2 results match your criteria: "Hepatology and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville[Affiliation]"
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and Functional Laryngeal Disorder: Perspective and Common Practice of the General Gastroenterologist.
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y)
September 2018
Dr Patel is an assistant professor of medicine, Dr Blanco is a gastroenterology fellow, and Dr Vaezi is a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is an extraesophageal variant of gastroesophageal reflux disease that is associated with chronic cough, hoarseness, dysphonia, recurrent throat clearing, and globus pharyngeus. Due to nonspecific symptoms, laryngoscopy is often performed to rule out malignancy, and the diagnosis of LPR is considered with any signs of laryngeal inflammation. However, laryngoscopic findings have high interobserver variability, and, thus, most patients are tried on an empiric course of acid-suppressive therapy to see whether symptoms resolve.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Overview of Achalasia and Its Subtypes.
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y)
July 2017
Dr Patel is a gastroenterology fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Dr Lappas is an internal medicine resident in the Department of Internal Medicine; and Dr Vaezi is a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Achalasia is one of the most studied esophageal motility disorders. However, the pathophysiology and reasons that patients develop achalasia are still unclear. Patients often present with dysphagia to solids and liquids, regurgitation, and varying degrees of weight loss.
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