Utility of Routine Esophageal Biopsies in Patients With Refractory Reflux Symptoms.

Introduction: This study aimed to assess the diagnostic yield of routine esophageal biopsies in patients with refractory reflux symptoms.

Methods: We prospectively enrolled consecutive patients referred for upper endoscopy and collected histological, clinical, and endoscopic data.

Results: Of the 301 included patients, 14 (4.

Speech Therapy as Treatment for Supragastric Belching.

The purpose of this study was to describe a newly developed speech therapy program as an innovating therapeutic approach and to assess the results of this intervention in patients with supragastric belching. This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively gathered data from 73 patients with supragastric belching who were treated with speech therapy between 2007 and 2017. Of these, 48 were included for evaluation of therapy.

Ambulatory pH-impedance-pressure monitoring as a diagnostic tool for the reflux-cough syndrome.

Gastroesophageal reflux is considered to be a significant contributing factor to chronic unexplained cough. Patients are often presumed to have reflux-induced cough and are exposed to high-dose and long-term empirical therapy with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) despite the limited treatment efficacy in this population. We aimed to assess the diagnostic value of 24-hour ambulatory pH-impedance-pressure monitoring for the diagnosis of reflux-induced chronic cough.

Determinants of the Association between Non-Cardiac Chest Pain and Reflux.

Objectives: Gastroesophageal reflux is considered to be the most common gastrointestinal cause of non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP). It remains unclear why some reflux episodes in the same patient cause chest pain while others do not. To understand more about the mechanisms by which reflux elicits chest pain, we aimed to identify factors which are important in triggering chest pain.