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reflux esophagitis

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reflux esophagitis

[‚rē‚fləks i‚säf·ə′jīd·əs]
(medicine)
An inflammation of the lower esophagus that results from excessive acid reflux or regurgitation from the stomach, symptoms include heartburn and indigestion.
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MPM Images of Normal Esophageal Epithelium and Reflux Esophagitis
treatment of patients with reflux esophagitis who are unable to obtain satisfactory relief with conventional PPI treatment.
The overall reflux complication rate by symptoms was 34.4%; the rate was 25.9% by endoscopic findings of reflux esophagitis, with no statistical difference between the two groups (all p > 0.05).
Reflux esophagitis is the most common inflammatory condition involving the esophagus.
Curing Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with duodenal ulcer may provoke reflux esophagitis. Gastroenterology.
PARIET has clinically shown a rapid onset of action and a stable inhibitory effect on acid secretion with the approved indications in Japan including stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers, reflux esophagitis, and as an adjunctive treatment for eradication of Helicobacter pylori bacteria in gastric/duodenal ulcers.
At baseline they had to be free of active ulcers, reflux esophagitis, or significant upper GI symptoms.
Thus, biopsies should be taken to exclude not only neoplasia, but also severe reflux esophagitis and infections.
Double-blind comparison of liquid antacid and placebo in the treatment of symptomatic reflux esophagitis. Dig Dis Sci 1983; 28:559-63.
(11) Fixed transverse folds may develop in the region of a stricture as a result of longitudinal scarring from reflux esophagitis. (24) They produce a characteristic "stepladder" appearance and tend to be wider than those in feline esophagus (Figure 12).
Reflux esophagitis describes a subset of GERD patients with histopathologic evidence of esophageal injury.
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