Esophageal & gastric disordersguidelines esophageal & gastric disordersguidelines aga pocket guides aga clinical guidelines app practice update: 2016 endoscope reprocessing guideline practice update: low-grade dysplasia in barrett’s esophagus practice update: endoflip in esophageal disorder management practice update: poem in achalasia practice update: risks and benefits of long-term ppi use. Gerd guidelines. This is the second wgo guideline published to complement world digestive health day (wdhd) themes the wgo’s aim in the guideline is to guide health-care providers in the best management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) through a concise document that provides recommendations based on the latest evidence and has been drawn up in a global expert consensus process focusing on the best.
gerd guidelines
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) is mainly a clinical diagnosis based on typical symptoms of heartburn and acid regurgitation current guidelines indicate that patients with typical symptoms should first try a proton pump inhibitor (ppi) if reflux symptoms persist after 8 weeks on a ppi, endoscopy of the esophagus is recommended, with biopsies taken to rule out eosinophilic esophagitis.
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