis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk factors and the predictors of pharyngeal acid reflux (PAR) in Taiwanese patients with suspected reflux laryngitis. METHODS With referral from ENT physicians, 104 patients

Association between Obesity and Chronic Laryngitis in Women--Data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the relationship between obesity and chronic laryngitis in South Korea using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES) collected during 2008-2010. METHODS KNHANES was a cross-sectional survey of the civilian,

Body build--is it a factor in acute subglottic laryngitis?

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Acute subglottic laryngitis (pseudocroup) is caused by viral infection and usually occurs in children from 6 months to 4 years of age. Obese children are considered to be more susceptible to the disease. In order to evaluate the influence of nutritional status on acute subglottic laryngitis

Vocal Characteristics of Patients With Morbid Obesity.

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Obesity modifies vocal characteristics, causing abnormal fat deposition in the abdominal region and upper airways. For some authors the voice of the obese is not different from nonobese and the vocal symptoms are scarce; for others dysphonia in obese is reported by 70% of them and the

EXTRADIGESTIVE MANIFESTATIONS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE: DEMOGRAPHIC, CLINICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND ENDOSCOPIC FEATURES.

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with extradigestive manifestations is a disorder increasingly recognized both by gastroenterologists, pneumologists, otolaryngologists and cardiologists. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the demographical, clinical, biological and endoscopic features of the patients with

Therapeutic effects of tracheostomy in two cases of hypersomnia with respiratory disturbance during sleep.

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Recently the association of hypersomnia and respiratory insufficiency without lesion in the respiratory organ has attracted attention of many investigators. Obese patients with such a condition have been called the Pickwickian syndrome. In this report, two non-obese patients with a similar condition

Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of Sterculia lychnophora Hance (Pangdahai).

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The matured, ripen, and dried seeds of Scaphium affine (Mast.) Pierre, known as Pangdahai (PDH) in Chinese and recorded as Sterculia lychnophora Hance (scientific synonym) in the 2015 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopeia, have been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, Japanese folk medicine,

An Evidence-Based Approach to the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

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OBJECTIVE Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is prevalent worldwide, particularly in developed countries. It is estimated that the prevalence of GERD in the United States is approximately 20% and that it is increasing because of the epidemic of obesity. OBJECTIVE To review the pathophysiology,

Symptomatic improvement in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGBP) on symptomatic control of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODS Morbidly obese patients (n = 435) who underwent LRYGBP for morbid obesity were assessed for changes in GERD

[Medicinal leeches].

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Leeches are hermaphroditic and hematophagous annelids. One important medical species, Hirudo medicinalis, comes from hirudiniculture of fresh water pools. Thanks to their three mandibles with some 300 teeth on their anterior muscular sucker, they easily grab to tissues and by secreting their saliva

Reflux Esophagitis

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Esophageal reflux is considered the most common disease encountered by gastroenterologists and general practitioners. It contributes to a large proportion of cases treated by general practitioners (primary care physicians). In Western countries, the prevalence of the disease is approximately 10% to

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