Email this article Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Authors: Trukhmanov A.S.1, Trukhmanov AS2
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Affiliations:
- Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И. М. Сеченова
- I.M. Sechenov First State Medical University, Moscow
- Issue: Vol 83, No 8 (2011)
- Pages: 44-48
- Section: Editorial
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0040-3660/article/view/30898
- ID: 30898
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Abstract
The lecture presents modern interpretation of the term "gastroesophageal reflux disease" (GERD) and Montreal classification of this disease with emphasis on non-erosive reflux disease and risk to develop Barret's esophagus which is a widely prevalent precancer condition frequently transforming into esophageal adenocarcinoma. Description is given of GERD causes, mechanisms of development, diagnostic and differential diagnostic signs of the disease, a high risk of bronchial asthma in GERD patients, basic treatment principles including healthy way of life, pharmacotherapy (antacids, alginates, prokinetics, proton pump inhibitors, etc.).
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Aleksandr Sergeevich Trukhmanov
Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И. М. Сеченова
Email: troukh@mail.ru
д-р мед. наук, проф., каф. пропедевтики внутренних болезней Первого МГМУ им. И. М. Сеченова, тел.: 8-499-248-38-00; Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И. М. Сеченова
A S Trukhmanov
I.M. Sechenov First State Medical University, MoscowI.M. Sechenov First State Medical University, Moscow
