Experts debate management of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms
In the latest “Beyond the Guidelines” feature from Annals of Internal Medicine, a primary care practitioner and a gastroenterologist discuss a 68-year-old woman who has reported a burning sensation in her chest and throat at night over the past few weeks.
In a “Beyond the Guidelines” feature from Annals of Internal Medicine published Dec. 10, a primary care practitioner and a gastroenterologist discussed the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms.
The discussion applied the American College of Gastroenterology's most recent guideline on diagnosis and management of GERD to the case of a 68-year-old adult woman who has reported a burning sensation in her chest and throat at night over the past few weeks. Each discussant elaborated on how GERD is diagnosed and its appropriate initial evaluation and management, the indications for upper endoscopy in patients with suspected GERD, and how to evaluate and manage patients with GERD that does not respond to proton-pump inhibitor therapy.
All “Beyond the Guidelines” features are based on selected clinical conferences at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and include multimedia components published in Annals of Internal Medicine.