A 36 year old male was referred to gastroenterology after presenting to the emergency room for hematemesis and severe fatigue. He was pale and tachycardic, and the CBC showed a hemoglobin of 4.5. An esophagastroduodenoscopy (EGD) at the time demonstrated erosive esophagitis with a visible ves...
Yuan Y, Vinh B, Hunt RH: Nonhealed rate of moderate-severe (LA Classification Grade C and D) erosive esophagitis after 4–8 weeks proton pump inhibitors (PPIs): evidence of an unmet need. Gastroenterology 2009, 136(Suppl):A440.
The GPB in this patient’s blood was identified by Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS) asC. sporogenes/botulinum group I.WhileC. botulinumis a more familiar pathogen, both of these two closely related bacteria can produce botulinum neurotoxin ...
Neutropenia was the most common toxicity during induction therapy (26% expressed grade 3-4) whereas esophagitis was the most common toxicity during concurrent phase (17.3% expressed grade 3-4); toxicities were manageable. Induction chemotherapy by docetaxel and cisplatin followed by weekly docetaxel ...
Patients receiving sodium alginate had fewer onsets of G3 esophagitis; however, differences compared with arm C were not significant (A vs. C: p = 0.46; B vs. C: p = 0.28). The rates of grade 3 or worse non-hematologic toxicities besides esophagitis were 29%, 26%, and 43% in arms...
The dosimetric parameters predictive of esophagitis are: mean dose, V20Gy, V30Gy, V40Gy, V45Gy and V50Gy. Amifostine is the only drug to have a proven radioprotective efficacy (evidence level C, ESMO recommendation grade III). The medical management of esophagitis associates a diet excluding ...
He was pale and tachycardic, and the CBC showed a hemoglobin of 4.5. An esophagastroduodenoscopy (EGD) at the time demonstrated erosive esophagitis with a visible vessel and was treated with a PPI. A repeat scope the following month no longer demonstrated a vessel but identified a 10 cm...
反流性食管炎（Reflux esophagitis，RE），也称为胃食管反流病，是由食管抗反流功能下降、食管清除能力降低以及食管黏膜防御屏障作用减弱等因素引起的食管黏膜破损。此疾病通常伴随食管下括约肌异常和胃食管交界处结构改变，如食管裂孔疝，弱化了抗反流机制，使得胃内容物容易发生反流。此外，糖尿病、硬皮病等病症也常常...