Upper GI Tract
From the AGA Journals
AGA clinical practice update: Extraesophageal gastroesophageal reflux disease
Extraesophageal reflux symptoms are a subset of gastroesophageal reflux disease that can be difficult to diagnose.
In Focus
Approach to dysphagia
The diagnosis of dysphagia is challenging and requires investigation with a systematic approach to ensure timely diagnosis and treatment.
From the Journals
COVID raises risk for long-term GI complications
“Are patients attributing their symptoms to COVID, or is COVID itself creating a background of inflammation or changes in the nerves that are...
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EoE: One-food elimination works as well as six-food elimination
“The takeaway message is that one-food (milk) elimination is an effective treatment and a reasonable first-line treatment for EoE.”
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA puts hold on esophagitis, H. pylori drug, owing to impurity concerns
The manufacturer was asked to provide “additional stability data to demonstrate that levels of the impurity previously found in vonoprazan drug...
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Room for improvement in Barrett esophagus care
Researchers say this is the first study to highlight variation in adherence to these measures at the center and endoscopist levels.
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Scant evidence for proton pump inhibitor role in gastric cancer
A new study could help resolve a controversy over one of the most serious side effects attributed to the widely used medications.
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PPI use in type 2 diabetes links with cardiovascular events
Prospective data from almost 20,000 people with type 2 diabetes show that proton pump inhibitor use is linked with significantly more...
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Expert panel forms strategy for eosinophilic esophagitis monitoring
The panel had the most trouble reaching a consensus on how often to follow up on patients whose disease is in remission or is stable. They settled...
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High rates of inappropriate PPI use in hospitalized patients
“PPI overprescription is a common problem worldwide, with the United States being no exception.”