gastroesophageal reflux/albumin

OBJECTIVE Peripheral blood eosinophil count increases with the degree of mucosal injury associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODS Retrospective review. METHODS Single-institution tertiary hospital. METHODS Two hundred ninety-five patients (215 men and 80 women; median age, 57

Neurologically impaired children (NIC) often experience swallowing difficulties and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Although these conditions could place children in a state of poor nutritional status and prevent them from thriving, there is insufficient research evaluating growth and

BACKGROUND It is difficult to predict whether or not gastroesophageal reflux (GER), such as aspiration or vomiting, will occur after PEG. OBJECTIVE To identify factors that would support the prediction of aspiration after PEG. METHODS Case-control study. METHODS Patients who underwent PEG from

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to estimate the correlation between GERD symptoms and nutritional status of (PD) patients. METHODS 52 patients (32 m, 20 f; age 30-86, mean 61.6+/-14.3) treated with continuous ambulatory PD were reviewed using standarized GERD symptoms questionnaire. The

Nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux (nGER) is associated with respiratory symptoms and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), but the pathogenesis is unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between nGER and respiratory symptoms, exacerbations of respiratory symptoms, SDB and airway

BACKGROUND Acid reflux may aggravate airway disease including asthma and chronic cough. One postulated mechanism concerns a vagally-mediated oesophageal-tracheobronchial reflex with airway sensory nerve activation and tachykinin release. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that patients with airways

A 76-year-old male patient suffered from recurrent bacterial pneumonia of the right upper lobe and both lower lobes since 2 years after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. He was treated with antibiotics repeatedly without complete remission. Meanwhile, chronic cough, purulent sputum, and

The prevalence of H. pylori infection and PUD seem not to be different in CRF patients as compared with the general population. However, PUD in CRF patients seems to have some unique features-namely, lack of pain and higher associations with bleeding, with post-bulbar location, and with multiple

OBJECTIVE To compare the long-term outcomes of Billroth-I and Roux-en-Y reconstruction after distal gastrectomy. METHODS Clinical data of 151 patients with gastric cancer undergoing distal gastrectomy in the Affiliated Oncologic Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University between June 2000 and June

BACKGROUND Patients with a paraesophageal hernia may experience gastroesophageal reflux symptoms and/or obstructive symptoms such as dysphagia. Some patients with large and complex paraesophageal hernias unintentionally lose a significant amount of weight secondary to difficulty eating. A subset of

BACKGROUND Patients with Barrett's esophagus have a higher incidence of esophageal cancer than has the general population. Local tissue injury and exposure to carcinogens presumably play a role in malignant transformation, but the possibility of altered host immune surveillance must also be

Hypercalcemia is a rare complication of hypervitaminosis A. We report a pediatric patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency who was found to have hypervitaminosis A causing hypercalcemia, complicated by nephrocalcinosis and renal impairment. The patient is a 4-year-old girl with

We have shown earlier that Neem (Azadirachta indica) bark aqueous extract has potent antisecretory and antiulcer effects in animal models and has no significant adverse effect (Bandyopadhyay et al., Life Sciences, 71, 2845-2865, 2002). The objective of the present study was to investigate whether